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.
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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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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 wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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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’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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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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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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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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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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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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