No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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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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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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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.
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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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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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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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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.
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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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