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.
NASAnybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
More Nas Quotes
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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