You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
NASWhenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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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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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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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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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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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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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