In the year 3000 with Flying Cars N Shit, Nas will Be in the Books as The Highlight of Hip-Hop. In 2030 Jay-Z Will be Forgotten Because he's a fuckin sellout.
On September 14th we gotta all watch "Nas Is Like" in honor of Nasir Olu Dara Jones' Birthday, We gotta give him the respect he needs and give him the highest viewed video on YouTube!! Let's give him what he deserves and what these fake ass motherfuckas (any rapper on the radio) don't deserve to have
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OK we know Jay-Z is filthy rich, but Nas rejected opportunities to be that , but he is one of the best lyricists to ever live, he too real for modern listeners
I really like this interview with Nas he is the streets true poet. Check out my remix of "The World Is Yours" I went for a old school 90's feel. Peace
Hip-Hop is alive, well for me...listening to how shit the mainstream music is nowadays with various Pop rappers who care more about money than the music makes me appreciate real hip hop so much more, and as long as artists like Nas, Rakim, KRS, Cormega, Jay-Z, Lupe and others continue to make music hiphop will live. I Appreciate artists like T.I., Lupe, they mainstream but at least they still talk about real shit unlike Soulja Boy, T-Pain, all that shit.
nah hip hop has calmed down, its more personal now, b4 it used 2 b about "when's eminem/nas/jay z/2pac/snoop/biggie etc. etc. gonna b stoppin here in his tour, whens he doin a show here?", now, its more like local guys is doin it, holdin it down 4 the city, there own personal fame, it aint 1 massive rapper 4 every1 worldwide 2 share, its all these different emcees 2 pick from, that are stars in YOUR hood, not all over the world
All they wanna do is make a video for MTV Corporation, that really has nothing to do with music and act like clowns in front of the camera talking about money and how good they are. I would die for a great storyteller like Tupac to come along. Jay Z brags about having a rolls royce....how is that relevant to a nigga in the streets. And people follow like sheep it's pathetic.
You dont know shit son!!! Kweli is sick but hes not Nas...... Nas is the greatest of all time..lyrically, politically and spiritually!
Hip hop died in 2001 what! Nas in the realest...Hes your dad, hes your mom and your sister and brother....He is always present in the rap game... Besides Rakim, even Jay-z is not on his level... Dont get me wrong, kwali is da man but is overshadowed by Nas... Much more old school and hardcore...His past shit aint got no love song and shit...
sure comercially nas destroys kweli n hip hop, East Coast hip hop is jus on a respirator, sure we hate it but da garbage on da radio is also hip hop jus a different kind, n nas cannot assasinate anyone in rappin im tell u dat rite now he can beat most but not all...
I didn't say he was on Nas' level. And I'm a big fan of Nas. I actually didn't even mention Nas in my comment, ass. I just said Lupe is a great storyteller.
Hip-hop, incorporates that of the industry, public relations, and everyhing inbetween...
Hip-hop, is dead, even by your standards of what it is and incorporates, by such a technicality..
The individuals that supposedly are intended to advance the 'progression' of Hip-hop..I.E. 'Industry'...The individuals whom are intended to increase Hip-hops image, exponentially, for the better...I.E. 'Public Relations'..Are all brackets that fall under and on the image of Hip-hop, therefore, it is dead.......
They are slandering the image of hip-hop iconic culture..I.E. What the public may see, therefore. what we are judging on...They are destroying and rebuilding, and that would be fine, if it was for the better...Once again, this is all saying the pyshical-flesh of hip-hop, persay, has been rotted....And, that's what the public sees...We desire people to accept us..We must work on our image, and the front-line people are destroying it..it's Soul and Concept shall never die, however, the image is...
...or, in some's view, already dead, at this point..
My apologies, for multiple points...
We, as true hip-hop individuals shall never say it is dead, for it lives on in us..
But, Hip-hop, is intended and desires to change the world...So, even if true hip-hop people know what it's about..How we can we begin to change the world..if only to have us stand on a Kingdom forged on the grounds of hypocrisy, and with a facade being that of contradictions...We couldn't..
The people on the front-lines of which the main public may only see, therefore, them being our representation are failing....hence, in such an aspect, hip-hop is dead...however, without using that logic...Hip-hop, is dying from the out, meaning what we can see...the insides shall remain, for we are strong..such as under-ground, poets, b-boys, etc etc...But, our outsides, our physical form, image, representation, is dead flesh, my friend...
...We, as true hip-hop individuals shall never say it is dead, for it lives on in us..
being a true hip-hop man is enough to let it live. The masses always have been blind through the history of ANYTHING. If you want to see more than others people heads and feet? you need to stand alone/
change my ass, the biggest rap artist in the world are late 30's early 40's.the torch has not been passed my friend.shits garbage these days.nas speaking the truth.
shut the fuck up, any real hip hop head knows hip hop is still alive n ill as fuck, u lame pricks jus listen 2 the radio 2 much u dont know bout the foundation of hip hop or where to find it
NaS is rite, hip hop is dead! an in my opinion he is the greatest of all time along with Big L n Rakim. nd my 2 fav producers ave gt 2 be premo n Lord Finesse
Actually, there's alot of good stuff underground, it depends on taste and how far underground you look.
Dilated Peoples, Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Brother Ali, Murs, Canibus, Cunninlynguists, De La Soul, Ill Bill, Joell Ortiz, Papoose, Saigon, M.O.P., Blaq Poet, NYG'z, Pitch Black, R.A. the Rugged Man, Skillz, Tech N9ne, Termanology, and Akir are all underground artists from after 1997.
dis is real hip-hop listen Check it i bleed 4 my family bleed 4 my people My man Jamell died so my life is his sequal I say were the fuck r we goin wit hip-hop I used 2 love da game tried 2 hit it wit a lip lock And i smile rest in peace 2 da game Let it die now so they wont fuck it up wit da slang I was born on da streets ima die in my bed Wit Nas on my sterio while i rest my head Rest in peace hip-hop let me blow u a kiss Jus let my girl die but u will b missed Dats real hip-hop
If you think about it the majority of kids these days listen to 50cent/wayne/ti and other garbage rappers kinda tells you which way things are headed...for fucks sake sum kats listen to soulja boy....Fuck is this world comin too?!?!?!
@MudderChode Thats' true mst kids these days have no clue or taste of real hip hop, it's sad comming from a 19 year old all i listen to are lyrical & political rappers: 2pac,Nas,Ice Cube,Big L,Big Pun,Shyne,Wu Tang Clan,DMX. HIP HOP IS DEAD EXCEPT. LUPE FIASCO, & IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE. UNDERGROUND RAPPERS ARE DOING IT BETTER THAN MAINSTREAM GARBAGE RAPPERS. THE HIP HOP WORLD IS HEADED DOWNHILL. WITH ': lil'wayne,young jeezy,lil'boosie,gucci mane,soldier boy,50 cent,gay z,etc...
@gdinethatruth90 Jay-Z may not be putting out good stuff atm - but you got to respect his early work. Like Reasonable Doubt....probably in my top 10 hip hop albums of all time
@XxSeminolexX im not dissing jay z but, reasonable doubt holds no candle to nas "illmatic" deput album. Every artist that jay z signs is better than him ex.nas,kanye west,j.cole,etc...
Lol? you think the south killed hip hop? Nah south is where the majority of " real " hip hop is now. It proly killed " your " hip hop, but it sure as hell didn't kill hip hop in general at all. Think before you post ignorant crap like that.
im not trying to start shit here, but honestly, name some of the good rappers from down south in the game right now. all i can thinnk of is chamillionaire
memo lane come on nyc for life big.l,jay-z,nas,biggie,pun,2pac,old mase and camron,big daddy kane, uncle ra, and last but not lease krs one real hip hop not these fake rappers
HIP-HOP, HIP-HOP IS DEAD!!!!!....ya'll niggaz ain't rapping the same, fuck the south, south killed hip-hop...it's bubble gum rap, we not hearin hip-hop...hip-hop used to be hard n real now it's soft...so get off NaS diCk let the nigga preach.
Jeetuba2 you dont Know Shit About Hip-Hop Mah Dude..Hip hop Comes From Struggle Comes From the Mouth Lirycaly. You Dont have to Have To Sign up to A Label To be A Great Rapper look At Immortal technnice before these niggas WAs Getting Bread, They WaS All Underground That Where You Pick up real hip Hop And proves ya self as a poet or a Civilized God..Not That Commercial Shit thats been Going On Now Adays..Period.
u dont really understand what Nas is tryin to say.ofc the money has a part of music, but what Nas means is dat todays rap is way more commercial than what it was b4. u know, todays rap almost only includes money, hoes n cars. at late 80s to mid 90s the rap was way more dif. it was on another level. i mean they rapped more bout life stuff n history n other things dat didnt have anythin to do with the commercial style. if ya listen to 50 cents "candy shop" it sounds more dif then "halftime" of nas
no shit candy shop sounds differnt than halftime. r u serious? the 80s was just as pop as it is now. run dmc=tricky, big daddy kane=smooth operator. rap has always been comercial. but now its on the big stage so u thinks its more now than it has been in the past.
hahahaha yes rap today is waaay more commercial. u can see big differens in candy shop and its tricky too. now more money is involved in the rap game. beats are much harder, more sexy ladies in the background, more talk about money, cars n all dat stuff. yes there have been commercial rap, but it wasnt near as commercial as its today. listen to the music in the stores, its often these new rappers they are playing, and u can even see it on youtube views..
Where think it was created in a fuckin PARK lol the game got too commercialized I mean that helped Hip hop expand but its bitter sweet because along the way alot of artists can't express the way they want without riskin get dropped from their labels especially the gimmick rappers playdoughs I call them because the record execs make them out to their image or the image of whoever is good at the moment
the business gave birth to the emcee?! you stupid stupid fuck. business is always the last stage of any kinda art. when it's popular, thats when the companies come in and take advantage. hardly any major labels take chances on unknown artists or genres because they wanna be sure they're gonna make money. if what you're sayin was true then there wouldn't have been no underground before mainstream. there's some dumb bastards in this world...
I am a huge Nas fan but after finding out about his reality show I feel he is a bit of a hypocrite, copping out slightly - more business and not enough art...
This interview is disappointing because I always felt Nas to be different to the pop rappers of today...
His whole slogan, pharse "hiphop is dead" is real genius though - copying Nieztche.
Its funny how everyone is looking for a role model and leader in street kids that robbed, sold drugs, killed, and stole shit. Lol! They are all about money ass. They only talk that way because they know their fans are listening. They are liars just like politicians. You dont have a clue of what Nas is talking about when he says hip hop is dead. jesus died around 33.. nas was 33 when Hip Hop dead dropped..Nas calls himself "god son" god son is jesus. Nas feel he is a prophet thru his music.
hahaha that is an interesting interpretaion... But if you hear the album close enough he isnt saying hip hop is dead, only pointing out the fact that it has changed directions and become something it wasnt originally intended to be.
He may use Jesus metaphorically but he would have to be stupid to call himself a prophet.
What..That mean its dead!!!!! If your body cells CHANGE that mean it died! SO if real hip hop turns into fake commercial bullshit that means its dead. Yeah we can say for the moment in music terms. NAS feel his music can Resurrect Hip Hop. When a famous person career decline we use the term his career is DEAD. Its a figure of speech not to mean it had a funeral. haha! Hip Hop is Dead true statement. And yes he think hes a prophet people take his words as the words in the bible.
Well actually, your analogy isn't even. When your cells change they don't change "in their nature" and if they do, your dead. For example, if some one were at ground zero in a nuclear explosion, their cells would literally change chemically, they would change their nature, and yes you would be dead. if your cells are changed "in their nature" in any way, you are considered dead. The essential nature of Hip hop has changed.
listen to the interview, he explains what he means by hip hop is dead. you just made some ridiculous assumption based on numbers and his age.
also if your brought up in that environment then of course your going to resort to selling drugs, stealing etc. aint mean your a bad person, its not always as simple as making the right decisions. lot of people are victims of circumstances and they have to turn to that kind of stuff
Its ok you KNOW NOTHING. The music industry is deeper than you think. I can give you NAS tour date and you will be suprise when they take place. You dont understand most rappers on the east are five percenters. From Rakim who really put 5 percenters on the map, which is why the industry calls him the GOD MC, to Wutang, public enemy, Big daddy kane, NAS, Jayz, Mobb deep, etc..they use the teaching of gods and earth in there music. They all call themselves GOD because thats their belief.
"Pac" is a tool. He was Suge Knight's puppet. "Pac" was a politically conscious rapper before Death Row. Then he went into gangster rival mode after Suge paid his bond. That's what led to his downfall.
What would you do if you knew that this dude over hear set you up or knew that niggas was going to pull some shady shit? Not just speculation, but true facts! Yea he rode on Big on All Eyez on me But he said all he had to say on Makavali rather this beef or Lifein general. Really puffy killed (hip hop) He even said it his self that he's glad to be a pop star. Big was the first to start rappin bout materialsm and cars and jewels and shit. SO whay the fuck is the east coast mad?
why? because there was a cool level of lyricism when big did it, his style and lyrical content was the shit because he raped about it so well and he included different things not only money. thats most of waynes content and all of the souths content i mean damn kid i love pussy 2, but every god damn video comeon son. south is so bad at it, all they do is put out club bangers, whens the last time you heard a song about money portrayed in another light?
Why ya dissin the south, mane? lol JK But real talk. I DO agree with what you're saying. We may have invented crunk, but its starting to become a bit repetitive. Not just in the south but in the west, east and midwest! Hell, I'M from the south and I'm gettin sick and tired of hearing the same old shit. Hip hop needs ALOT more creativity. But it seems to get lamer and lamer everytime we click the radio. Fuck Soulja boy, Wayne, Jeezy, Mistah Fab, Yung Berg, and all these wack ass rappers !
Niggas just followed in the yalls footsteps becasue New York being as Metroplitian as it is sets trends. Other regions felt like since everybody looks up to New York thats the blueprint to make it.
jea da beet izz diff but da original melody and concept ov the song iz frum annie lenox....wuznt sayin anybody wuz wrong.....but i luv da original wurrks ov muzik...b safe yall hiphop still lives
In the year 3000 with Flying Cars N Shit, Nas will Be in the Books as The Highlight of Hip-Hop. In 2030 Jay-Z Will be Forgotten Because he's a fuckin sellout.
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killlilwayne 5 months ago
wise word fr a wise man!
alford4422 9 months ago
OK we know Jay-Z is filthy rich, but Nas rejected opportunities to be that , but he is one of the best lyricists to ever live, he too real for modern listeners
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NAS is the BEST rapper and he was ever the BESt rapper!!!
stress9612 1 year ago
NAS is the BEST rapper and i was ever the BESt rapper!!!
stress9612 1 year ago
last real rapper
musicismygame126 1 year ago 3
I'm a Nas addict - I need a rehab
embodiedme 1 year ago 3
what is the name of the song at 1:50 ?
sweethoney1201 1 year ago
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nas dmx ja rule "grand finale"
christeric86 1 year ago
@christeric86 , thanks!
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MrMinetoo 1 year ago
he cheated on his wife in birmingham england 2 months after this interview lol #lame
MISSDIAMONDGIRL101 1 year ago
hip hop is dead but everytime nas raps, i can hear it breathing
tdot123smalls 1 year ago 4
@tdot123smalls wow incredible comment. 4 real really touching
sneakerman87 1 month ago
I really like this interview with Nas he is the streets true poet. Check out my remix of "The World Is Yours" I went for a old school 90's feel. Peace
GhostFace2k3 1 year ago
HIP HOP IS DEAD
Nasoneking 1 year ago 12
Hate it or Love it, Nas still On Top...forever ya'llll!!!!!!!!!!
robertgnluv 1 year ago 2
Jimi Hendrix's talent+John Lennon's intelligence=Nas
homer422 1 year ago
niggas that say nas sold out his hip hop ideals can eat a fat one, the power of nas is undeniable on anything he puts out or featured on
BeenaBee 1 year ago
Which track is that on 1:49 ? Anyone?
AlexBroekhuizen 1 year ago
Grand Finale, never listened to it actually
AlexBroekhuizen 1 year ago
haha he hella called him out with the runs house thing
LegitFlip408 2 years ago
lupe has the potential to become just as good as nas. I know ya all gonna hate on me but analize lupe lyrics then we'll see
Theory61 2 years ago
yeah but no can beat nas sorry
MEXDOMINICANA 1 year ago 4
whys the dutch dude talkin to a dutch audience in english?..its ya boi..holla?..corny as fuck
nemesis700 2 years ago
WTFUZZ HAS ANYBODY SEEN NAS SMILE AT 00:27? dat nigga NEVER smiles iz goin look wierd haha im curious yall xD
youngdopeyz500z 2 years ago
lol ya i notice that too lol
MEXDOMINICANA 1 year ago
Nas is...there are no words!!!!!!
iluvmyboba 2 years ago
whats the first song used when nas is first introduced?
PJLBoxBreaker 2 years ago
ether
Scott5809 2 years ago
i love nas
hfordfootball 2 years ago
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what is the name of the music in 1:51
LBNYking 2 years ago
grand finale with DMX and i'm guessing ja rule on that belly soundtrack
tragsicc21 2 years ago
Hip-Hop is alive, well for me...listening to how shit the mainstream music is nowadays with various Pop rappers who care more about money than the music makes me appreciate real hip hop so much more, and as long as artists like Nas, Rakim, KRS, Cormega, Jay-Z, Lupe and others continue to make music hiphop will live. I Appreciate artists like T.I., Lupe, they mainstream but at least they still talk about real shit unlike Soulja Boy, T-Pain, all that shit.
HipHopHead17 2 years ago 6
agreed
925bayareapinoy 2 years ago
nah hip hop has calmed down, its more personal now, b4 it used 2 b about "when's eminem/nas/jay z/2pac/snoop/biggie etc. etc. gonna b stoppin here in his tour, whens he doin a show here?", now, its more like local guys is doin it, holdin it down 4 the city, there own personal fame, it aint 1 massive rapper 4 every1 worldwide 2 share, its all these different emcees 2 pick from, that are stars in YOUR hood, not all over the world
jnmdjc957 2 years ago
i dont think hip-hop is dead itz jus on a respirator, nas istill da god of new york tho
TheGodzSonz 2 years ago
its called grand finale
thareason 2 years ago
1:50 - 2:04 music video, cud someone please tell me
GraffitiDee16 2 years ago
That song is off of the Belly soundtrack !
WOODWORKTV 2 years ago
what is the song in the very begining
bradbyard94 2 years ago
at the very beginning is the intro to ether, during the beginning of the interview its memory lane, then street dreams
theGreek621 2 years ago
think you are talking about the song on the Belly Soundtrack ,
WOODWORKTV 2 years ago
wats the name of the music video where theres gun shots n shit
WestSideRunna213 2 years ago
the Bronx started Hip Hop. But Queens dudes made it main stream.
1shotkiller 2 years ago 3
Hip Hop comes from the BRONX. That's the origin. Hip Hop's about creating a good time and embracing the pride of your ability.
CiscoNast 2 years ago
All they wanna do is make a video for MTV Corporation, that really has nothing to do with music and act like clowns in front of the camera talking about money and how good they are. I would die for a great storyteller like Tupac to come along. Jay Z brags about having a rolls royce....how is that relevant to a nigga in the streets. And people follow like sheep it's pathetic.
scarlett72nd 2 years ago 4
You should check out Lupe. He's not on Pac's level (nobody is, haha), but he's definitely a storyteller. Listen to The Coolest and Kick Push pt. 2
miracleman2323 2 years ago
lupe? who the fuck is lupe, ya i know who he is but hes deifnetly not on NAS's level. nas assasinates rappers on alllll levels
SickAudi 2 years ago
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r u serious?
a nigga like talib kweli would obliterate nas no offense, but nas is hands down the god of new york
TheGodzSonz 2 years ago
You dont know shit son!!! Kweli is sick but hes not Nas...... Nas is the greatest of all time..lyrically, politically and spiritually!
Hip hop died in 2001 what! Nas in the realest...Hes your dad, hes your mom and your sister and brother....He is always present in the rap game... Besides Rakim, even Jay-z is not on his level... Dont get me wrong, kwali is da man but is overshadowed by Nas... Much more old school and hardcore...His past shit aint got no love song and shit...
demerol420 2 years ago 3
sure comercially nas destroys kweli n hip hop, East Coast hip hop is jus on a respirator, sure we hate it but da garbage on da radio is also hip hop jus a different kind, n nas cannot assasinate anyone in rappin im tell u dat rite now he can beat most but not all...
TheGodzSonz 2 years ago
I didn't say he was on Nas' level. And I'm a big fan of Nas. I actually didn't even mention Nas in my comment, ass. I just said Lupe is a great storyteller.
miracleman2323 2 years ago
best comment period....u took the words rite out of my mouth
bmack304 2 years ago
Hip hop is dead. Hip hop talked about real shit that was going on. Now it's just ignorance.
lovelick24 2 years ago
I strongly disagree. Hip-hop is a living creature, it dies when the world is over.
its just the industry killing the creativity, the public relations blacklist the young emcees who has sumthing to say.
hip hop is alive but it is suppresed. and you know, anything that does not kill it makes it STRONGER
idrussia25 2 years ago
Hip-hop, incorporates that of the industry, public relations, and everyhing inbetween...
Hip-hop, is dead, even by your standards of what it is and incorporates, by such a technicality..
The individuals that supposedly are intended to advance the 'progression' of Hip-hop..I.E. 'Industry'...The individuals whom are intended to increase Hip-hops image, exponentially, for the better...I.E. 'Public Relations'..Are all brackets that fall under and on the image of Hip-hop, therefore, it is dead.......
GangsterRomance 2 years ago
if hip-hop is dead then all the people who have it in their hearts are not being real. Is that what you saying?
idrussia25 2 years ago
They are slandering the image of hip-hop iconic culture..I.E. What the public may see, therefore. what we are judging on...They are destroying and rebuilding, and that would be fine, if it was for the better...Once again, this is all saying the pyshical-flesh of hip-hop, persay, has been rotted....And, that's what the public sees...We desire people to accept us..We must work on our image, and the front-line people are destroying it..it's Soul and Concept shall never die, however, the image is...
GangsterRomance 2 years ago
...or, in some's view, already dead, at this point..
My apologies, for multiple points...
We, as true hip-hop individuals shall never say it is dead, for it lives on in us..
But, Hip-hop, is intended and desires to change the world...So, even if true hip-hop people know what it's about..How we can we begin to change the world..if only to have us stand on a Kingdom forged on the grounds of hypocrisy, and with a facade being that of contradictions...We couldn't..
GangsterRomance 2 years ago
No, not necessarily....
The people on the front-lines of which the main public may only see, therefore, them being our representation are failing....hence, in such an aspect, hip-hop is dead...however, without using that logic...Hip-hop, is dying from the out, meaning what we can see...the insides shall remain, for we are strong..such as under-ground, poets, b-boys, etc etc...But, our outsides, our physical form, image, representation, is dead flesh, my friend...
GangsterRomance 2 years ago
in your multiple points you contradict yourself.
...We, as true hip-hop individuals shall never say it is dead, for it lives on in us..
being a true hip-hop man is enough to let it live. The masses always have been blind through the history of ANYTHING. If you want to see more than others people heads and feet? you need to stand alone/
idrussia25 2 years ago
Hip Hop is not what it used to be. No music is
scarlett72nd 2 years ago 3
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idrussia25 2 years ago
The swine flu kills everyone that has HIV. Problem solved for AIDS.
hellburna07 2 years ago
Poetry was apart of him
CAHNKRETE 2 years ago
godam!them beats playin in the background.thats hip hop
gotagetchaa1 2 years ago
i shed teraz 4 da oldskool i luv it FUK DA NEW SKOOL WAK SHYT S0N
RP4lyf 2 years ago 3
hip hop aint dead....
it has jus changed!!
CraigBoi2k8 2 years ago
change my ass, the biggest rap artist in the world are late 30's early 40's.the torch has not been passed my friend.shits garbage these days.nas speaking the truth.
gotagetchaa1 2 years ago
i no... i said it wasnt dead!!
CraigBoi2k8 2 years ago
its dead ma dude fo rea fo real
jagshemash3 2 years ago
Hottest unsigned artist myspace.c0m/polanxx
ItsPolanxx 2 years ago
nas definitely best rapper alive and ever
NZTA80 2 years ago 4
Yeah i think he is the G.O.A.T.
pacoki08 2 years ago 4
whats the name of that video from 1:50 to 2:00..?
DatKizzle52 2 years ago
my iphone said it's Grand Finale by DMX, Method Man, Nas and Ja Rule
hitlerscow 2 years ago
nas is so ill... best mc alive
ifwere1021 2 years ago 5
Props to k'naan, Nas, Talib, Common...amomg others in the mainstream as well as underground that keep Hip Hop somewhat above water.
jonnyg4508 2 years ago 2
Yeah much props to K'naan and da rest
flyestsinner 2 years ago
WORD UP!
LTCnigguh 2 years ago 2
you dumb fuck, kanye saved hiphop???!!! thats just proven you are not a real hip hop hed at all, u call that techno club dance bullshit hip hop??!
HIP HOP NEVER DIED AT ALL.....like i said, if you ever thought it did die, then you oviously never knew where to find it
faggot
ricochetshotz 2 years ago
shut the fuck up
yothevicious101 2 years ago
wow, tuff guy..........
ricochetshotz 2 years ago
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*** LIL WAYNE BABY!!!! ****
EngleSackJus 2 years ago
shut the fuck up, any real hip hop head knows hip hop is still alive n ill as fuck, u lame pricks jus listen 2 the radio 2 much u dont know bout the foundation of hip hop or where to find it
die slow ya fuckin surburban wannabee white teen
ricochetshotz 2 years ago
hip hop is dead. im from the bronx where it began, trust me hip hop has gone mainstream..
boogiedownbandit 2 years ago 4
NaS is rite, hip hop is dead! an in my opinion he is the greatest of all time along with Big L n Rakim. nd my 2 fav producers ave gt 2 be premo n Lord Finesse
JokerUK11 3 years ago
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hip hop aint dead at all.....premo still doin it big
any person that really thins hip hop is dead doesnt belong listenin to hip hop at all
ricochetshotz 3 years ago
Mainstream hip-hop is dead
marcusukin 2 years ago 16
why did ya'll kill my comment?? the shit i sed was true
ricochetshotz 2 years ago
living legend right here...
killabeez108 3 years ago 21
the reporter sounds like a black Arnold Schwarzenegger
NitroRhino 3 years ago
LMAO! He really does!
LadyWynn404 3 years ago
im from UK and we have an amazing underground scene. can anyone tell me any underground US rappers that are sick?
cheers
relyanddefy 3 years ago
atmosphere,murs i aint really into the underground hip hop scene but im feelin them
dummanager 3 years ago
Talib Kweli-- especially his older albums "Quality" and "Beautiful Struggle" and "Blackstar".
Not that much good stuff underground, it's all about the old school hip hop artists. Look up anybody from before 1997.
KyMace 3 years ago 3
yeh i do love us hip hop its what got me so into it, kweli is sick yeh reflection eternal and blackstar are wicked.
cheers neway
relyanddefy 3 years ago
Actually, there's alot of good stuff underground, it depends on taste and how far underground you look.
Dilated Peoples, Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Brother Ali, Murs, Canibus, Cunninlynguists, De La Soul, Ill Bill, Joell Ortiz, Papoose, Saigon, M.O.P., Blaq Poet, NYG'z, Pitch Black, R.A. the Rugged Man, Skillz, Tech N9ne, Termanology, and Akir are all underground artists from after 1997.
CrmPly4 3 years ago
if ur after dark hiphop, get into jedi mind tricks,, ill bill necro canibus etc
if ur into straight street hiphop listen to saigon, papoose,
if ur after battle stuff check out chino xl, vakil, supastition etc
then theres dope mc's from the 90's like redman, cypress, big l, big pun, kool g, nas, cormega,
plenty of stuff around,
vperception 3 years ago
little brother, kaze, move.meant, j-live, unspoken heard
BrownWater 3 years ago
Bombsquad1008 3 years ago 3
nas da greatest
FredosBeatz 3 years ago 2
I wouldnt say hip hop is dead
more like under attack
Thats why i heavily rely on the underground scene now =D
chris2I40 3 years ago
If you think about it the majority of kids these days listen to 50cent/wayne/ti and other garbage rappers kinda tells you which way things are headed...for fucks sake sum kats listen to soulja boy....Fuck is this world comin too?!?!?!
MudderChode 3 years ago 16
to answer ur question... a next generation of ignorant fuks listenin to ignorant hip pop. dats why we gotta encourage our kids to listen to hip hop.
bludLaceDwitreefer 3 years ago
@MudderChode Thats' true mst kids these days have no clue or taste of real hip hop, it's sad comming from a 19 year old all i listen to are lyrical & political rappers: 2pac,Nas,Ice Cube,Big L,Big Pun,Shyne,Wu Tang Clan,DMX. HIP HOP IS DEAD EXCEPT. LUPE FIASCO, & IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE. UNDERGROUND RAPPERS ARE DOING IT BETTER THAN MAINSTREAM GARBAGE RAPPERS. THE HIP HOP WORLD IS HEADED DOWNHILL. WITH ': lil'wayne,young jeezy,lil'boosie,gucci mane,soldier boy,50 cent,gay z,etc...
gdinethatruth90 1 year ago
@gdinethatruth90 Jay-Z may not be putting out good stuff atm - but you got to respect his early work. Like Reasonable Doubt....probably in my top 10 hip hop albums of all time
XxSeminolexX 1 year ago
@XxSeminolexX im not dissing jay z but, reasonable doubt holds no candle to nas "illmatic" deput album. Every artist that jay z signs is better than him ex.nas,kanye west,j.cole,etc...
gdinethatruth90 1 year ago
@gdinethatruth90 oh - for sure - Illmatic is probably the greatest hip hop album ever.
XxSeminolexX 1 year ago
South killed Hip Hop.
Nothing but trash, Go watch BET and you will see what i mean.
ThaNsaneOne 3 years ago
yep. garbage songs like 'get silly' and other shit like that. fucking stupid.
kevtheforsaken 3 years ago
grand finale at 1:50
curbwatch 3 years ago
song at 1:50 please reply
orangedairy 3 years ago
street dreams then grand finale ft dmx then yourself a gun
goldmn480 3 years ago
grand finale belly sound track
89ingram 3 years ago 2
Lol? you think the south killed hip hop? Nah south is where the majority of " real " hip hop is now. It proly killed " your " hip hop, but it sure as hell didn't kill hip hop in general at all. Think before you post ignorant crap like that.
ITKITrickSet 3 years ago
im not trying to start shit here, but honestly, name some of the good rappers from down south in the game right now. all i can thinnk of is chamillionaire
beats1n1shit 3 years ago
Hip-Hop is dead, and the South killed it.
prospect42191 3 years ago
thats a very stupid statement(no offense)
NASistheMAN 3 years ago
actually that statement is KINDA true.........no my bad 3,000,000,000% true
CarlNYKnick32 2 years ago
yeeaaa shawty
holyghost8503 3 years ago 2
70's: New York built it.
80's: New York took it to the Golden age.
Early 90's: LA joined in and brought many prominent groups (N.W.A.) and classic albums(The Chronic). But also poisoned it with all its gangster rap.
Late 90's: Hip-Hop reached it's popularity peak, but the violence surrounding it escalated (Biggie, Tupac)
Early 2000's: Record sales start booming and Hip-Hop has slowly become (an industry). Few real rappers left at this point.
Present: Ring-tone era. The industry takes over.
prospect42191 3 years ago 17
word
theHipHopHead 3 years ago
true
devon8trillionaire 2 years ago 2
Song at 00:20 is Memory Lane on Illmatic! BUY IT!
Go to a local record shop and give them money for the album. Seriously. Amazing.
johncocktosensen 3 years ago 3
Nas sounds like such an idiot in interviews but he's such a smart dude
NASistheMAN 3 years ago
u ryt..i think he grew up a lonner
0488490291 3 years ago
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fuck this nigga
Economicz 3 years ago
Why the fuck is youtube disabeling my comments let's see if this posts up..... DAMN!
kimera808 3 years ago 2
memo lane come on nyc for life big.l,jay-z,nas,biggie,pun,2pac,old mase and camron,big daddy kane, uncle ra, and last but not lease krs one real hip hop not these fake rappers
MaseMurdah 3 years ago 2
How 'bout Rakim and Cool G rap.The list go's on but I agree with the ones you listed:^)
DominoDee 3 years ago
what is the song at 0:20
eckog101 3 years ago
memory lane
Jones3433 3 years ago
Nas is the realest. 'nuff said.
xxplosive661 3 years ago 3
Geah Amsterdam stand Up!!
020 allday come tru southeast amsterdam if u man enough to git sliced up
bigsweet2go 3 years ago
HIP-HOP, HIP-HOP IS DEAD!!!!!....ya'll niggaz ain't rapping the same, fuck the south, south killed hip-hop...it's bubble gum rap, we not hearin hip-hop...hip-hop used to be hard n real now it's soft...so get off NaS diCk let the nigga preach.
fizzwify 3 years ago
Jeetuba2 you dont Know Shit About Hip-Hop Mah Dude..Hip hop Comes From Struggle Comes From the Mouth Lirycaly. You Dont have to Have To Sign up to A Label To be A Great Rapper look At Immortal technnice before these niggas WAs Getting Bread, They WaS All Underground That Where You Pick up real hip Hop And proves ya self as a poet or a Civilized God..Not That Commercial Shit thats been Going On Now Adays..Period.
hod18 3 years ago
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thank god for wayne, fuck you nas
youngnixon01 3 years ago
son u get killed out here in ny
ssjsongoku03 3 years ago 2
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nas is a whipped mofo
shabboobala 3 years ago
How ironic how the business first gave birth to the emcee and now the business has given death to the emcee... think about the irony...
jeethha1 3 years ago
Please explain how the business "gave birth" to the MC. My history books say otherwise.
banzar 3 years ago 9
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Because if it wasn't for the record labels DISTRIBUTING THE MUSIC... then how the FUCK would you ever hear the MC?
jeetuha2 3 years ago
Clubs, park jams, talent shows, tapes, concerts maybe? Hip Hop was a culture BEFORE the business got involved! Maybe you're from the suburbs.
banzar 3 years ago
u dont really understand what Nas is tryin to say.ofc the money has a part of music, but what Nas means is dat todays rap is way more commercial than what it was b4. u know, todays rap almost only includes money, hoes n cars. at late 80s to mid 90s the rap was way more dif. it was on another level. i mean they rapped more bout life stuff n history n other things dat didnt have anythin to do with the commercial style. if ya listen to 50 cents "candy shop" it sounds more dif then "halftime" of nas
jamaicalove9999 3 years ago 4
of course music changes. public enemy rapped about black power. then wu tang rapped about drugs. now everybody raps about money.
jamstradamuss 3 years ago
the 90's was mostly gun bussin and drugs
juiceFW 3 years ago
Juice FW no..the 90's was about knowledge
wolf4lifepsl 3 years ago
no shit candy shop sounds differnt than halftime. r u serious? the 80s was just as pop as it is now. run dmc=tricky, big daddy kane=smooth operator. rap has always been comercial. but now its on the big stage so u thinks its more now than it has been in the past.
jamstradamuss 3 years ago
hahahaha yes rap today is waaay more commercial. u can see big differens in candy shop and its tricky too. now more money is involved in the rap game. beats are much harder, more sexy ladies in the background, more talk about money, cars n all dat stuff. yes there have been commercial rap, but it wasnt near as commercial as its today. listen to the music in the stores, its often these new rappers they are playing, and u can even see it on youtube views..
jamaicalove9999 3 years ago
and u really didnt get my point bout the differens between candy shop and halftime haha.. good thing anywayz u noticed the differens -.-
jamaicalove9999 3 years ago
Where think it was created in a fuckin PARK lol the game got too commercialized I mean that helped Hip hop expand but its bitter sweet because along the way alot of artists can't express the way they want without riskin get dropped from their labels especially the gimmick rappers playdoughs I call them because the record execs make them out to their image or the image of whoever is good at the moment
jizzy2sexi 3 years ago
the business gave birth to the emcee?! you stupid stupid fuck. business is always the last stage of any kinda art. when it's popular, thats when the companies come in and take advantage. hardly any major labels take chances on unknown artists or genres because they wanna be sure they're gonna make money. if what you're sayin was true then there wouldn't have been no underground before mainstream. there's some dumb bastards in this world...
akadapper 3 years ago
Nas and The Game are the realest niggas on the planet right now
STmemba 3 years ago 10
co-sign i think identicly the same
roeleboel 3 years ago
dat memory lane shit iz clazzic
mzlafinatchabitchazz 3 years ago 5
I am a huge Nas fan but after finding out about his reality show I feel he is a bit of a hypocrite, copping out slightly - more business and not enough art...
This interview is disappointing because I always felt Nas to be different to the pop rappers of today...
His whole slogan, pharse "hiphop is dead" is real genius though - copying Nieztche.
-Rayray
pulsssarray 3 years ago 5
Its funny how everyone is looking for a role model and leader in street kids that robbed, sold drugs, killed, and stole shit. Lol! They are all about money ass. They only talk that way because they know their fans are listening. They are liars just like politicians. You dont have a clue of what Nas is talking about when he says hip hop is dead. jesus died around 33.. nas was 33 when Hip Hop dead dropped..Nas calls himself "god son" god son is jesus. Nas feel he is a prophet thru his music.
mastephens1 3 years ago 2
hahaha that is an interesting interpretaion... But if you hear the album close enough he isnt saying hip hop is dead, only pointing out the fact that it has changed directions and become something it wasnt originally intended to be.
He may use Jesus metaphorically but he would have to be stupid to call himself a prophet.
Thanks for your input none the less ahaha
-Rayray
pulsssarray 3 years ago
What..That mean its dead!!!!! If your body cells CHANGE that mean it died! SO if real hip hop turns into fake commercial bullshit that means its dead. Yeah we can say for the moment in music terms. NAS feel his music can Resurrect Hip Hop. When a famous person career decline we use the term his career is DEAD. Its a figure of speech not to mean it had a funeral. haha! Hip Hop is Dead true statement. And yes he think hes a prophet people take his words as the words in the bible.
mastephens1 3 years ago
Well actually, your analogy isn't even. When your cells change they don't change "in their nature" and if they do, your dead. For example, if some one were at ground zero in a nuclear explosion, their cells would literally change chemically, they would change their nature, and yes you would be dead. if your cells are changed "in their nature" in any way, you are considered dead. The essential nature of Hip hop has changed.
periechontology 3 years ago
listen to the interview, he explains what he means by hip hop is dead. you just made some ridiculous assumption based on numbers and his age.
also if your brought up in that environment then of course your going to resort to selling drugs, stealing etc. aint mean your a bad person, its not always as simple as making the right decisions. lot of people are victims of circumstances and they have to turn to that kind of stuff
hal2342 3 years ago
Its ok you KNOW NOTHING. The music industry is deeper than you think. I can give you NAS tour date and you will be suprise when they take place. You dont understand most rappers on the east are five percenters. From Rakim who really put 5 percenters on the map, which is why the industry calls him the GOD MC, to Wutang, public enemy, Big daddy kane, NAS, Jayz, Mobb deep, etc..they use the teaching of gods and earth in there music. They all call themselves GOD because thats their belief.
mastephens1 3 years ago
The song: originally Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams.
Then sampled for both All Eyes On Me and Nas's album:It Was Written which came out the same year as 'Pacs album. True story.
brokenvoicetones 3 years ago
"Pac" is a tool. He was Suge Knight's puppet. "Pac" was a politically conscious rapper before Death Row. Then he went into gangster rival mode after Suge paid his bond. That's what led to his downfall.
jkahmed 3 years ago
What would you do if you knew that this dude over hear set you up or knew that niggas was going to pull some shady shit? Not just speculation, but true facts! Yea he rode on Big on All Eyez on me But he said all he had to say on Makavali rather this beef or Lifein general. Really puffy killed (hip hop) He even said it his self that he's glad to be a pop star. Big was the first to start rappin bout materialsm and cars and jewels and shit. SO whay the fuck is the east coast mad?
skipqtexas 3 years ago
Big wasnt the first to rap about Materialism! Plenty of rapper did it before him. Special Ed "I got it made" was one. He did enhance it.
mastephens1 3 years ago 2
why? because there was a cool level of lyricism when big did it, his style and lyrical content was the shit because he raped about it so well and he included different things not only money. thats most of waynes content and all of the souths content i mean damn kid i love pussy 2, but every god damn video comeon son. south is so bad at it, all they do is put out club bangers, whens the last time you heard a song about money portrayed in another light?
ssjsongoku03 3 years ago
Why ya dissin the south, mane? lol JK But real talk. I DO agree with what you're saying. We may have invented crunk, but its starting to become a bit repetitive. Not just in the south but in the west, east and midwest! Hell, I'M from the south and I'm gettin sick and tired of hearing the same old shit. Hip hop needs ALOT more creativity. But it seems to get lamer and lamer everytime we click the radio. Fuck Soulja boy, Wayne, Jeezy, Mistah Fab, Yung Berg, and all these wack ass rappers !
RayDubMusic 3 years ago 5
Niggas just followed in the yalls footsteps becasue New York being as Metroplitian as it is sets trends. Other regions felt like since everybody looks up to New York thats the blueprint to make it.
skipqtexas 3 years ago
guys the beat is from all eyez on me!! Pac 4 life
91Auri 3 years ago
actaully its frum annie lenox....sweetdreams song
BeyondInfinit 3 years ago
yes but check out the beat that starts at 1.03! - All eyez on me
91Auri 3 years ago
jea da beet izz diff but da original melody and concept ov the song iz frum annie lenox....wuznt sayin anybody wuz wrong.....but i luv da original wurrks ov muzik...b safe yall hiphop still lives
BeyondInfinit 3 years ago