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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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Anything Being Faithful Girlfriend Loyal Respect
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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Artist Caught Especially Hip Hop Mainstream Older One Phenomena Worldwide
I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Business Clipping Have New Own Time
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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Around Big Earliest Memories Mix Music Rap Reggae Sound Way
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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Anybody Dating Music Talk Want
You 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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Hear Know Like Rap Right Slave Sort Talk
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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Abck Couple Day Feel Element Hip Hop Music Speak Street Urgent
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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Call Conscious Everything Gangsta Rap
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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Based Been Conemind Mind Month Past Rhythm Start Weak Word Write
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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Change Country Life never Person President Stood Vote
To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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Challenge Creativity Myself Net Own Version
I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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Achievement Amazing Enough Fact Made Moise Remember Think World
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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Channel Discovery Good Grew Had History Love Pbs Say Up
Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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Country Dela Lot Place Unfortunately Unnecessary Violence
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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Beat Go Instrument Like Marry Rhythm Sound Start Voice Want Word
Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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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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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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