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.
NASHip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
More Nas Quotes
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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 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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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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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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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 want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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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 talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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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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