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?
NASYour look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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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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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 want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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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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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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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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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