Nas, who is looking better than ever, covers Complex's June/July 2012 issue. He gives details on life, love, music, & proves exactly why years after Illmatic, we still love Nasir Jones. && of course he was styled by his long-time super-stylist June Ambrose. View his BTS video & read a few excerpts below.
On toning down his music to be more relatable . . .
I toned it down at times. I started to feel like a nerd when I was a young dude, and that wasn't what I wanted to get across. I wanted to be relatable. And that was part of my mistake, because I toned it down a lot.
I say to
the young: don’t. If you tone it down, still make it come off beautiful. Not
everything I did came off beautiful. It came off as if I was trying to relate
to people who don’t get me. In order to exist, I felt like I had to tone it
down. So for a long time, I did.
If he feels punished for being a living legend ?
I’m
blessed to be here and be able to go into the studio and record another album.
If someone has a problem with how I’m doing my thing, how I’m living my life,
how they see my legacy, that’s none of my business. How can I be mad, when I
still have more to say and the opportunity to make music? That alone—that’s why
my life is good.
When asked what he would like to teach his son about love
He has to
have his own life. My experience could be the wrong thing for his life and
what’s ahead of him. A lot of older people are giving the worst advice, based
on the problems they had. I’m going to need him to tell me what to do. That’s
what I’m looking forward to. If I’m here, we’ll talk. If not, he’s going to
figure it out on his own. He’ll take his mother’s words, he’ll take my words,
and then there’s the truth. Whatever he feels, he’s got to go with his heart,
and be a man in every occasion.
On the messy divorce from Kelis
There
was a point where we were trying to hold onto a relationship that was finished.
She was pregnant and in the studio while we were recording Distant
Relatives, and he
would move when the music would come on. That was a great feeling for me, just
to have that feeling of family. It ended around the time the record was being
done.
There
were times when it didn’t bother me, and there were times when it bothered me a
lot. There were times when I was thinking, Damn. I had this shit all planned out, and now I’ve
failed. That was hard on me, because I don’t like to fail at anything.
Accepting that I failed at this relationship—and it was public—messed me up.
You ask yourself, How could that person be
so cold? And I’m sure she felt the same way about me. It was ugly.
What he currently sees in women
I’m taken
aback by the beauty of women. There was a time when I only saw big breasts and
thick asses. Now, I see the beauty in the subtleties. Those are even better
than the tits and ass. The aesthetics have changed for me.
On what makes a bad b****
That
makes her pretty. No disrespect to women when I say bad bitch, but my
definition of a bad bitch is not always the video vixens. A bad bitch can be a
younger woman, in her early 20s, but wise beyond her years. It could be a woman
in her late 30s, who’s cool as hell, smart, and has great motherly qualities—or
has great motivational skills, or is a powerful mover and shaker in her own
career.
If he'll ever get married again . . .
Not
right now. I’m enjoying life and looking at each day like, “This is beautiful.”
I’m having a good time. I’m not going to bring anybody in to mess that up. You
come around looking like you’re going to mess this good time up, you’re out of
here—fast. [Laughs.] I’m not sacrificing my happiness for nobody and their drama. No way
Visit Complex && be sure to pick up his new album Life is Good on July 17th.
**Jocoby Joyy- A True Brand Will Be Able To Withstand Time.
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