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.
NASI think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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 think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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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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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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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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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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