Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NASI love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
More Nas Quotes
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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 just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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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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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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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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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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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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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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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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