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I don't kill soloists only kill squads
Nas
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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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.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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I don't meditate. Silence is golden though.
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I got the opportunity to meet people all over the world. Brilliant women, tall women, short women, slim women, thick women, you name it. But, I don't meet them. I have the opportunities to and it's a little bit - I'm a little shy, so I don't meet them and I don't know who's right for me.
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I push my own limits every day, every moment - in the studio, on the stage and beyond so it's truly a genuine fit.
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I guess entertainment means blatantly lyin'
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All I need is one mic One beat, one stage One ni%$a frontin' my face on the front page Only if I had one gun, one girl and one crib One god to show me how to do things his son did.
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Today, with the media, the internet, things get out there about anybody, anytime, so there's nothing wrong about talking about your life, because someone else is going to talk about it and mess it up.
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Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about.
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And the stuff that I write, is even tougher than dykes.
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The Internet made the world smaller, so it's easier for people to hear your music. You don't necessarily need a radio record.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South, hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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.
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America is a melting pot for all different groups of people, historically. And it's rare that the story of all of these people will be told in the history books. So I always felt I had to find out my history for myself and research my roots.
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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.
Nas
I talk about Africa and its meaning, being the birthplace of man and all that great history that's been erased and even hidden. I think it's my duty to be proud and to bring about the conversation that allows us to talk about the great history of my people.
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What you base your happiness around? Material, women, and large paper? That means you inferior, not major.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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So many affluent men are faced with finding love problems. I'm sure beautiful, affluent women are faced with the same things sometimes.
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