Hip Hop really is dead...

['EclipZe]

Nas - hip hop is dead
jay-z  -  kingdom come
The Game - Doctors Advocate
Snoop Dogg - Blue Carpet
Ice Cube - laugh now, cry later
SUga Free - Just Add Water
Obie Trice - seconds round on me
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Mobb Deep - Blood Money
Method man - 4:21
P.Diddy - Press Play
Xzibit - Full Circle
T.I. - King
akon - konvicted
Ghostface Killah - More Fish & Fishscale

pretty damn good year.

[Noname]

Nas - hip hop is dead
jay-z  -  kingdom come
The Game - Doctors Advocate
Snoop Dogg - Blue Carpet
Ice Cube - laugh now, cry later
SUga Free - Just Add Water
Obie Trice - seconds round on me
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Mobb Deep - Blood Money
Method man - 4:21
P.Diddy - Press Play
Xzibit - Full Circle
T.I. - King
akon - konvicted
Ghostface Killah - More Fish & Fishscale

pretty damn good year.

It was indeed a good year. 

[Miuzi]

Good album for me is Snoop, Wasn't expecting anything decent from him.  have to listen to Nas a few more times but so far seems good, I think it will grow on me. AZ's album was good as was Games

[wcsoldier]

people who say Hip Hop is dead , say that because they still want the G funk sound coming for the West and the grimey "QB" sound from NYC .... ever heard of a word "change" ?? 

['EclipZe]

Nas - hip hop is dead
jay-z  -  kingdom come
The Game - Doctors Advocate
Snoop Dogg - Blue Carpet
Ice Cube - laugh now, cry later
SUga Free - Just Add Water
Obie Trice - seconds round on me
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Mobb Deep - Blood Money
Method man - 4:21
P.Diddy - Press Play
Xzibit - Full Circle
T.I. - King
akon - konvicted
Ghostface Killah - More Fish & Fishscale

pretty damn good year.

lol @ not putting lupe fiasco with the good albums.
It was indeed a good year. 

[herpes]

Nas - hip hop is dead
jay-z  -  kingdom come
The Game - Doctors Advocate
Snoop Dogg - Blue Carpet
Ice Cube - laugh now, cry later
SUga Free - Just Add Water
Obie Trice - seconds round on me
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Mobb Deep - Blood Money
Method man - 4:21
P.Diddy - Press Play
Xzibit - Full Circle
T.I. - King
akon - konvicted
Ghostface Killah - More Fish & Fishscale

pretty damn good year.

not one album that anyone will talk about a year from.  Out of that list there are 3-4 albums that were good albums but not outstanding.

[$Eg2$]

i think people saying 'hip-hop is dead' proves it's still live and kicking... when people start saying hip'hop is still alive, you know there is a problem...

ps. nas' album is better than decent.

Nas is album is nothin but Heat 

[The 18th Letter]

there is alot of dope hiphop coming out this year.. you just dont hear about them in the media..

like Jedi Mind Tricks, Jahi, J Dilla, CunninLynguists, AZ, Boot Camp Clik etc.

I check J Dilla's Shining, wasn't feelinf it.  Checked AZ, was good, but not great.  Checked BCC, average album from them, expected more for a reunion album...  C'mon man.. Who we got left?

And for those people saying More Fish is sick, wtf are you talking about..  He's boring as hell, plus his production is stuck in Wu-Tang era.  AKA Outdated

Ghostface is dope as hell, Wu-Tang is dope as hell, They always drop nice shit.. The sound of More Fish, what you mean with outdated? thats Wu-Tang sound.. And that's what i call hip-hop.

Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthin' ta fuck wit'...

[Juronimo]

Ghostface's album is hard, so is Ice Cube's Busta's, Hi-Tek had a tight album too.

[virtuoso]

Nas made a good album but I do understand where the first poster is coming from, lyrically it's not a patch on the lost tapes, illmatic and some other unreleased gems of his. I know you can say well those were made a long time ago but if this is the best hip hop has to offer. then hip hop is going in the wrong direction. I tend to disagree with people who talki about a Piece Of Strange being a fantastic album, to me the album highlights the fact that they definitely miss the talented mic skills of Mr S.O.S. I can honestly not think of a single fantastic album to be released this year, sure there have been some good ones but nothing which stands out and blows you away. Oh well, I guess this is the way in which hip hop is going and that we should be thankful for any decent albums right now.

[Paul]

Nerdy ass backpackers are gonna eat up Nas' album with a spoon just because of that title. There different types of hip hop for different types of people of all ages. Just because your particular favorite style of hip hop is not on top at the moment does not mean the entire genre is dead.

thts what i think but these little dicks are starting to piss me off, like what u like dont go round sayin tht shits not hip hop, i like snap yo fingaz and all tht shit, its still hip hop or rap or whatever u dumb cunts wanna call it. hip hop isnt dead its expanding