Nas - Hiphop is Dead ('06 release)

Goodfellow · #1 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn. What an ill album. Instant classic.

I know fnk seems to eat up the commercial bs type albums, so I dno how many of you will care.. but I'm sure there are lots of people who like Nas aka real music.

There are so many stand out tracks on this album that are pure genious.

Don't sleep on this!

Password is www.rapgodfathers.com

http://www.sendspace.com/file/n7hfwr

Clayton. · #2 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

Downloading.

I'll post what i think about it after but the last nas album i really liked alot was illmatic.

Goodfellow · #3 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

I sorta thought nas was droppin off the map after his old shit, but this has to honestly one of his best of all time. IMO the production is 2nd to none.

Myshell~ · #4 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

I've enjoyed the tracks I've heard. Impressed for sure.

Goodfellow · #5 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

New Kweli Album just dropped too.. Blacksmith movement. Very fresh. Some mixtape shit on there too. no p/w for the d/l.

http://link-protector.com/125373/

Moon · #6 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

heard the hip hop is dead single. fuckin love it!

omega_image · #7 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

inagaddadavida baby

djOKIBI · #8 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goodfellow

Password is www.godfathers.com
http://www.sendspace.com/file/n7hfwr

Password for Nas - Hiphop Is Dead is www.rapgodfathers.com.

Tea · #9 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

NAS IS LIKE HALF MAN HALF AMAZING.

muuuust listen to this
he is my most favorite

Goodfellow · #10 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

Quote:

Originally Posted by djOKIBI

Password for Nas - Hiphop Is Dead is www.rapgodfathers.com.

OOPS !

shit haha

thanks for correctin there man

**sNyx** · #11 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

Hiphop is dead is a pretty slick tune, im on the third or so loop give it a couple more and I'll review. Some cool stuff on here.

Who killed it is prob my fave so far (tentative), paints me some black and white pinstripe new york rum runner image. Wicked stuff.

Goodfellow · #12 (**permalink**) Dec 09, 06

^ for some reason I wasn't feelin that track really

You Can't Kill Me.. Play on Playa.. Hold down the block .. Black republican

those are my favs.

omega_image · #13 (**permalink**) Dec 12, 06

finally got a chance to listen to this, and i'm sorry to say i wasn't overly impressed. there were a few tracks that stood out, but nothing that really caught me. i was expecting a lot more from the nas/jay-z collab, and found that kanye's rhymes were the tightest thing on the album.

regardless, i'm not hating on this album and yes the production is hot, but i'm just kind of disappointed.

Goodfellow · #14 (**permalink**) Dec 12, 06

^ I disagree on so many levels

the beat on that jayz/nas track is ridiculous.. both have good verses on it, don't know how else you'd make that track better.

kanye's the tightest? meh.

but to each their own right?

djOKIBI · #15 (**permalink**) Dec 12, 06

This album is great, I've given it several listens since leeching it.
Tracks that stand out for me, personally:
Can't Forget About You
Blunt Ashes
Black Republican
Hold Down The Block

Goodfellow · #16 (**permalink**) Dec 12, 06

werd homie ^

Let there be light.. that track is startin to grow on me too.

the thing I like about this album, is it reaches so many different styles so you don't get bored. listen to any of the crunk south rap shit and it's just the same style, beat after beat verse after verse.

Bentley · #17 (**permalink**) Dec 12, 06

Fuck nas its all about Young Jeezy!!!

Bentley · #18 (**permalink**) Dec 12, 06

joking heres the link dorks. discuss.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/jeezy-ca...-show-mp3.html

Goodfellow · #19 (**permalink**) Dec 12, 06

jeezy is a fuckin clown.

I got his new album and put it in the recycle bin about 10 minutes after.

omega_image · #20 (**permalink**) Dec 12, 06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goodfellow

^ I disagree on so many levels

the beat on that jayz/nas track is ridiculous.. both have good verses on it, don't know how else you'd make that track better.

kanye's the tightest? meh.

but to each their own right?

i'll give it another listen on the way home tonight, hopefully i missed something.

Rayeine · #21 (**permalink**) Jan 18, 07

I got the interpretations...
I got the various ways..
but it still hurts,
to see the hip hop is dead...
it does not sit right..
it jabs.
.....I know of the below earth message...that the minds gotta dig for
....but still...
Those words..spoken..written..
I find it unsettling...

SmokeOne · #22 (**permalink**) Feb 07, 07

That Cd is sick..But Illmatic is stil one of the best rap cd's ever.

Goodfellow · #23 (**permalink**) Feb 07, 07

^ Not questioning that. Just saying this CD is better than most mainstream shit being released these days. Hell it's been quite a while since I got it, and I'm still listening to it. I'm pretty picky about music, so that says a lot.

SmokeOne · #24 (**permalink**) Feb 08, 07

i wasent arguing with you..Nas is the shit..back in the Firm days. now that was dope shit..Hip/Hop sucks now soo stale

tiedye · #25 (**permalink**) Feb 08, 07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goodfellow

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn. What an ill album. Instant classic.

I know fnk seems to eat up the commercial bs type albums, so I dno how many of you will care.. but I'm sure there are lots of people who like Nas aka real music.

There are so many stand out tracks on this album that are pure genious.

Don't sleep on this!

Password is www.rapgodfathers.com

http://www.sendspace.com/file/n7hfwr

Well.. I think the album's crap, personally. I also think it's a completely commercial release. Just because he's calling out pseudo-purists and saying he doesn't like the direction hip-hop is going doesn't mean he isn't making a buck or two while being backed my a major label. DefJam Records is about as commercial as it gets these days; their past, in my opinion, does not credit the present. I mean, look at the artists they have signed. Everyone from LL Cool J to Redman & Method Man, if I'm not mistaken, and please... Russell Simmons' history is notorious.

The statement is meant to be hostile and egg people on; I get it. I just don't think he is really looking at the natural progression of hip-hop. Since artists like the Wu-Tang Clan emerged, it was clear that the hip-hop community had moved their focus from legitimate art to a more profitable market, which inevitably would help them improve their economic standings. The majority of the target market obviously agrees.

DJs/MCs that have been around since the beginning of DefJam and the whole late 80s New York scene (Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, Afrika Bambaata, etc) are hardly around anymore and they're about as real as hip-hop gets.

Anyways, that's my 3 minute stoned rant. Your thoughts?

*awaits the inevitable reeming from the hip-hoppers*

edit: Oh, and for the record, I'm into hip-hop acts like Abstract Rude, People Under the Stairs, Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, and KRS-One.. stuff like that. So that might cast light on my opinion.