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" 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. "

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" I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow. "

" I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. 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. "

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

" Let's not forget, art can sell. You ain't gotta front all the time on your records. "

" Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York. "

" When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead. "

" 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. "

" Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me. "

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

" Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy. "

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

" I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We're warriors. Soldiers. "

" '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. "

" When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I've seen out there, you know, the things that's out there that ain't good for her. It's a crazy world we live in. "

" You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself. "

" The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling. "

" 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. "

" I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They're here to criticize all of us. That's just how it is. We as MC's criticize each other. That's the nature of hip-hop. "

" Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle. "

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

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