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.
NASDJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
More Nas Quotes
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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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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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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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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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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’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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