Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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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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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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