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 want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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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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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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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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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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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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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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