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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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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I’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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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 think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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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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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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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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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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