I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
NASMy 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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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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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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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’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 don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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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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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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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’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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