Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
NASYou 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’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 think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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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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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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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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 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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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 think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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.
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Even 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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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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