Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NASStillmatic’ 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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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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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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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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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 never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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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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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.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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