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.
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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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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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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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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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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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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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.
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I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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