You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
NASWhen I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
More Nas Quotes
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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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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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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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 don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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