Nas - Hip hop is Dead (discussion)

by **AspirinE** » Dec 9th, '06, 13:09

Ok, so how many of yall heard it? and what did u think bout it.

I personally think the album is fire, i read some mixed reviews on sites, but seems like people just talk bullshit.

Easily the best album of the year..

I loved the beats.

by **yoshi** » Dec 9th, '06, 13:37

i decided not to download it, cause if i did, i probably wouldn't buy it later.. but the 2 tracks i've heard ["Hip Hop Is Dead" and "Black Republican"] are tight, especially the 1st one.. the one with Jay-Z wasn't that bad, i think i've said already that Nas did much better than Jay on this track.

*waits till December 19* :shifty:

by **AspirinE** » Dec 9th, '06, 13:39

Im dissapointed that Rakim and Nas didn't happen.

Two best most consistentant legendary rappers on one track would've been great.

ohh and heres the review i posted on rapbasement.

The album is great. Some of ya'll really have to big of an expectation, so big that I think no release is gonna live up to it.

HHID is the best mainstream release of 2006 without a doubt.

The concepts in the songs- great
The lyrics- 100% on point, Nas brings the usual lyrical heat.
The beats- Beats are nice and laidback, as an oldschool hip hop fan i've enjoyed everyone of the beats.

Clubbangers- Thank god there are none, this is what i call an album, not a fucking release that sells coz of singles.

The album has a general concept- many rappers dont do that no more, I think this is great about this album, its not just a bunch of songs thrown on a record with a random self-glorifying title.

Is this a classic? - since when have albums been declaired "classics" within days of release. I have much doubt that people had enough time to understand and think into every line nas wrote, yet alone let the album influence you. You'll need to live and see with what this album will associate to in ur mind.
Classic albums stand the test of time, and i can definately see this album being re-revised and understood more with time.

And "Who killed it" - like sombody already said in this thread, making reference to MF Doom and a deeper concept with a storyline (must remember to rep that person) the song isnt about overallsound, its about making u think, besides its one track, it doesnt ruin the album.

just my opinion.

and stop waiting for fucking classics, they don't come on the days of releases, just coz u listen to a lot of hip hop doesnt make you big enough fan to call an album a classic.

http://board.rapbasement.com/showthread ... 95&page=14

by **°[~CHR!$~]°** » Dec 9th, '06, 14:43

yoshi wrote:
*waits till December 19*

heard nothin till now :'(

but i suprise myself with buyin the cd

ehhmm btw i went to our recordshop here and asked when its comin out
the woman i ask said that it comin out december15...well here in germany
but germany isnt so far from poland :unsure:

by **AspirinE** » Dec 9th, '06, 15:18

danigantt wrote:^ Cool Review.

I'm usually not a Nas person. And, the fact that he's now with Jay-Z rubs me the wrong way .

But, I'll give it a listen. The fact that there is "no club bangers" on it excites me.

its nothing like what Jay-z drops, this album is on some REAL TALK.

I spent the day listning to it, and im amazed... even though i havent really been amazed by anything that came out in the last 2 years.

This album is for real real hip hop fans.

by **Coccoa** » Dec 9th, '06, 15:25

Waste of 6 minutes of download. Milkshake did his classic flops again. Jigga should have told him that he should stop his egyptian history rapping and go for a club banger. Oh yeah i forgot, Nas in incapable of saying anything else but "Pharaoh", "the king is back" and "medusa".

by **AspirinE** » Dec 9th, '06, 15:35

Coccoa wrote:Waste of 6 minutes of download. Milkshake did his classic flops again. Jigga should have told him that he should stop his egyptian history rapping and go for a club banger. Oh yeah i forgot, Nas in incapable of saying anything else but "Pharaoh", "the king is back" and "medusa".

harlem if u want clubbangers, listen to ur g-unit, your opinion is absolutely useless and pointless when your talking with a groupie bias.

by **Coccoa** » Dec 9th, '06, 16:32

ASP wrote:
Coccoa wrote:Waste of 6 minutes of download. Milkshake did his classic flops again. Jigga should have told him that he should stop his egyptian history rapping and go for a club banger. Oh yeah i forgot, Nas in incapable of saying anything else but "Pharaoh", "the king is back" and "medusa".

harlem if u want clubbangers, listen to ur g-unit, your opinion is absolutely useless and pointless when your talking with a groupie bias.

What groupie bias?? Am i wrong about Nas saying nothing else but the same shit recycled for 14 years?? Am i wrong about Nas claiming legend when he did nothing legendary?? Not to mention being unimportant. Nas got no creativity. Would the Firm flop if instead of Nas, Dre had Jigga in?? I dont think so. Even his album covers are the same. The projects next to the bridge and his face, first as a kid, then as an asshole, then as a wannabe Pharaoh and last (but not least) a wannabe Sith lord. Took his 10 years to make another good album (not that Illmatic was thaaaaat great, Mobb Deep's albums murked his own, who are basically the New York mafioso rap trendsetters) so what does that leave Nas with?? Dissing Jigga. Ether did not kill Jay-Z tho, no matter how great it was. So after people quickly forgot about him and the beef (Jigga didnt bother responding except Supa Ugly) so Nas dissed Jigga again on 8 Mile Soundtrack (like his song had anything to do with the movie but oh well, he dickrode Eminem, so he put him in) hoping he will get attention. After still not getting attention he does the magic Don Juan de Marco move and marries Kelis....still nobody cares. Flop after flop he remembers that a lil kid he met when he lived in Jamaica is now a succesful and rich rapper: 50 Cent. So his next move for publicity is to diss 50 in public. 50 clowns Nas on Piggy Bank, Nas clowns 50 on MC Burial and signs with his archenemy. Jigga. Do you know why he signed with Jigga?? For the money. Did Jigga bring Nas back?? Nas was never here to be back. Think of it like that. 50 signs Mobb Deep. All suddenly all eyes on Mobb. Yeah their album did bad, mostly becuz it was leaked one month before its release and cuz people thought singing with the Unit is a bad move. But Mobb is back. Havoc doing a solo album, Prodigy doing a solo tape and an album THRU G-Unit all those. Mobb Deep get their own label and sign Big Noyd, Nyce, 40 Glocc, Sam Scarfo and Gail Gotti. Work closely with Alchemist and the rest of the producers and DJs, and embarked into a worldwide tour. Can Nas say the same?

by **AspirinE** » Dec 9th, '06, 16:45

What groupie bias??

If nas was cool with g-unit ud be all on his nuts.

Am i wrong about Nas saying nothing else but the same shit recycled for 14 years??

Yes, u are wrong.

Am i wrong about Nas claiming legend when he did nothing legendary??

WTF, are you an idiot? Nas released 2 classic albums arguably more.

Not to mention being unimportant. Nas got no creativity.

This is coming from a person that listens to G-unit. Seriously get your fucking head out your ass.

Would the Firm flop if instead of Nas, Dre had Jigga in?? I dont think so. Even his album covers are the same.

Ur the only one who cares flop or not.

The projects next to the bridge and his face, first as a kid, then as an asshole, then as a wannabe Pharaoh and last (but not least) a wannabe Sith lord. Took his 10 years to make another good album (not that Illmatic was thaaaaat great, Mobb Deep's albums murked his own, who are basically the New York mafioso rap trendsetters) so what does that leave Nas with??

God's son was a great album, stillmatic was a great album, Hip Hop is dead is a great album.

Dissing Jigga. Ether did not kill Jay-Z tho, no matter how great it was. So after people quickly forgot about him and the beef (Jigga didnt bother responding except Supa Ugly) so Nas dissed Jigga again on 8 Mile Soundtrack (like his song had anything to do with the movie but oh well, he dickrode Eminem, so he put him in) hoping he will get attention. After still not getting attention he does the magic Don Juan de Marco move and marries Kelis....still nobody cares. Flop after flop he remembers that a lil kid he met when he lived in Jamaica is now a succesful and rich rapper: 50 Cent. So his next move for publicity is to diss 50 in public. 50 clowns Nas on Piggy Bank, Nas clowns 50 on MC Burial and signs with his archenemy. Jigga. Do you know why he signed with Jigga?? For the money. Did Jigga bring Nas back?? Nas was never here to be back. Think of it like that. 50 signs Mobb Deep. All suddenly all eyes on Mobb. Yeah their album did bad, mostly becuz it was leaked one month before its release and cuz people thought singing with the Unit is a bad move. But Mobb is back. Havoc doing a solo album, Prodigy doing a solo tape and an album THRU G-Unit all those. Mobb Deep get their own label and sign Big Noyd, Nyce, 40 Glocc, Sam Scarfo and Gail Gotti. Work closely with Alchemist and the rest of the producers and DJs, and embarked into a worldwide tour. Can Nas say the same?

Basically of u creaming ur pants over 50cents and g-units money that they earn from dumb kids, who've yet to even understand what hip hop is.

People listen to music, not the record sales. kick your rediculous ass thoughts to yourself, nobody on this forum even cares what u say anyway, you got your head so far up 50cents ass that you don't even listen to music no more. And as u stated before "fuck the music" i suggest you just leave the thread then and dont listen to music.

I'l delete more of your senseless shit if you keep posting it.

by **AspirinE** » Dec 9th, '06, 16:45

Now lets continue the discussion on this great album.

by **Coccoa** » Dec 9th, '06, 19:43

Dani, u had to pick his side huh?? :angry:

by **NoLimitWordz** » Dec 9th, '06, 22:30

Personally I loved this album...good to Nas back at the top of his game....i'll probably be buying it when it comes out on the 19th

by **IceAxe** » Dec 10th, '06, 01:37

what's more important than the album being any good is the truth in the title. Nas is right, Hip Hop is dead

by **spitz** » Dec 10th, '06, 03:37

whats crazy to me.....the same people that will by a young jeezy album, or a young joc album, the people ruining hip hop, are gunna get the hip hop is dead album, which hip hop is dead cuz of stupid artists such as those....i dont get it. nas is really the only rapper left. unless eminem pulls the next album out of his ass, or if the mighty rakim comes back

by **°[~CHR!$~]°** » Dec 10th, '06, 13:06

spitz wrote:whats crazy to me.....the same people that will by a young jeezy album, or a young joc album, the people ruining hip hop, are gunna get the hip hop is dead album, which hip hop is dead cuz of stupid artists such as those....i dont get it. nas is really the only rapper left. unless eminem pulls the next album out of his ass, or if the mighty rakim comes back

spitz had spoken!!! :worship:

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