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.
NASMan, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
More Nas Quotes
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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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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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 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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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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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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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