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.
NASMy record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
More Nas Quotes
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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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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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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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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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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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 think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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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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