Hip Hop is Dead - Nas

[TheBlueMonster]

Dear Nas
Congratulations on creating a great album. As on all albums there are some pretty weak tracks. But there are more good ones. You need to thank your producers for creating some really sick tracks. Your colaborations with other MCs (like JayZ and Snoop) aren't excessive and actually add to the overall album experience. I particularly love the Dr. Dre track.

Sincerely,
THeBlueMonster

ps. your flow is quite nice

[AE6]

Nice, I will probably have to pick this up after xmas with one of my inevitable gift cards.

[hoyasnaxa]

I did not like it. Sounds the same as all his newer stuff.

[TheBlueMonster]

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I did not like it. Sounds the same as all his newer stuff.


[/ QUOTE ] I dunno...the only Nas album I really liked before this was "Illmatic". So for me to immediately like this new one is a good sign.

[Bodhisattva]

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I did not like it. Sounds the same as all his newer stuff.


[/ QUOTE ] I dunno...the only Nas album I really liked before this was "Illmatic". So for me to immediately like this new one is a good sign.

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Wow, thats exactly how i feel. I'm definitely picking this up then.

[Sooga]

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I did not like it. Sounds the same as all his newer stuff.


[/ QUOTE ] I dunno...the only Nas album I really liked before this was "Illmatic". So for me to immediately like this new one is a good sign.

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Yea the reason why Illmatic was so great was because it only had 10 tracks, and each one was awesome. These days some albums have 9 or 10 good tracks, but they add on 5 or 6 filler crap tracks with it. 10/10 > 10/16

[XXXNoahXXX]

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I did not like it. Sounds the same as all his newer stuff.


[/ QUOTE ] I dunno...the only Nas album I really liked before this was "Illmatic". So for me to immediately like this new one is a good sign.

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Yea the reason why Illmatic was so great was because it only had 10 tracks, and each one was awesome. These days some albums have 9 or 10 good tracks, but they add on 5 or 6 filler crap tracks with it. 10/10 > 10/16

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I think is a frequent but nonetheless dumb comment. 10/10 is exactly the same as 10/16, just press the skip button 6 times.

Obviously the discerning listener will appreciate 10/10 more than 10/16, but the ordinary consumer expects 16 tracks and could care less if 6 of them are crap or even skits. The ordinary consumer does some dumb calculation in their head where tracks divided by cost equals worth, so more tracks equal a better value.

Shouldn't matter this day and age, and it doesn't for me since I put everything on my ipod and just cut out the skits/intros/bad songs.

[Bodhisattva]

I've recently been getting back into rap, took a long break from listening. Old wu albums, illmatic, cormega, big l. I cant seem to find that gritty style that was around in the 90's. I like some of the new stuff, but never enough to go out and buy the album.

[siccjay]

It's pretty good. It starts out real great and gets bleh in the middle. The track with Game is tight.

[TheBlueMonster]

I just realized (pointed out by my brother) that the sample they use in the song "Black Republican" is from the Godfather II