Nas Hip-Hop Is Dead Is Easily His Most Under-Rated Album

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Great concept album, great timing.  Many bangers, like the "unforgettable" joint, the Dre joint is a MONSTER and Game spits one of his best verses ever on it.  The opening track is a banger, the Jay-Z joint is a banger and I don't even like Jay-Z but Jay actually came tight with the line "Cha-ching".  The lead single "Hip-Hop Is Dead" is a certified banger, and like Salaam Remi says, all you people that say the origional "Thieves Theme" is better ya'll weren't saying that till after "Hip-Hop Is Dead" came out!  

Those are the major bangers, and the rest of the tracks help elaborate on his theme and contribute solidly to the project.  

[SCREWFACE]

there is no such thing as an under-rated nas album because no matter how whack it is the stans will still come out of the woodwork to make threads about it

[KrazySumwhat]

 I thought it was a really good album, got into it alot. Most i got into a nas album for quiet some time. Much better than the untitled one. I liked it betetr than gods son and the double album definately.

[Furor Teutonicus]

there is no such thing as an under-rated nas album because no matter how whack it is the stans will still come out of the woodwork to make threads about it

True dat.

Hip Hop is dead ain't bad in my opinion. There is a decent amount of good tracks, but no classic either.

[StevenQBosell]

Does "It Was Written" get hated on today like it was back in 1996?

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

I thought it was a really good album, got into it alot. Most i got into a nas album for quiet some time. Much better than the untitled one. I liked it betetr than gods son and the double album definately.

Well, I still say God's Son might of been a little better, but definitely Hip-Hop Is Dead >>>>>>>> Untitiled and Streets Disciple

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Does "It Was Written" get hated on today like it was back in 1996?

No, everyone seems to like that album these days.  Even some consider it their favorite album (Lupe Fiasco).  For me, it's not one of Nas' better albums, but it does have Nas' best song that he will be most remembered for decades from now "If I Ruled The World".

[GangstaBoogy]

I don't know why niggas are so angry at Nas. But God's Song, Hip Hop is Dead, and Untitled are all great albums.

Street Disciple - hate all you want lol that shit was awfull!

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

Untitled >>>>> Hip Hop is Dead

[Blasphemy]

I think it's 1 of his more Over-Rated albums IMO. Just because the Phrase "Hip-Hop is Dead" got raped by every motherfucker in the mainstream.Don't get me wrong certain stuff in Hip-Hop died, but not all of it.

[GangstaBoogy]

I think it's 1 of his more Over-Rated albums IMO. Just because the Phrase "Hip-Hop is Dead" got raped by every motherfucker in the mainstream.Don't get me wrong certain stuff in Hip-Hop died, but not all of it.

What does that have to do with the album? My God you "fans" are so stupid nowadays.

I fuck my girl doggy style all the time, does that make Snoop's debut album overrated? In high school I used to get high every day, does that make "The Chronic" overrated?

[MrJas]

Untitled >>>>> Hip Hop is Dead

[Chamillitary Click]

Untitled >>>>> Hip Hop is Dead

By a trillion. I've said it before, but recently (like a month ago), I just bumped it again; that is so ill, it's unreal.

Hip Hop is Dead had some great songs on it, though.

[R1ZE]

agree with TC... hip-hop is dead should be a classic imo, it only has two bad songs on it (who killed it and where are they now)... put hope og on there, switch where are they now for the 80s remix of it, and cut who killed it (or put surviving the times or dont body yaself  ) and you have a perfect album.

its def in my top 3 nas lps

[Bananas]

"Can't Forget About You"
"Play on Playa"
"Blunt Ashes" 
"Hold Down the Block" 
"Who Killed It?" 

Were my favorites off that album.

All in all, I liked it more than any other recent Nas efforts, but that's not saying much. I like Streets Disciple more than HHID or Untitled, because despite the amount of bullshit the sheer number of tracks I liked were more than the other two. 

I just couldn't get in to untitled. The production seemed boring and Nas did a poor dead prez impersonation.