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Nas - Hip-Hop is Dead!

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:12 pm
by nZa
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:15 pm
by adapter
Nas album Hip-hop is dead tracklist

Title: Hip Hop Is Dead... The "N"
Artist: Nas
Original release year: 2006
Label: Sony/Def Jam/Ill Will
Guest Artists: Bravehearts; Jay-Z; Rakim; Kelis; Damien Marley; Pharrell; Busta Rhymes; Michael Jackson
Stereo: Stereo
Studio/Live: Studio
Pieces in Set: 1
Catalog#: 108773-2006
Desc: Performer

Additional Notes: Top

Personnel includes: Bravehearts; Jay-Z; Rakim; Kelis; Damien Marley; Pharrell; Busta Rhymes; The Game
Producers include: Timbaland, The Neptunes, Will.i.am, Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, Saalam Remi, Kanye West, Just Blaze, DJ Premier, Nas, L.E.S.

Engineers include: Eddie Sancho, John Crouse, Steve Souder, Ray Adler

Unlike its predecessor STREET'S DISCIPLE, HIP HOP IS DEAD harkens back to Nas' commercial pop-crossover albums as well as the poetic glory days of ILLMATIC. The New York hip-hop legend returns to the thoughtful, introspective philosophy that turned heads early in his recording career (with a little help from rap legend Rakim, the ever rambunctious Busta Rhymes, and former foe Jay-Z). Indeed there are some attempts at fancy, hook-laden production (thanks to Pharrell, Kelis and a newly invigorated Michael Jackson)--but most of the tracks go out of their way to be workaday, subservient frameworks to the lyrics. Sampling records (Louis Armstrong's "The Skokiaan", The Doors "Hello I Love You") that have never been used by other rappers, Nas makes it clear that his focus here is not only on the message but also on the sound. Lyrically, Nas addresses weighty topics as mortality, true love, religion, politics, family, personal responsibility and, of course, the currently ??€?deceased??€? state of hip-hop. Those themes might seem far from the thug-life reveries of many of his contemporaries, but for Nas it's business as usual. Ironically the record proves that rap music is far from dead.

1. Intro - (N. Jones, C. Martin)
2. The Death - (N. Jones, S. Storch, S. Holman, A. Griffith)
3. War for Zion feat. Damien Marley - (N. Jones, D. Marley, L. Lewis)
4. Yes Yes Y'all - (N. Jones, S. Gibbs)
5. North by Northwest feat. The Game - (N. Jones, J. Taylor, A. Young)
6. Got it Back Like That feat. Michael Jackson - (N. Jones, M. Jackson, R. Hampford, T. Peter, T.Mosley)
7. The Golden Child (N. Jones, C. Martin, H. Ribald)
8. Polo and Guess feat. Jay-Z - (N. Jones, S. Carter, K. West)
9. U.B.K (Unauthorized Biography of KRS-One) - (N. Jones)
10. Just Love It feat. Kelis - (N. Jones, K. Rogers, J. Smith)
11. World's Greatest feat. Pharrell - (N. Jones, P. Williams, C. Hugo)
12. Gods and Earths feat. Rakim - (N. Jones, W. Griffin, C. Martin)
13. We Brave feat. The Bravehearts - (N. Jones, J. Jones, N. Jones, L. Lewis)
14. Sekou Selassie - (N. Jones, S. Jones, L. Lewis)
15. Hip-Hop is Dead - (N. Jones, W. Adams)
16. Kill that Noise feat. Busta Rhymes - (N. Jones, T. Smith, S. Storch)
17. The "N"... - (N. Jones, A. Young, B. Jordan, L. Lewis)
18. Ann Jones - (N. Jones, S. Gibbs)
19. BONUS TRACK: What Y'all Want - (N. Jones, S. Gibbs)

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:21 pm
by nZa
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:35 pm
by Jove
ciena zis cca nas il va vea pe 50 e album? ....altceva e ca o sa colaboreze si altceva e sa apara pe un album ..care e gandit de luni de zile de el si defjam ;)

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:57 am
by rappy_oradea
deci,cu sufletul la gura astept materialul asta,Nas fiind...nu stiu cum sa il mai descriu.. e..God in Hip Hop..cel putin pt mine.. si sa`mi bag pula ca din 96 de cand il ascult..i`am ramas fidel.. sper sa nu dezamageasca...albumul Nastradamus nu mi`a picat prea bine...dar mna..restul..toate!.. fanii Nas sper ca ma inteleg..am devenit fanatic :twisted: :lol: :lol: ..asa..si in plus are feat cu artistul meu preferat din muzica in general..Michael Jackson...se leaga toate.... :lol: :lol: ...

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:56 am
by exeprime
12. Gods and Earths feat. Rakim - (N. Jones, W. Griffin, C. Martin)
Nas cu Rakim si Primo :bow: :bow: :bow:

It's history in the making, i tell you @_@

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:19 am
by HateMeNow
^^ mda, sunt si cateva chesti tari, dar nu imi place Sott Storch de loc, nici Will.I.Am, Pharel sau Timbaland, nici tracklistul nu prea ma incanta... si sper sa nu faca feat cu 50 :|

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:55 am
by exeprime
Tre' sa faca omul si bani, si sincer nu-l condamn... e normal ca odata si-odata tot sa te oftici ca fac oameni mai putin talentati decat tine bani cu carul, si sa te-apuci sa faci si muzica care se vinde mai bine. Dar atata timp cat o sa existe si track-uri tari, care ar putea ramane in istorie, e ok... Toata admiratia pentru cei care fac muzica "nu pentru notorietate ci pentru arta", dar ii inteleg pe cei care vor sa faca si un ban.

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:58 am
by HateMeNow
nu se pune asa problema la Nas. albumul oricum se va vinde.

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:42 pm
by tvrr_1
da, akolo se vinde...

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:17 pm
by Rey
Foarte tare tracklistu ... sunt foarte curios cum suna =>

North by Northwest feat. The Game
Got it Back Like That feat. Michael Jackson
Polo and Guess feat. Jay-Z
Gods and Earths feat. Rakim

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:19 pm
by HateMeNow
news: primul extras pe single o sa fie piesa cu The Game

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:58 pm
by DFB
Mi-a placut de Nas la faza cu Neptunes.. L-am vazut la Newws pe MTV Base:

"Sa dau 1 milion pe un beat de la Neptunes? Sa-mi dea neptunes un milion ca sa le cant pe beat..."

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:46 pm
by Jove
Nas si 50 au din nou beef :lol: deoarece 50 nu a extras de pe mixtapeul lui G Unit Radio Part. 22 - diss-ul catre Nas :lol: cica nu a vrut sa strice mixtapeu :lol: so...

50 vs. Nas again i think :D

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:58 pm
by DFB
Nu stiu... Nas a spus ca nu are nimic cu el.. Ba chiar, titlul e vazut ca un compliment cica...