I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
NASI think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
More Nas Quotes
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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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 think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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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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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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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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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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