Nas Quotes about Hip Hop - Page 2

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

People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the music. It's less about bragging and more about being the best lyrically and poetically.

On the reals, all these crab niggaz know the deal, When we start the revolution, all they'll probably do is squeal.

Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should not be a small-minded conversation. Music is supposed to evolve. It's supposed to be going through changes, it's not supposed to sound exactly the same as what it did when it started. NY hip hop has to be allowed to move on and grow and expand.

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

Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing like Jamaica in the United States. Jamaica is its own thing.

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 hand.

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.

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.

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

Hip-Hop is Dead cause America is dead culturally.

In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can all follow the tradition of where we came from. We need to keep referring to the pioneers.

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

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