Quotes About Nas

Nas' longevity comes from him having strong lyrical value in his songs, him being more like a poet and improving over time.

The Nike joint 'Classic' with Kanye, Nas, KRS-One, that was a remix - Rick Rubin did the original, and his was a double-time tempo; mine was a regular boom-bap tempo, and they liked it so much that we ended up doing the video to it.

The first rappers I ever got into were Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, and Nas. Those are the guys. Those are the dudes that flipped my wig.

This idea of 'cool capitalism' is still capitalism. It doesn't matter if Elon Musk quotes Nas.

A furore infra, libera nas. (Spare us from the fury within) -Valerius

I highly respect Eminem. I rank him up there with Jay Z, Biggie and Nas.

Jay Z and Nas is probably my favorite rap beef because Nas was kinda quiet for a while.

When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them as conscious rap purely, although they are extremely conscious of the social inequities that prevail.

I listen to rap a lot. I love Nas, Damien Marley, and Lauryn Hill.

I had always been a fan of Nas, but I never met him. This is the one guy in the industry who's, like, the phantom rapper.

Nas was a huge influence. That's probably my favorite rapper of all time.

One of my favorite rappers of all time, if not my favorite rapper of all time, is Nas.

I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album Life Is Good, and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5.

When I want to get inspired, I'll put a Pixar movie on silent and listen to Nas.

I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also trying to escape a scenario.

Nas really introduced the world and a lot of people to me - that was ideal as far as me first coming in.

I listened to a lot of Jay Z and Nas, stuff like that, so I was always New York-influenced. I think I have that New York flow.

I love all kinds of music. Everybody knows that Nas is my favorite lyricist in the universe. I'd love to collaborate with him on something.

With Biggie, I thought his flow and his swag was better than Tupac's, but I thought Tupac's passion and ability to relate to the average person was better than Biggie, and I thought Nas was kind of like both, with a lot substance going but a lot of swag.

Nas always been my favorite rapper, but 50 Cent, he changed my way of thinking about music 'cause he was so detailed in his music, I knew that wasn't lying. I never felt Tupac that way; I never felt Biggie that way. I love Nas music, but I never felt and believed like, 'This is for real.' 'Cause I grew up that gangsta lifestyle.

I love all music, but when I am on the mountain, I listen to a lot of Nas, Drake, 2 Pac, etc.

Nas has always been uncomfortable with being famous and accessible. Nas makes music because he loves music, not because he wants the trappings of music, such as fame.

Nas is one of the Greatest Ever. Never has and never will need a ghostwriter. That man's pen and legacy is without question.

The Netflix thing with Nas is more of a documentary, where we kind of... talk. We go to my neighborhood. You get to see where I'm from and all that. And then, I'm in the studio with Nas.