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?
NASEven 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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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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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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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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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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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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 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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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… 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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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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