Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
NASThe sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
More Nas Quotes
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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 have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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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 love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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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