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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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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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Ahead Favourite Fearless Gaga Game Incredible One Voice
I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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Channel Discovery Good Grew Had History Love Pbs Say Up
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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Career Confidence Experience Great Learn Make Move People Work
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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Already Course Down Go Kind Know Lay Rapper Talk Thing
I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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Control Know People Think
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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Associate Every Fulfill Generation People Power Prophecy Try Witness
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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Call Conscious Everything Gangsta Rap
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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Curious Grow Matter Respect Subject Thing Whatever Young
I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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All Criticize Hip Hop How Just Pursuit Think Through Us
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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Feel Grown Hip Hop Involve Like Politics Up Way
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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Daughter Out Protect Seen Thing
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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Anybody Dating Music Talk Want
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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Big Control DJ End Day Hip Hop Own Play Responsible
Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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Artist Attitude Bigger Country Man Mess Pass
I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Business Clipping Have New Own Time
Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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Beautiful Dramatic Good heavy Life Moment Most Represent
When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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Basically Country Dead Hip Hop Music Political Say View Voice
The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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Flaw Make Mistake Real
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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Anything Business Easier Easy Know Much Music Nothing Wish Worth
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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Again Become Brave Country Enough Gotta Hip Hop New Something
You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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Crazy Everybody Out Please Some Take Thing Time Try Yourself
Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Get Hip Hop Lot Make More Noise Some Spotlight
I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Enjoy Just Life Morning Now Up Wake
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Age Come Common Sense Wisdom
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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Beat Blunt Compromise Livelihood Speak Street Voice Word
No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Matter No Out Song
I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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Doing Nothing Quality Time Unless Work

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