I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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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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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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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 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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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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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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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