Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NASI wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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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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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 don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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 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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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