No. Way.

why go with def jam? when he can run his own ****?

This is the biggest news I've heard all year! (Considering this year has been a month so far, you might not think that is interesting. But some interesting stuff has happened this month.)

yeah it isnt anything new

Yeah I don't understand why he would make this move at this point in his career (besides $$$). But, his next release can't be any worse than Street Disciple.

cats better start checkin there ears....Streets Disciple IMO is extremly underrated...maybe ahead of its time...hopfully in 5 years, it gets the recognition it deserves

WTF. When I heard this news, I almost cried. Why leave Sony? How is it better to be UNDER Jay-Z?!

^^Bigger Album budget, more money for marketing, bigger hip hop artist roster for collabs, more in house producers, and i dont know for sure but maybe he was offered more money per album he does?

Nas-"Hip Hop is Dead" - is it any good?
 

i have streets disciple and stillmatic, and theyre class! im gettin Illmatic, but i wanna know is Hip Hop is dead worth gettin!?

HHID is nothing to shout about. It's alright. There were way better rap albums than that out last year. Hell, even Streets Disciple and Stillmatic weren't particularly good. If you're looking for Nas' better works (other than his obvious best, Illmatic), then look no further than God;s Son (2004) and even his sophomore effort It Was Written (1996). I can only imagine that if you like his mediocre stuff so much, you'll love his good stuff.

well i like Stllmatic, i dont really like/listen to Streets disciple!:pimp:

Oh? I thought you said it was class!

Yeah, i said theyre class by accident

i dont listen to much rap, but hip hop is dead is proably one of the best rap cd's i have heard in a whyle, sence well it died.

who killed it is the best track in my opinion on that cd

I have all the Nas album and when comparing to his early works..Hip Hop Is dead is kinda of a letdown...maybe I was too excited but it did not live up to the hype...Ah well it still is one of the better albums that were released in 2006-present. Illmatic is the SH*T though!!!

I think Hip Hop is dead has some great tracks but not enough to call it a great album. About 3 or 4, I would listen thru it.

Yeah, i think it is a real nice album..Let there be light/carry on tradition/not going back/who killed it/blunt ashes are all really good tracks..

well if u dont have Illmatic yet, you need that album, thats his best work. hip hop is dead is decent, but not something that youll play verry often.
Illmatic and even stillmatic are ones that youll play over and over

yeah its def. a good album, and if youre a nas fan then its def. worth getting...i dont think hell ever match illmatic...but that can be said about any great rappers first album.....its always hard to match the first

Peace

I agree with the aforementioned.

Hip Hop Is Dead definitely isn't Nas' best, but it's a good album with some introspective lyrics and good flow.
Although the beats are mildly generic, it doesn't really detract from the lyrics (as in most Hip Hop).

Some favourites off the album:
Money Over Bullshit
Hip Hop Is Dead
Black Republican

The appearances by Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg aren't the best.

im going to go out on a limb here....jay z is wack. he should have stayed retired. and snoop dogg couldnt get more washed up. i respect their old stuff, but c'mon man, theyre like fifty years old now ;/

^
Seriously.

Nas HHID i liked. not his best but i like it. Stillmatic IMO is the best. I think Illmatic is somewhat overrated even though i like that also. Jay-Z'a Kingdom come was a let down. should of been gone longer or put better work on it. its got some good tracks but disappointing.

"Kingdom Come" was pretty bad, but I wouldn't say that it makes Jay wack. "The Black Album" was so incredible because it was the album that he always wanted to make but couldn't because of commercial demand. With KC being his big re-entrance back into hip hop, he had to get back on his pop music grind. I don't like to say that one album makes an artist wack, because that's disregarding his entire catalog before it and whatever new music he might make in the future.

As for "Hip Hop Is Dead," I really enjoyed it. The album was generally well-received by NaS fans and included some great cuts, including Can't Forget About You, Carry On Tradition, Still Dreaming, Hip Hop Is Dead, Hustlers, and Black Republican. There are some weak tracks, but nothing that I would say is wack.

And be sure to cop "Illmatic." It's a classic!

i agree with ya here.

I'v heard the whole album its not bad tell you the truth but i wouldnt go out and buy it.

it was IMO.

I'm not a big fan of NAS, so I'm chancing this post on the thread.

NAS has some great well written lyrics in "Hip-Hop is Dead," but I miss some of the music he created in the 90s.

Hip Hop Is Dead has some good songs on it. Overall it is ok, but you need to get Illmatic now it is one of if not the best Hip Hop albums ever.

this **** old as hell

it's aight sike nah it s ass i'll give it a 3.0

Hip Hop is Dead is average really.
**** best hip-hop album ever, Illmatic is one of the best albums ever period.

very nice album one of the Nas greatest albums

Nas
 

Hello, I did a search, but was unable to find any thread on him already, so I apologize in advance if there is one.

Anyways, I just bought his Illmatic cd, slightly late I know, but I want to know which one I should pick up next? I was thinking God's Son or It Was Written....?

Thanks.

After Illmatic it was more about good songs not so much good albums. I guess I'd go with I Am that's the only other one I thought was decent as an album. God's Son was okay too. I've heard positive things about Stillmatic.

Thanks for the the thread bro. :)

And for the two cents.

I love god's son, I prefer it to illmatic.

Nas-Illmatic
 

I stand this album up against Ready To Die any day. In fact I dare say it's better than Ready To Die. Nas has some of the most poetic rap lyrics I've ever heard. Every song is a classic.

woah, hold on buddy.
illmatic was great, like an 8.8/10, but it isnt one of the best albums ever.

i can think of many better rap and hiphop albums:

Deltron 3030 - s/t
Madvillainy - s/t
Public Enemy - millions
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Outkast - Stankonia

I'd say it is, and especially one of the best rap albums. It's an album with no filler, no skits, it doesn't outstay it's welcome (its really refreshing to hear a rap album that isn't an hour long), has my favourite Hip-hop track (The World Is Yours), some really great sampling, and at that point all of the big talk was completely backed up. It's quite a crossover album as well, appeals to all sorts of music fans. It gets big love from me.