No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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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.
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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 just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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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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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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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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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 just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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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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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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