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Interesting, Nas samples a well known and legendary rock song for the track "Hip Hop Is Dead" to help him get his point across that hip hop is really dead (rock music is seen as a competitor and opposite of hip hop).
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A classic IMO!
9.5/10
Hope (wow)
carry on tradition
blunt ashes
play on playa
can't forget about you
black republican
hustlersComment
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i heard it and thought it sucked except for 1 song.Comment
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Money Over Bull****- nice track- set the album off nice
You Can't Kill Me- good track- a good follow up track
Carry On Tradition- nice track- so far the album is nice
Where Are They Now- didn't care for it- I can see what he was doing but it's definitely a skipper in my opinion.
Hip Hop Is Dead- good track but loses some points for using the same beat as Thief's Theme
Who Killed It- didn't care for it- just can't get into it
Black Republican- not as impressed with it as others are
Not Going Back- nice track- getting back to where it started off at
Still Dreaming- nice track- see above
Hold Down The Block- nice track- The best track in my opinion
Blunt Ashes- nice track- A little slow but it still nice
Let There Be Light- nice track- I love the beat sample
Play On Playa- decent track- I still don't get the Snoop Dogg the pimp bull****- alright track overall
Can't Forget About You- good track- It's a good sample but really wouldn't look for this track when listening to the cd.
Hustler's- nice track- Definitely a in the ride track
Hope- decent- It's a original but I really need a beat to get down to it.
16 tracks
8 really nice tracks.
3 good tracks
3 decent tracks
2 tracks I didn't care for
If the album was only 8 tracks long I would definitely say it's classic but it has more than a few tracks that I probably wouldn't listen to much.
My final rating- Really good but not what it is hyped up to be. That's just my opinion though.Comment
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So far so good. I'm on Track #10, I think.
The **** is disgusting. Who is this guy?Comment
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I was listening to it today for the first time, after listening to Kingdom Come. For me, Nas has a couple of songs on his effort that are better than anything on KC, but Jay's album is more consistently good all the way through, with only 2 or 3 weak songs.
The Game's verse on Hustlers is ****ing sick, "I was the only Compton ***** with a New York state of mind", crazy.Comment
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After evaluating again,
Money over Bull****=sick beat. Crazy drum pattern. Nas is back. 4.5/5
You Can't Kill Me=ok song, beat is ok. 3.5/5
Carry On Tradition=Beat is not so bad, solid lyrics. 4/5
Where Are They Now=absolutely DISGUSTING BEAT. Nice concept. 4.5/5
Hip Hop is Dead=sick beat. sick lyrics. 4.5/5
Who Killed It=Used the "I ain't no joke" beat. Very nice. That vocal tone is mother****ing hilarious. Is he impersonating an old school detective? 4/5
Black Republican=Insane beat. Nice lyrics. 4/5
Not Going Back=nice beat, lyrics are decent 3.5/5
Still Dreaming= not a big kanye fan, but this beat is very nice. 4/5
Hold Down the Block=not really liking the beat, decent song 3.5/5.
Blunt Ashes=this beat is very nice. Solid ****. 4.5/5
Let There Be Light=another solid beat. Solid lyrics. 4.5/5
Play on Playa=smooth ****. 3.5/5
Can't Forget About You=Nice beat, solid song 4/5
Hustlers=OK beat,Solid song. 4/5
Hope= Nas is the ****.
I like this **** a lot. More than I thought I would. 4.5 on first couple listens.Comment
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I think it is a classic for this time but time will tell. I didn't really see anything inventive from Nas aside from Who Killed It?, which is rare. I rate it the same as Stillmatic.Comment
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It gets better everytime I listen to it. I thought it was average first time I heard it, now its easily a 8/10 maybe better.Comment
to your mom..
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