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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

Nas

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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Country Grimy Grind Hustler Rapper See Sound Street
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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Around Big Earliest Memories Mix Music Rap Reggae Sound Way
I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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Art Galleria Love Mean World
The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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Flaw Make Mistake Real
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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Change Game Gona Knew Many People Respect Side
I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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Call Conscious Everything Gangsta Rap
Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Get Hip Hop Lot Make More Noise Some Spotlight
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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Conscious Do Gangsta Just Lane People Rapper Some Stomping
Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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Happen Look Mind Refer Some Swag You
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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Artist Caught Especially Hip Hop Mainstream Older One Phenomena Worldwide
We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Balck Country Everyone People White Yellow
The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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Combination Feeling Mentees Soul Sound Street
DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Challenge Much Need Power Rapper
I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Business Clipping Have New Own Time
Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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Decay Great Human Little Mad Mistake Moment Thing Truest
My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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Do Easy Fun Work

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