The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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.
More Nas Quotes
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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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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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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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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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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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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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