The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling. Nas 90scombinationfelt Change image and share on social
GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that. Nas admireaheadentire Change image and share on social
Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words. Nas backbeatblunt share on social
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. Nas competitivehandhip Change image and share on social
I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do. Nas americanlifemake Change image and share on social
N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New. Nas bravegottahip Change image and share on social
'Stillmatic' is the rebirth of 'Illmatic,' my first debut album to come out in 1994. 'Stillmatic' is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back. Nas albumbackbring Change image and share on social
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely. Nas basbigearly Change image and share on social
