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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it's like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it. You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.

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Marley is someone before his time, man. He's - he's almost - he's like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean? I just talk about what's going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.

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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.

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'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.

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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.

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I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.

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

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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.

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Let's not forget, art can sell. You ain't gotta front all the time on your records.

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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: September 14th, 1973

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