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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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Fox

Baby

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" All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help. "

" 'Life Is Good' represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life. "

" N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New. "

" I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better. "

" Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist. "

" 'Stillmatic' is the rebirth of 'Illmatic,' my first debut album to come out in 1994. 'Stillmatic' is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back. "

Nas

Career

Pure

" I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do. "

" The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those - those are growing pains. 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. "

" I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did. "

" My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there. "

" To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets. "

" Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode. "

Nas

Attitude

Dying

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you. "

" Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me - ever. "

" I'm not talking about Russia in my music. I've never been to Russia. I'm not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China. I'm talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life. "

" I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan of Scarface; I'm a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to... well, there are a lot of people's music that I respect. I don't know who I will collaborate with, but there's a great chance of something happening. "

" No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records. "

" The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me. "

Nas

Mistakes

Flaws

" I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up. "

" 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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Doing

" 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. "

" It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there. "

" I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us. "

" I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up. "

" I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art. "