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.
NASHip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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 love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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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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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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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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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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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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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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