I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
NASHip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
More Nas Quotes
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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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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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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 think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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 had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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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 want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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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 never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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