Hip hop Quotes by Nas

Vocabulary spills I'm ill.

— Nas

I'm over dey heads like a bulemic on a seesaw

— Nas

If I ruled the world Imagine that...

— Nas

Props is a true thug's wife.

— Nas

My duration's infinite, money-wise or physiology.

— Nas

Turnin' nothin' into somethin' is God work, and you get nothin' without struggle and hard work

— Nas

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

— Nas

If you're scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers.

— Nas

Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

— Nas

Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded.

— Nas

I never see the whips niggas be claimin' they drivin, I guess 'entertainment' means blatantly lyin'.

— Nas

You lose money chasing women; Never lose women chasing money.

— Nas

Whats up with your motto? Will you lead? Will you follow?

— Nas

Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of…

— Nas

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.…

— Nas

It's not just hip-hop that's dead. Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good.

— Nas

Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel. 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own…

— Nas

'Stillmatic' is the rebirth of 'Illmatic,' my first debut album to come out in 1994. 'Stillmatic' is me coming full circle in…

— Nas

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…

— Nas

There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.

— Nas

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…

— Nas

I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people…

— Nas

Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music…

— Nas

I don't respect killers, I respect O.G. knowledge, Codes of the streets got new rules, but no guidance. Lessons, detrimental to a…

— Nas

DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control…

— Nas

...Shorty's laugh was cold-blooded as he spoke so foul, Only twelve tryin to tell me that he liked my style. Then I…

— Nas

There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the…

— Nas

People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the…

— Nas

When I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was…

— Nas

But whats it all worth, cant take it when you under this earth Rich men died and tried, but none of it…

— Nas

I'm a firm believer that we all meet up in eternity, Just hope the Big Man show me some courtesy

— Nas

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

— Nas

Some seek fame cause they need validation, Some say hating is confused admiration.

— Nas

I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners

— Nas

Street's disciple, my raps are trifle. I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle.

— Nas

I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at.

— Nas

That buck that bought a bottle could have struck the lotto

— Nas

You have to keep your vision clear, cause only a coward lives in fear.

— Nas

If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers...

— Nas

It's foul what this money could do, cash corrupts the loyal.

— Nas