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.
NASOnce you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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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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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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