I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
NASI 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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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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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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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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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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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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