I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
NASI 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.
More Nas Quotes
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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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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 never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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