I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
NASWhen you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
More Nas Quotes
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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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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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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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 don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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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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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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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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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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