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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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Anything Biggest No Promise Radio Record Sell
Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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Can Forget Front Gotta Let Record Sell Time
I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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Country Life Make Music Style Talk Universal
Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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Every Fun Some Studio Time Wanna
Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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Acceptable Baby Mama Country Man Only People Person President Target Tell
I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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Divorce Easy Get Long Not Pretty Public Realy Though Time Took
I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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Beautiful Fun Get Learn Life Lose Up
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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Curious Grow Matter Respect Subject Thing Whatever Young
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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Country Grimy Grind Hustler Rapper See Sound Street
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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Beat Go Instrument Like Marry Rhythm Sound Start Voice Want Word
Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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Appreciate Make Once Point Struggle
Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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Ever Feel Much Praise Recieve Right To Whenever
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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Around Big Earliest Memories Mix Music Rap Reggae Sound Way
My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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Do Easy Fun Work
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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Call Conscious Everything Gangsta Rap
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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Almost Before Believe Deity Know Man Marley Mean Someone Time
I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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Doing Nothing Quality Time Unless Work
DJs 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.
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Big Control DJ End Day Hip Hop Own Play Responsible
We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Balck Country Everyone People White Yellow
There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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Come End Everybody Happy Out Thing Time Work
Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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Career Confidence Experience Great Learn Make Move People Work
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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Album Bring Career Circle Come Debit Everything First Full Hip Hop Illmatic Out Rebirth Stillmatic
All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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Daughter Fatherhood Help Important Mother Raise Single Son Very
Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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Country Dela Lot Place Unfortunately Unnecessary Violence
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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Hear Know Like Rap Right Slave Sort Talk
I’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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Big Common Fan Music People Respect Scarface
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Age Come Common Sense Wisdom

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