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?
NASHip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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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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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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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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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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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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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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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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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