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Title: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Meho on August 20, 2006, 03:45:26 AM
Well, this album is definetly gonna be different. (Elvez prepare to cry)


Due Out: September
Recorded in New York
For his eighth studio album, Queensbridge MC Nas is taking it to the clubs, "I want it to be bangin'," he says. "And if you want it bangin', you call the dudes with the bangers." In this case, the dudes are Timbaland, Pharrell, Scott Storch and Dr. Dre and hip-hop's newest "it" producer will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas. "This one is gonna broaden my audience back up to where it needs to be," says Nas. It doesn't hurt that he's got rap's reigning king, Jay-Z, behind him; the former foes buried the hatchet, and Hova signed Nas to Def Jam in January. Hard drums and crowd chants rule the Will.i.am-produced title track. On "War," a song about the politics of warfare, Nas trades verses with Damian Marley. "it has the head nod and that rocka bump," says Nas' co-manager Mark Pitts, who also confirms that Nas has been in touch with Micheal Jackson in hopes of recording with him. "It's gonna show Nas' potential to cross over from hip-hop to pop," says Pitts.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/DrewEdman/Hiphopisdead.jpg

Swizz Beatz also confirmed he gave Nas 4 tracks.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Oklin on August 20, 2006, 03:57:10 AM
Hip Hop is indeed dead
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: WestCoasta on August 20, 2006, 04:02:08 AM
he better get Quik on a track
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Jip on August 20, 2006, 04:38:48 AM
all you "hip hop is dead" fags need to get a life, just because ur favorite artist who used to give a shit doesnt give a shit anymore and wants to make some money, doesnt mean the world is coming to an end
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Oklin on August 20, 2006, 04:45:27 AM
all you "hip hop is dead" fags need to get a life, just because ur favorite artist who used to give a shit doesnt give a shit anymore and wants to make some money, doesnt mean the world is coming to an end

hmm... i like Nas' music.. so i want him to make more music that i would like.. those producers will deffently make me not like the album.. so ofcourse im complaining
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Jip on August 20, 2006, 05:01:46 AM
all you "hip hop is dead" fags need to get a life, just because ur favorite artist who used to give a shit doesnt give a shit anymore and wants to make some money, doesnt mean the world is coming to an end

hmm... i like Nas' music.. so i want him to make more music that i would like.. those producers will deffently make me not like the album.. so ofcourse im complaining

any dr dre beat is worth it, and we all know its true
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Oklin on August 20, 2006, 05:24:57 AM
all you "hip hop is dead" fags need to get a life, just because ur favorite artist who used to give a shit doesnt give a shit anymore and wants to make some money, doesnt mean the world is coming to an end

hmm... i like Nas' music.. so i want him to make more music that i would like.. those producers will deffently make me not like the album.. so ofcourse im complaining

any dr dre beat is worth it, and we all know its true
not after the big bang..
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Meho on August 20, 2006, 05:46:24 AM
all you "hip hop is dead" fags need to get a life, just because ur favorite artist who used to give a shit doesnt give a shit anymore and wants to make some money, doesnt mean the world is coming to an end

hmm... i like Nas' music.. so i want him to make more music that i would like.. those producers will deffently make me not like the album.. so ofcourse im complaining

any dr dre beat is worth it, and we all know its true
not after the big bang..

What the fuck are you talking about ? Get You Some, Been Through The Storm, In The Ghetto, Cocaine, Goldmine, Legend Of The Fall Offs and not to mention Dont Get Carried Away were Nas sounded great, were all dope.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Rebel on August 20, 2006, 05:50:35 AM
Nas needs some Primo on there.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: On The Edge of Insanity on August 20, 2006, 05:53:08 AM
I'm hoping this is just a marketing ploy, so loads of tenny boppers will go buy the album because of the producers, and it will then actually be the wholly DJ Premier produced album.

Otherwise, the title of the album says it perfectly.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: No Compute on August 20, 2006, 06:12:10 AM
His albums going to be horrible, I said that when he signed.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Oklin on August 20, 2006, 06:18:30 AM
all you "hip hop is dead" fags need to get a life, just because ur favorite artist who used to give a shit doesnt give a shit anymore and wants to make some money, doesnt mean the world is coming to an end

hmm... i like Nas' music.. so i want him to make more music that i would like.. those producers will deffently make me not like the album.. so ofcourse im complaining

any dr dre beat is worth it, and we all know its true
not after the big bang..

What the fuck are you talking about ? Get You Some, Been Through The Storm, In The Ghetto, Cocaine, Goldmine, Legend Of The Fall Offs and not to mention Dont Get Carried Away were Nas sounded great, were all dope.
maybe in your opinion.. but not in mine
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Diabolical on August 20, 2006, 09:12:04 AM
Bainging Tracks = Suck Ass
:-(
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: jeromechickenbone on August 20, 2006, 10:08:23 AM
That article is old.  It was in Rolling Stone about 2-3 months ago.  If Nas is indeed taking that route, then his album title would really ring true.  It'll sound the same as every other album released by a mainstream artist in the last few years and that fact alone will make it wack.  It's almost hard to believe because with Streets Disciple he was really going in his own direction - stuck with his great core of producers, released unpredictable singles, and made a great album (Yes, there were a few tracks on disc 2 that I could have done without, but for a double album there was loads of tight songs).

And like Rastaman said, maybe it's all a marketing ploy.  It's not that unreasonable because prior to his joining Def Jam, him and Primo were in Scratch Mag saying that it was just those two doing the whole album.  He also commented in SD dissing all the rappers that "sell their nuts for a plaque".  I also remember Jay being interviewed about the new Roots album (they're signed to DJ as well).  He said he just let them be them, cuz if he tweaked it and it didn't come out right that he wouldn't have been able to forgive himself. 

But you also got to look at the fact that Jay invested over $10 million to get Nas, so he's gonna want to do whatever he can to get a good return on his investment.  So I wouldn't be surprised that he's probably hella nervous over the outcome of this album.  If it flops, it'll be a HUGE failure for Jay as an executive.  He's gonna do everything in his power to move units.  If he's convinced that Will.i.Am is the way to do it, then I could easily see it happening.

I'll say this though: If Nas is going for club hits and pop crossover, he'll be a huge hypocrite in my eyes.  And his album title will def ring true.

Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Narrator on August 20, 2006, 12:20:23 PM
"It's gonna show Nas' potential to cross over from hip-hop to pop," says Pitts.

That quote makes it clear what's really going on.  Think about it...a title called "Hip-Hop Is Dead", and then he celebrates everything that has "killed" it?  There is no way that either Nas or Jay-Z are really that stupid, and I hope y'all aren't stupid enough to fall for it, either.

I don't know what's going on, but it's pretty clear this is some kind of promotional joke.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: J Bananas on August 20, 2006, 12:24:07 PM
hopefully he'll get jagged edge or maybe some r kelly, that would be mad niggerish
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Juronimo on August 20, 2006, 12:51:40 PM

And like Juronimo said,


That wasn't me....
All we can do is wait and see, we won't know if it's good until we actually hear it.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: jeromechickenbone on August 20, 2006, 12:59:01 PM

And like Juronimo said,


That wasn't me....
All we can do is wait and see, we won't know if it's good until we actually hear it.

my bad...edited 8)
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: RZARECTA on August 20, 2006, 01:14:13 PM
what happened to the whole cd produced by preemo?
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Narrator on August 20, 2006, 01:20:39 PM
Man, I done told you already...y'all niggas getting played.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Sikotic™ on August 20, 2006, 02:43:54 PM
all you "hip hop is dead" fags need to get a life, just because ur favorite artist who used to give a shit doesnt give a shit anymore and wants to make some money, doesnt mean the world is coming to an end
I couldn't agree more. Like I've been sayin' for awhile, too many fuckin whiners on this board.

Anyways, will.i.am >Salami Remi or whoever that wack dude is that only Nas fucks with
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: herpes on August 20, 2006, 10:20:03 PM
all you "hip hop is dead" fags need to get a life, just because ur favorite artist who used to give a shit doesnt give a shit anymore and wants to make some money, doesnt mean the world is coming to an end
I couldn't agree more. Like I've been sayin' for awhile, too many fuckin whiners on this board.

Anyways, will.i.am >Salami Remi or whoever that wack dude is that only Nas fucks with
word.... for every banger salami puts makes he makes 3 boring ones.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Sweet & Tender Hooligan on August 20, 2006, 10:48:59 PM
Defientely a sad day for Hip Hop when Nas is goin commercial. Betcha there is some Jeezy ad libs on there.....
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: M Dogg™ on August 20, 2006, 10:53:42 PM
I remember this album called It Was Written, and another one called I Am... that both seemed very simular to this album Nas is putting out. His done the Illmatic, and the Stillmatic, not his going back to It Was Written Nas, the Nas that had Lauryn Hill on the hook, and another song had Dre on the beat, which was not a great song at all.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: _That_Cracka_J on August 23, 2006, 05:53:23 PM
If it's true, then a great title!
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Elevz on August 24, 2006, 02:06:19 AM
"It's gonna show Nas' potential to cross over from hip-hop to pop," says Pitts.

That quote makes it clear what's really going on.  Think about it...a title called "Hip-Hop Is Dead", and then he celebrates everything that has "killed" it?

My thoughts exactly...

Well, this album is definetly gonna be different. (Elvez prepare to cry)

Haha, naw man. I don't have any expectations for this album anyway. You know Nas on Def Jam with Jay-Z is a certified fuckup. I don't give a shit about the album either; I'm not buying it anyway. Let Nas be hardheaded, trying to reach for an audience he won't get. What a coon, welcome to your own picnic.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Meho on August 24, 2006, 03:37:26 AM
More good news  ;D

Will is also executive producing Macy Gray's album, which is due in February on Will.I.Am Music Group, and has four songs — including the title track — on Nas' Hip-Hop Is Dead ... The N due next month. Plus he's got five tracks on Kelis' Kelis Was Here, due Monday.
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: wcsoldier on August 24, 2006, 04:56:21 AM
^^^ I have a feeling this album gonna be worst than Nastradamus  :-X
Title: Re: Nas "Hip Hop Is Dead... The N" news
Post by: Jakubs on August 24, 2006, 07:11:06 PM
What the hell is Nas thinking? I guess the simple answer is that he's not. How are you going to release a double disc bashing everything that's wrong and then sign with your archrival only to turn around and put out what you so openly hated? That is just disgusting to me. You would think that if any two artists would understand the importance of a signing like Nas to Def Jam it would be Nas and Jay-Z. Jay's too focused on making money nowadays. He could care less about the quality, it's all about quantity for dude.