"Turnin' nothin' into somethin' is God work, and you get nothin' without struggle and hard work"
"When 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."
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Source: Song: Memory Lane, Album: Illmatic, 1994
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