Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
NASEvery generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
More Nas Quotes
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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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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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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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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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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 want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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I’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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