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.
NASDJs 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.
More Nas Quotes
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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 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.
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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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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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