I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
NASI have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
More Nas Quotes
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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 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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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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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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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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 don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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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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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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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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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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