I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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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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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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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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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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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 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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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