LP Nas - Hip Hop is dead... The N

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'Black Republican'
The N
Hip-Hop is Dead


01.Money Over Bullshit (Prod. LES)
02.You Can't Kill Me (Prod. Salaam Remi)
03.Carry the Tradition (Prod. Scott Storch)
04.Where Are They Now (Prod. Nas & Salaam Remi)
05.Hip-Hop Is Dead (Prod. Will.I.Am)
06.Who Killed It? (Prod. Will.I.Am)
07.Black Republican (Feat. Jay-Z) (Prod. LES)
08.Not Going Back (Feat. Kelis) (Prod. StarGate)
09.Still Dreaming (Feat. Kanye West) (Prod. Kanye West)
10.Hold Down the Block (Prod. Mark Batson)
11.Blunt Ashes (Prod. Chris Webber)
12.Let There Be Light (Feat. Tre Williams) (Prod. Kanye West)
13.Play on Playa (Feat. Snoop Dogg) (Prod. Scott Storch)
14.Can't Forget About You (Feat. Chrisette Michele) (Prod. Will.I.Am)
15.Hustlers (Feat. The Game & Marsha Ambrosius) (Prod. Dr. Dre)
16.Hope (Acapella)


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QG Tru G - After an intro from Nas himself talking about having a love and hate relationship with Hip-Hop, we get down to business and the album is started. Beforehand he mentions Jay-Z´s presence in the studio tonight. Gives the obligatory thanks, yada, yada, yada.

With all the hype, the first note on this album better be phenomenal. A slow rolling boom bap beat with whistling highlights is heard. Sounds like Dre. Yep, it is Dre's production, with Game dropping a verse on the joint for good measure. Yeah, the Compton homie is name dropping but hey, Nas helped him close out Doctor's Advocate so why not jump on the intro here? Nas raps something about being a Compton toller Typ with a New York State of Mind. Not exactly an apocalyptic, "this will save the art of rap" jam, but a nice enough kick off with Nas rapping something about being the first New York toller Typ rhyming with Dr. Dre. True enough.

Won't Go Back - Sleepy keys and hard drums make this beat. Kind of reminiscent of that Sting sample the Trackmasters flipped on It Was Written. Got some smooth humming and singing from some singing dude on there too. Sounds like Quan, but that can’t be him. Nas mentions something about a terry clothe rob and the hood being in him but he's never going back. True.

You Mean The World To Me - From jump this is obviously the latest Nas narrative rap about some chick, probably Kelis. The track is fully of airy organs, you expect it to pick up, but it doesn’t. The second verse tells a tales of girlfriend and baby daddy drama. Autobiographical, unlikely. But he should be leaving that alone for a minute.

Play On Playa - Ahh yes, a silky Marvin Gaye sample from his I Want You masterpiece propels this song. Now that's a classic.Snoop Dogg is on the help out. This is getting the biggest reaction in the room, even amidst the industry schmoozing going down.

Where Are They Now - It's damn hard to fugg up a James Brown sample: "Get Involved". Yeah, I snitched on the source but since this The N is a Sony/Def Jam release, they'll surely clear the joint. Big Daddy Kane, eat your hear out. The songs drops old school MC names but is more of a tribute than a dis. Mr. Cee is in the building and by the pained look on his grill, he digs it.

Carry On Tradition - Choice quote, "Everybody got a label, everyone's a rapper but few flows is fatal." Indeed. Speaking of, where is Joe Fatal? Anyway, wack rappers should take note of this song. Maybe it will make them realize how fraudulent their flow are since on a bad day Nas is better than like 92% of these imposters with with microphones. This is the b*tch and moan about the state of Hip-Hop track (He mentions something about the live in the park sound verse the studio sound).

After this track finished they decided to play the intro of the Nas and Jay-Z collabo, but stopped. What part of the game is that? Mr. Cee is pleading for them to "go in". They don't. Bamas.

"Hip Hop is dead" - Sounds familiar? Same “In A Gadda De Vida” sample, but probably just a different version, courtesy of will.i.am. Still pales in comparison to "Thief's Theme", though. Will.i.am will redeem himself, later on.

Still Dreamin - On the intro Nas wonders out loud if Langston Hughes and Alex Haley (might not have been Haley...hey, Grey Goose and Hennessey was free up in this piece) smoked before they wrote stories. Ok, the beat is eh. Sounds like some soft chanting going down in that background and that ain't Hip-Hop. Actually, this song is likely better if listened to when under the influence. Wait, Chris Webber produced this joint?

Blunt Ashes - Bong! This Kanye produced joint is sick. Did he have to rhyme on it though? Slick drum programming and some dreamy vocals make this sounds like a way smoother take on "Black Girl Lost."

Let There Be LightThis incessant R&B crooning on rap records can be irritating at times. Despite the singing with an Aaron Hall type tone, Nas manages to drop cocksure (no Mark Foley) quips: "Nas is the ghetto American Idol, whatever you do, you still ain’t taking away my title."

Can't Forget About You - After the Def Jam publicist plays game show host and instructs the crowd to pay close attention, we are made privy to industrial flavored drums and distorted, psychedelic feeling keys . Seems like the best track was saved for last and it's a winner. While beat heads wrap their ears around the groove, Nas refrains is: "When's the last time you heard a real anthem?/Nas, the millionaire the mansion /When was the last time your heard your boy Nas rhyme, never on schedule but always on time."

There's also another ditty in there about "heinous crimes selling more records than creative rhymes." Can't say he's lying. Oh yeah, word is this sick groove is another Will.i.am joint. As the track concludes he lets it becomes clear Will done flipped Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable." Gangsta.

VERDICT Supposedly there are few more tracks being mixed and mastered (is one of them a track with DJ Premier?) while that song with Jay-Z is being held under wraps. Hip-Hop Is Dead is definitely a more streamlined effort than Nas' last Street's Disciple album. The title may have folks running their jaws, but talks of Hip-Hop's, and for that matter Nas', demise are greatly exaggerated.
 
Die Tracklist sieht sehr gut aus, wäre schön,wenn es die endgültige wäre. Nicht soviele und vorallem keine R&B Featuregäste ist schon mal sehr gut. 17 Tracks sind für ein Album genau die richtige Anzahl finde ich. Der Track mit Jay-Z ist übelst geil und auch The N und Hip Hop is Dead gefallen mir sehr gut. Der Track mit Damian Marley wird bestimmt auch sehr geil. Freu mich schon riesig auf das Album.
 
Kenne bislang nur "The N" und der is saugeil.
"Black Republican" feat. Jay-Z hatte ich bisalng nur in einer totalen Ranz-Version gehört. Da konnte ich mir noch kein Urteil bilden.
Ma abwarten, aber die Vorfreude ist enorm.
 
Diese Ranz-Version von "Black Republican" knallt wirklich so in etwa jeden Track weg, den ich in den letzten Monaten gehört habe!
 
die Links zu "Hip Hop Is Dead" und "The N" sind illegal und die Tracklist stimmt wahrscheinlich eh nicht, weil ich keinen Rapper kenne, der seine Tracklist über einen Monat vor dem Release schon preisgibt !!!
 
Fab5000 said:
die Links zu "Hip Hop Is Dead" und "The N" sind illegal und die Tracklist stimmt wahrscheinlich eh nicht, weil ich keinen Rapper kenne, der seine Tracklist über einen Monat vor dem Release schon preisgibt !!!
welche rapper kennst du denn?
BLACK REPUBLICAN is das schlechteste was ich seit jahren gehört hab. der beat von THE N is unglaublich scheiße.die raps von HIPHOP IS DEAD sind unglaublich krass,die drums auch,aber dieses recycling geht tierisch auf die nerven.mal schauen
 
flowin.fong said:
welche rapper kennst du denn?
BLACK REPUBLICAN is das schlechteste was ich seit jahren gehört hab. der beat von THE N is unglaublich scheiße.die raps von HIPHOP IS DEAD sind unglaublich krass,die drums auch,aber dieses recycling geht tierisch auf die nerven.mal schauen

Ah ja, alles klar. :rolleyes:
 
The N - geil
HipHop is dead - oberes Mittelmaß
Black Republican - gut (aber muss ich mal sehen, wenn cih mal ne ordentliche Version zu hören kriege)

Album wird denk ich mal geil... Vielleicht bestes Album 06...
 
Di$$kret said:
The N - geil
HipHop is dead - oberes Mittelmaß
Black Republican - gut (aber muss ich mal sehen, wenn cih mal ne ordentliche Version zu hören kriege)

Album wird denk ich mal geil... Vielleicht bestes Album 06...
ich find hip hop is dead eher besser als the n...
 
Di$$kret said:
Naja find der The N Beat killt alles....
schon sehr geiler beat aba ich find der passt nicht so zu nas. was nicht heißt dass ich den track nicht auch geil finde
 
Obie_Trice said:
Black Republican is absoluter Killer:eek:

Jo und ich find beide sind gleich gut ! Lyrics von beiden sind echt unglaublich und beim Flow geben sich beide wie ich finde auch nix. Und Beat ist natürlich auch geil !Hat irgendwas monumentales der Track.

PS:Nas hat in nem Interview neulich gesagt, dass,,The N" wohl nicht aufm ALbum sein wird. Er meint es gibt zu viele bessere Songs als dieser !
 
wo isser?

hat jemand ne ahnung was eigentlich mit dem millionen (weiss nich mehr genau) schweren beat ist von den neptunes?nas solle vor ner schon etwas längeren zeit einen beat gekauft haben der alles wegbomben sollte.( ja von den neptunes :) )
 
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