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.
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More Nas Quotes
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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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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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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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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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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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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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 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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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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