Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
NASI 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.
More Nas Quotes
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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 wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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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 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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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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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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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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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 enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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