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.
NASI love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
More Nas Quotes
-
-
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.
NAS -
You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
NAS -
I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
NAS -
The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
NAS -
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.
NAS -
Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
NAS -
Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
NAS -
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.
NAS -
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.
NAS -
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.
NAS -
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NAS -
No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
NAS -
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.
NAS -
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.
NAS -
Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
NAS