Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
NASI don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
More Nas Quotes
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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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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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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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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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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 don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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