I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
NASHip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
More Nas Quotes
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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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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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake 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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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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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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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.
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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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