I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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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 love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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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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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 know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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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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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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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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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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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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