I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the fact that everything's about bragging.
NasWhen I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was trying to make you experience my life. I wanted you to look at hip-hop differently. I wanted you to feel that hip-hop was changing and becoming something more real.
Nas