Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
NASThe sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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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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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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Hip-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.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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