I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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More Nas Quotes
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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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 I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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