Was a fun interview . Looking forward to his fight <| sep |> nah , it ' s not about people copying nas . i try never to judge a rapper by the people who ' ve diluted their craft . what i mean is that nas himself wasn ' t particularly unique he wasn ' t bad , but he didn ' t really pioneer anything novel or super interesting with illmatic . it was more or less him polishing the flows and styles which had already been around in new york for a while beforehand , rather than developing anything unique himself . <| sep |> On the one hand , yes that ' s the joke . On the other hand , DID YOU JUST RACIALLY PROFILE SOMEONE BASED UPON THEIR WORDS ! ? That ' s racist ! <| sep |> I am glad this has been well received , showing there are people in here legitimately interested in things like , you know , telling the truth in a discussion .