"Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the……" — Nas
"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."
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270 Quotes by Nas
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I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls.…
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Used to ride with him to Brooklyn, Lewis and Halsey, co chocolate thai, vernon style and burn it down
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I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings
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I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners
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If I ruled the world Imagine that...
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Vocabulary spills I'm ill.
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That buck that bought a bottle could have struck the lotto
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Respect all fear none my pride is everything
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No Ideas original - there is nothing new under the sun...
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Freedom or jail clips inserted, a baby's being born/ Same time a man is murdered, the beginning and end.
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How can you lose when you're doing you?
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