No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, 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 think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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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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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’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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’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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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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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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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.
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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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