Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
NASMarley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
More Nas Quotes
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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