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.
NASStillmatic’ 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.
More Nas Quotes
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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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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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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 see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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