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.
NASI love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
More Nas Quotes
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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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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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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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 definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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