I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
NASI 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.
More Nas Quotes
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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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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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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 don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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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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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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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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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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