When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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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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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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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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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 don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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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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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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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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