Nas-Hip Hop is Dead

I just got this album and its fire, all the traks are good.
its worth a listen and for who already listened to it what you think of it

tite.my fav song is hustlers.featurin game

my fav song is blunt ashes

One of the best, if not the best, releases of 2006. Who Killed It is probably my favorite track on the album, that and Black Republicans.

ya its probally the best album of 2006

i dont think its number 1 of 06 but its definitley a classic...and im glad he sticks to the "hiphop is dead" theme....this is one of his best

fav tracks:

money over bullshit,
carry on tradition,
hiphop is dead,
black republican,
who killed it (but only to hear tha message never to bump lol) ,
not going back...kinda...i mean i like da track but iono if i like what he sayin in da track,
still dreaming,
hold down tha block,
blunt ashes,
let there be light,
hustlers,
hope

basically every track is tight and this is a classic to me...a great overall message in tha album...beats were all sick...this to me is what an album should b like

and desi_dr...tha thing in your sig is pretty stupid lol about bush i mean....yeah hes prolly tha worst president weve had but he aient no where near what sadam has done to people....

sadam almost murdered a whole race of people, and thats not even what he was executed for...he was killed for some shit in 1982...so that should tell u how bad he was...executed for some shit in 82?

ya i agree he was a bad person but look at all thos e innocent people bush is killing in iraq and what about clinton (i think it was clinton) he dropped a bomb on a school in iraq i think, and called it an "accident" shouldnt he be executed id this was about something in 1982 why didnt they do anything that ti me everybody knows that is just a cover up to get oil buddy bushs family is making millions

my review of this album

Let There Be Light

• beat - 7/10 - good beat
• text - 8/10 - good deep lyrics
• overall - 8/10

Play On Playa

• beat - 7/10 - don't really like the beat
• text - 7/10 - for some reason i'm not feelin this
• overall - 7/10 - not my favorite song

Can't Forget About You

• beat - 7/10 - good beat but don't really like the shakers in it
• text - 8/10 - i like the thing he says in it.
• overall - 8/10

Hustler's

• beat - 7/10 - it's good but get's repetetive imho
• text - 7/10 - don't like the chorus
• overall - 7/10

Hope

• beat - 7/10 - i like the beat for some parts, but really don't like the repeating thing
• text - 7/10 - sounds weird
• overall - 7/10 - good song

Money over Bullshit

• beat - 8/10 - i like this beat, i like the vocal in it (opera lady)
• text - 8/10 - good deep lyrics
• overall - 8/10

You Can't Kill Me

• beat - 8/10 - nice beat, the high pitched tone reminds me of vice city
• text - 7/10 - i like the chorus
• overall - 7/10

Carry On Tradition

• beat - 8/10 - nice beat
• text - 8/10 - good lyrics
• overall - 8/10

Where Are They Now

• beat - 5/10 - i really don't like this beat
• text - 6/10 - it al sounds weird to me
• overall - 6/10

Hiphop Is Dead

• beat - 7/10 - beat is good, kinda a shame he used it again
• text - 8/10 - he has good points in this
• overall - 8/10

Who Killed It

• beat - 8/10 - i like this beat for some reason
• text - 7/10 - good except for that "accent"
• overall - 8/10

Black Republican

• beat - 10/10 - this must be my favorite beat on the entire album
• text - 8/10 - nice intro:D, well writen lyrics
• overall - 9/10

Not Going Back

• beat - 9/10 - really like this
• text - 8/10 - kelis has almost a male voice in the intro :s(not in the chorus tho
• overall - 9/10

Still Dreaming

• beat - 7/10 - not really feeling it
• text - 7/10 - don't like kanye's part...
• overall - 7/10

Hold Down The Block

• beat - 8/10 - simple but good
• text - 8/10 - well thought lyrics
• overall - 8/10

Blunt Ashes

• beat - 8/10 - like it very much my second favorite of this album
• text - 9/10 - don't know why but i really like this song
• overall - 9/10

overal thoughts
Good to finnaly download and not having to skip any song, usually u skip like 3+ songs on any album but not here.

I really like the entire album, in all ways, for never actually having listend to Nas, i'm really glad i did anyway

total score: 8/10

for me this album is a 10/10, 5 mic, XXL, classic, whatever you wanna call it. even so, its still only my third favorite nas album

my homeboy who posts on this forum occasionally said he didnt like the album, he even liked nastradamus better. my argument is that nas's style may have changed up a little, but hes still an amazing lyricist and his beat selection was way better than streets disciple

oh yeah and while were on the subject nas is a great example of the difference between "maturing as an artist" and selling out. the black eyed peas claim they have just grown as artists, when they used to put out music like this:


http://www.sendspace.com/file/q766p3

please download that and give it a listen, its from when BEP was hip hop

Black Republicans and Blunt Ashes are the highlights, they need a video for Blunt Ashes, that would defiantly increase sales.

ya blunt ashes is my fav song to on the album

I thought it wuz a pretty good album but not a classic and not close to being as good as most his other albums. I was expecting better from him since Jay Z had just dropped around the same time. Overall, it wuz better than most the other stuff that came out in '06.

what are you guyes talking about this album was a dissapointment. And best album of 2006 was defenitly servants in heaven or torture papers

i like money over bullshit cuz that shii is fire cuzz