Nas - Hip Hop is Dead (VIDEO LINK YOUTUBE)

[d-nice]

Nice video. Yall notice how he says NYC, Dirty South, West Coast... I guess he did that so it wouldn't cause more friction between the East and South.

Nas has always given it up to the South. That Favor For A Favor song with Scarface on I Am was classic. He was giving props to The Product earlier in the year when they album dropped and they talking about Nas being on their next album.

[Raphael]

dope track, dope video

props for the link

[Invincible]

If that is Will.I.Am with the background lyrics i don't feel they were needed.

[Oklin]

it's an allright track.. i like the video..

[eazye]

I really liked the song before, now I LOVE it with the video.Dope concept, and we gotta give props to Nas for making this kind of a track his first single.Like Jrome said, ain't nobody in mainstream Hip-Hop doing it like that

Props for the link

[Bones01]

nice vid. its got that old school feel. Wats up with the major censouring? fucks the song up

[Criminal656]

^^^^^^SIMON, THIS VIDEO IS TIGHT. CAN'T WAIT FOR THE ALBUM TO DROP. BEEN WAITING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME 

[jeromechickenbone]

Props, that was a dope video indeed.

Im glad Def Jam didnt try to change or some bs like that, its obvius theyre not going for the sales on this one.

Huh?  They're not going for sales on this one?  How about they're not gunning for the fuckin teeny bop crowd on this one.  The gave Nas $10 million just to sign with them.  You think they're not looking for sales?

[Criminal656]

Props, that was a dope video indeed.

Im glad Def Jam didnt try to change or some bs like that, its obvius theyre not going for the sales on this one.

Huh?  They're not going for sales on this one?  How about they're not gunning for the fuckin teeny bop crowd on this one.  The gave Nas $10 million just to sign with them.  You think they're not looking for sales?

I THINK IT'LL SELL, I MEAN NAS IS RECOGNIZED AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND NOT TRENDY

[Meho]

Props, that was a dope video indeed.

Im glad Def Jam didnt try to change or some bs like that, its obvius theyre not going for the sales on this one.

Huh?  They're not going for sales on this one?  How about they're not gunning for the fuckin teeny bop crowd on this one.  The gave Nas $10 million just to sign with them.  You think they're not looking for sales?

Considering that they dropped the video 2 weeks before release date, he has basically no promotion and the video is not on some high budget shit Im sceptical about it. But we'll see how things turn out.

[jeromechickenbone]

Props, that was a dope video indeed.

Im glad Def Jam didnt try to change or some bs like that, its obvius theyre not going for the sales on this one.

Huh?  They're not going for sales on this one?  How about they're not gunning for the fuckin teeny bop crowd on this one.  The gave Nas $10 million just to sign with them.  You think they're not looking for sales?

Considering that they dropped the video 2 weeks before release date, he has basically no promotion and the video is not on some high budget shit Im sceptical about it. But we'll see how things turn out.

Well of course he's gonna get a fraction of the promotion that Jay gave himself from Def Jam.  And damn near everybody well outside of Hip Hop were exposed to some Jay promo - Budweiser, Monday Night Football, Time magazine, etc.  But most Hip Hop fans know that Nas is dropping, and he did get on access granted on BET.

Don't get me wrong, there's no way Nas comes close to Jay's first week numbers, but to say it's obvious Def Jam isn't going for sales on this one is crazy. 

And you can have all the promotion in the world, and the highest budget videos,  and it still doesn't directly translate into sales. 

I think you buy into the propaganda that only a certain type of audience purchases albums, and no one else.  Industry heads want people to believe that so they can justify their position of putting out simplistic formulaic bullshit marketed strictly to one audience over and over with no consequence.  They know exactly what they're doing.  But the quality of the music has suffered BIG TIME because of that, and anybody with an ear for music whatsoever would realize it.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

clever concept

[NobodyButMe]

this song is fuckin sick

[MontrealCity's Most]

Nice video. Yall notice how he says NYC, Dirty South, West Coast... I guess he did that so it wouldn't cause more friction between the East and South.

Nas has always given it up to the South. That Favor For A Favor song with Scarface on I Am was classic. He was giving props to The Product earlier in the year when they album dropped and they talking about Nas being on their next album.

favor for a favor i remember that track but i cant think of it, oif someone could hook it up???

The new nas album should be sick, props for the hook up on the video.

[kaptainslapaho]

Nice video. Yall notice how he says NYC, Dirty South, West Coast... I guess he did that so it wouldn't cause more friction between the East and South.

OR MAYBE THAT WAS THERE TO BEGIN WITH