I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
NASIt’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
More Nas Quotes
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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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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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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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 like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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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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