Hip Hop Is Dead - Nas

Wow, what can i say. A true player's cd. Tunes to bounce to, tunes to cruise to. If hip hop was dead it's certainly come alive now. Nas carries true talent and with these 16 tracks he truly enlightens the urban music scene. Unlike many albums, this can be played as backin music to a spring clean or a long journey, or it can be the centre spotlight music at a party or special occasion. I also found that with Nas, he carries the hip hop gangster lifestyle but doesn;t promote guns and extreme violence like most of today's rappers ...

I had to write a review on this album after looking at the other two reviews as it is clear they have not got much experience of hip hop and the art form that it is and that greatness of nas and how this album rates among his others. I AM ONE OF NAS' BIGGEST FANS and i love illmatic it was written, stillmatic, god's son, and this, 'hip hop is dead' is probably one of his weakest lyrically. YES nas has matured bla blah blah and he cant write about the same vivid descriptive hood stories we're used to and this is good in a way except for the fact that now what he has to describe, things such as his life the political situation in america and the state of hip hop, he ...