Nas - Hip Hop is Dead

[IlluminatedPhantom]

Lil Wayne is far more interesting artist.

[The12Jacob]

@IlluminatedPhantom .....Shut up

[beyondaqtip]

I Love Nas. This nigguh helped me grow up!

[tmanuel44]

It's funny how artist seems to get along fine, but their fans have to start shit. Nas obviously has no problem with Wayne so why the fuck is it such a big deal?

[FaLc336]

I hate people who say Lil wayne and soulja boy ruined hip hop. They didn't, their fans did. They'd be working at mcdonalds right now if they didn't have a bunch of fans with low IQs

[Theone5755]

If hip hop is dead, Nas is too. He isnt though.

[951iKnoHuh]

"And tell Mr. Jones, Hip Hop aint dead it just came back home"

-Blu

[rulz95OGS95rulz]

R.I.P-R.A.P

[calicolombiano27]

Just so all you guys know this song is originally from a 60s band named Iron Butterfly

[MI7FITthaTECHN9CIAN]

@calicolombiano27 Yeah I'm sure I know that already lol.

[Stretchable0]

WHAT? he made this song with will i am? that faggot helped bring about the demise of hip hop!

[jyrza14]

i bought this album today and i hope you will do it too #support real hip hop

[WestCoastBiased]

isnt it ironic that Will.I.Am is on a track called hip hop is dead...

[SBDxL3G3ND]

u kno hip hop is basiclly dead wen Nas says it

[FreshBeatsMH]

Lil wayne and nas are totally the oppisite, nas put music out for him self, lil wayne does it for the money

[123Chilywily]

Swag

~24 7 52

[alive454]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!



[bigge1495]

hip hop died when songs became about swagger or love

[bigge1495]

its called hip hop not rap listen to nas

[ryan23945]

@AdamHorsefall QFT

[29jewlz]

hip hop isnt dead...its on cardiac rest..with only few rappers as its life line

[ElChinkachu]

It isn't dead, just malnourished and underfed.

[Eyedias]

its just buried underground

[stone2thedome]

Hip Hop didnt die it just went UNDERGROUND

[overbyjames]

I don't get how Nas can make a song like this and then make a song with Lil' Wayne.

[disaznboii19148]

@overbyjames Truth

[cHyrr1]

@overbyjames its all about $

[overbyjames]

@cHyrr1 Yeah, that makes sense.

[thenathmeister2]

@overbyjames hahahaaa that made me lol, everyone on the train looked at me aswel :L

[overbyjames]

@thenathmeister2 You're on a train?

[thenathmeister2]

@overbyjames yeah on my laptop, problem?

[overbyjames]

@thenathmeister2 Nah, just wondering if I read that right.

[stocker104]

@overbyjames one thing.. money money money

[young0813]

@overbyjames money talks dont listen to guys just enjoy the music because if you knew the truth about your favorite you will all be disappointed

[emightis]

@overbyjames Hey hey, I hate Lil Wayne, but he's starting to become a real mother fucker.

[BitterAspect]

@overbyjames Couldn't agree more. Lil Wayne is 'nil.

[malcolmscotty1]

@overbyjames money i guess

[lXlPringleslXl]

@overbyjames I don't get how you can't see Lil Wayne for what he is. You don't know shit about hip hop..

[overbyjames]

@lXlPringleslXl What do you mean "for what he is"? Are you saying Lil' Wayne is good? If so, then YOU don't know shit about hip-hop.

[lXlPringleslXl]

@overbyjames I think he has some alright metaphors and similes. Best lyricist alive today is Canibus and Chino XL.

[dandokiller]

@lXlPringleslXl Chino XL.....ROFLMFAO

[overbyjames]

@lXlPringleslXl Eh, they're mostly really corny, but that's just my opinion.

[RMWAproductions]

@lXlPringleslXl Chino XL

FUCK YOU TOO

[MrSionemau]

@overbyjames Money talks haha



[bappstwist]

@overbyjames Its not that Lil wayne is a bad rapper he just lost sight of good music

[edwudd]

@overbyjames Lil Wayne wasn't in the Outro, I hate lil wayne passionately, but i think that song is raw

[TheEdwardBishop]

@overbyjames Because he's good at marketing.

[berna6900]

@overbyjames Money

[twister3150]

@overbyjames cause when its said and done nigga gotta eat.

[TeeeeJayH]

@overbyjames

it's called selling out..

[Mrxander93]

@TeeeeJayH He needs income ya know

[loirinh69]

@overbyjames

Money ?

[TheEmeraldRitual]

@overbyjames

Won't be long till Wayne retires!

[requiem4ameme]

@overbyjames Because he wants to get his message out to a lot of people, and knows that Lil' Wayne has millions of (idiotic) fans? Because he doesn't have any beef with Wayne? Because he wants to make some money? It's not a hard question to answer, dude. Besides, maybe Wayne will get inspired from working with a real legend, and begin to actually make music instead of commercialized, repetitive ear-rape. What? It could happen...when pigs fly...

[robofish500]

@overbyjames cuz people who listen to lil wayne need to know who nas is. maybe then they'll realize that lil wayne sucks dick

[stork1337]

YEAA

[Andrew1134703]

IORN BUTTERFLY>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>­>>>>>>>

[skijmac2]

What happened to the version that says "If hip hop should die before I wake, I put an extended clip and body em all day, roll up every station n wreck the DJ..." Wreck flows better than murder.

[ukchill1]

@skijmac2 that's the pussy sell out commercial version you anus muncher, "if hip hop is dead you the reason it died"

[xXspydiiXx]

soulja boy out his damn mind tryna beef with NAS about this song

[nellzman]

I like this song so I wont hold against him that Will.I.am is the producer but to have Will.I.am actually say something, uhhhhhh...

[xxD0p3]

Hip hop died on January 1st, 2000

[TheBlakatom]

"it's the money"

[MrSenseixX]

Hip Hop Sucks

[MrSenseixX]

Where Is The Fucking Lyrics?

[hiphoplivesthrume]

@MrSenseixX who said there were any for this video?

...so young so angry...

[MrSenseixX]

R.A.P

[hiphoplivesthrume]

@MrSenseixX Rest After Progression?

[TheProffeser1]

Yeah there this sick dude Foreign Feature yall should check out

[SuperMoneybags94]

its not dead quite yet, we have resurrecters, and there name is Bad Meets Evil.

[bigge1495]

@SuperMoneybags94 no life is good album from nas resurrected hip hop when talked about guns not shitty gay lighter with that faggot bruno mars

[iChinnyAce]

If Hip Hop is dead then I Must be Immortal..

[kwhit009]

Actually Nas, Hip Hop resurrected on 9-27-11. A "cole world" has started, pass him the torch and let him keep the fire going on brimstone.

[sobeAdam]

This is a great Iron Butterfly song.

[monizzle415]

MY DRUG-NAS

MY DEALER-YOUTUBE

THE COPS-VEVO

[JYKRL]

Hip Hop isnt dead. i dont mind new school. dont get me wrong young money sucks and soulja boy but if you take that out new school isnt that bad.

[RipBasketBaller7]

@JYKRL with the exception of not even 5 rappers, its dead

[JYKRL]

@RipBasketBaller7  alright

[Ismo0s]

lol 0:43 sounds like 2pac!

[josephcarroll95]

@The12Jacob

Fuck Lup and Eminem sellouts and mainstream dickheads. Immortal Technique so a million times better than Lupe and Eminem, fact.

[The12Jacob]

@josephcarroll95 Define the term sellout for me? Lupe was forced by Atlantic Records to make LASERS he said himself he didn't like the album because of the mainstream attention his next album Food & Liquor 2 is all him so he'll be back to himself. So what if Eminem went mainstream? he's still better than any other mainstream rapper his songs are still pretty legit...

[The12Jacob]

Best rappers alive

1.Nas

2.Eminem

3.Lupe

4.Immortal Technique

5.Tech N9ne

[Cooley96]

@The12Jacob eminen is fuckin bullshit, music thief, fuck that bastard. If he was Black he'd be average. He stole all my uncles shit and still the dude cant even rap.

[The12Jacob]

@Cooley96 Stole all your uncles shit? wtf i don't know what to say to that, a music thief? you ignorant fool Eminem has never bit someone elses raps his shit is emotional & straight from the heart. Alright i agree if he was black he'd be average, He can't rap? please he can rap circles around almost any rapper and he can freestyle like no ones business. Eminem is one of the greatest rappers ever and if you're too ignorant to see that i'm sorry.

[Cooley96]

@The12Jacob Man you aint gotta believe me but, "whatever you say I am", "cleanin out the closet" and a bunch of other shit was ripped of my uncles independent tapes, thaz on my momma. Yea he can out rap these new rappers cuz these new niggas suck. Great rappers might sample, but they dont rip someones shit off and give no credit, I give his freestyles to him thaz it.

[TheEnecs1]

@Cooley96 I don't believe that where is the proof

[Cooley96]

@TheEnecs1 LISTEN TO EMINEMS SONGS THATS THE PROOF. They've already been stolen so I guess I have nothing to lose if I upload them, but then people would say we stole eminems shit and get it all twisted. I'll see if I can find the complete c.d. though.

[bigge1495]

@The12Jacob eminem is another love / swagger / mainstrain faggot these ays only good songs are his old ones

[dyslecticbitch]

@bigge1495 Yeah, I totally agree with you. Though his old songs make up for all bad any rapper ever done. He was a master in his prime, rip. 2bad all rappers have to go mental, em is fucked for life, nas done songs with Wayne. Please God end this now.

[sobeAdam]

Iron Butterfly.

[TheGreatDeciever55]

SERIOUSLY ITS LIKE A PROSTITUTE SAYING LOVE IS DEAD----well of coarse the fucking prostitute would say that.....

[TheGreatDeciever55]

This album title was a fucking insult-----because industry/prostitution is dying he says HipHop is dead----completely neglecting the fact there are THOUSANDS of dope non industry rappers putting it down BETTER than ever---BETTER THAN NAS for fucks sake.....the original definition of prostitution was the sale of AESTHETICS----buying sex has no real value other than AESTHETICS---just like HIPHOP---so if you sell HipHoip BY DEFINITION you are a fucking prostitute....so who cares what a whore says?

[NAS472]

@TheGreatDeciever55

NAStradamus predicted that hip hop wouldn't last forever throughout everyone's radios.

Believe it or not ... but his signs point to "YES". My signs point to "Maybe".

If RAP can change it's course to education then we won't be scared to see what everyone can become.

Sources: "Nas - I know I can".

[JoshG314]

@TheGreatDeciever55 around the time he made this album, hip hop seemed to be coming to an end. If you'd watch a recent interview, you'd notice he commemorates and applauds a lot of today's hip hop.. J cole, Kendrick Lamar etc. Nobody can touch nas my guy, he's an original. He gave birth to a lot of these cats styles now and days.

[regin46]

Hopsin and STS are Hip Hops only last saviors, if they let the money get to there brain were screwed. :/

[Theshemproductions]

@X15ean1X Rap is what literal style?It makes no sense...

[tomaat19]

Nas saw it coming...

[LiamLTW]

Hip Hops my first wifey

[TheHazeG]

People in 2011 are just stupid why would you like to hear the same shit in every song because when i hear a lil wayne song is like hearing the same type of bullshit.

[youralcoholicdad44]

why is every 5th comment about Eminem? its like that on nearly every rap video its been over 10 years and people still can't decide whether he's a genius or a piece of shit:D its funny.

[link216]

Im pretty sure nas wouldnt have made this song if he would have known it would be dead in 2011

[EaGlEsFaN123100]

it sounds like he's saying hip hop is gay

[goodlopsk]

@EaGlEsFaN123100 hahaha you cunt now i cant stop hearing it

[TheToysoldier123]

@EaGlEsFaN123100 Uh hu 0.o sounds weird xD

[MRSWEETNES1]

@EaGlEsFaN123100

it is gay ,rap and hip hop from 2004 all the way today is so gay that i can't find the right word for it

[loSTLumberjacks59]

@EaGlEsFaN123100 I wish that Hip Hop is gay than Hip Hop is dead

[conkerreddead]

@EaGlEsFaN123100 hip hop is cool but rap is gay

[Richard10Wayne]

Everyone says that they "Miss" this and cant stand the New School OF rappers well i dont here anyone bumping this when theyre out goin around, all i hear is Wayne Drake and Cole

[oddevens]

this is a classic. real musc. like it should be.....

[LikeColdFire]

Waka Flocka Flame... Lmao... You can right away tell he sucks just by reading his name.

Nas is still keeping it real, which is why I admire him.

Eminem may be my favorite rapper, but he's kinda watering down to the levels of pop-friendly music... At least with Recovery, hopefully he goes back to his Eminem Show style someday... But yes, Nas deserves more props than what he's getting these days.

[WildSoccerMan]

@LikeColdFire Wacka Flocka has the shitiest lyrics too. hahaha

[Ohdeeare]

I'm still waiting for Nas to put an extended clip inside of his AK

Roll to every station and murder the DJ

[warkillr31]

Lol. It's so weird hearing Nas over this beat cause I first heard it over Apathy's Baptism by Fire. Either way, dope as hell.

[qwandiddy]

Not Just Lil Wayne, Now it's SNOOP DOGG has killed Hip Hop also, He's gay ass now.

[putrius1]

jessegarcia121 you are madafaka your ass is so dump you bitch fuck our self ok ?

[putrius1]

jessegarcia121 you are madafaka your ass is so dump you bitch fuck our self ok ?

[warriorinternationa]

hip hop was official dead sinds g-unit didnt exist anymore

[blastingoff23]

lil wayne and those fags ruining the game! keep it real Nas!

[CrodinoDolce]

@treemanmusic I know...for me is tupac the best..but we have other good rappers..

[CrodinoDolce]

@colin93722 are u a idiot?...not me!! i mean justin bieber lil wayne and company are gays!! stfu

[Sweetiethemane222]

iTunes censored the (removed by iTunes) out of this

[CrodinoDolce]

R.I.P Hip Hop

Tupac Shakur Nas Biggie Smalls and Eminem are Rap

the rest is shit!

Lil wayne and company can suck my dick..or no..you can suck J.B dick..gay bitches!!

[colin93722]

@CrodinoDolce telling guys to suck your dick is pretty gay

[treemanmusic]

@CrodinoDolce theres a lot more great rappers than 2pac nas biggie and em. you need to listen to more music man.

[pimnas]

@treemanmusic ofcourse there's more, but theyre legends

[TheKeezzor]

@CrodinoDolce Nomather what you say, will Eazy-e always be the greatest g-rapper..

[shonha1]

@Farfaga4 That's one of the reasons HipHop is messed up, too many ppl listening to it know nothing about it, every rhyme Dre ever spit was written for him, originally by Cube, Ren nd The Doc to a bunch of other mcs, Dre is a producer not a rapper

[cursedswordsman]

The bass riff reminds me of Sunshine of Your Love by Cream

[blobilvero]

@cursedswordsman is called "in a gadda da vida" by iron butterfly

[tomaat19]

Hip hop is dead indeed that's why it's alive Underground & In the Past

[thendnperson]

if hip hop should die before i wake, i put an extended clip inside of my AK. , roll up to new orleans and murder lil wayne, roll up to new orleans and murder lil wayne.

[AgrivatedKillah]

@thendnperson boy you go to New orleans them boys gonna murder you alive, just because wayne soft don't mean everybody in N.O soft.

You a fucking fool if you think you could go to N.O and make it out alive.

[CheyTacGaming4Lyfe]

@AgrivatedKillah lol u act like the N.O. is hell on Earth. Go 2 Capetown, South Africa or Caracas, Venezuela ull die as soon as u walk n. 3rd World.

[AgrivatedKillah]

@CheyTacGaming4Lyfe I never said it was.

and just because somewhere is a third world country doesn't make it safe.

I'm just saying I bet N.O is much harder than where you come from.

[CheyTacGaming4Lyfe]

@AgrivatedKillah Im from Capetown...so yeah.

[AgrivatedKillah]

@CheyTacGaming4Lyfe you being from a certain place doesn't stop people from shooting you.

[DaFr3shnessIsHere]

@thendnperson It's funny you say that, cause Wayne and Nas are actually really good friends and Nas just did a Song with Wayne hahaha

[29LicBeta]

@thendnperson F*ck u hater!

Lil Wayne is one of the betters rappers alive. The Hip Hop change

[TheMrRold]

@29LicBeta fuck you!

Lil Wayne is one of the better rappers?..

FUCK YOU!

Lil GAYne!

[SolOfTheArcangel]

@29LicBeta Lil' Wayne is a fucked up inbred experiment of shit and hip-hop that should be put down. That fool is trash, hes an egotistical fuck hole who needs to shut his mouth before he gets smacked., When he said he was the best rapper alive, I wanted to show him Tech N9Ne, Three 6 Mafia, Bone Thugs, NAS, Eminem, Immortal Technique, Ill BIll, Necro, House of Pain, Cyprus Hill, La Coka Nostra, and so many fuckin' more. That hack is a fool who's too stupid to know how full of shit he is..

[LinkinBoyTV]

@SolOfTheArcangel If i ever hear him saying he is the best rapper, i will fu**ing kill that asshole!

[SolOfTheArcangel]

@LinkinBoyTV He's already said it, his ego is as big as his addiction to Robitussin

[Orbzilicious]

@29LicBeta Autotune isn't hip hop lol

Btw Hater is not even a word

[YoungMarone101]

@thendnperson it's funny how you said that because Nas actually collaborated with Lil Wayne on his "Carter IV" album..

[Slavag93]

@thendnperson y the fuck u hatin on lil wayne? i aint a die hard fan but it pisses me off to see people come to other pages nd shit on a dif rapper like if he sucked obviously you wouldknt kno who he is

[falconsfantyler]

@Slavag93 your a dumass lil wayne is fake.. so is your mama's boobs

[Slavag93]

shut the fuck up

[TheToysoldier123]

@thendnperson Wuahahahhahaha XD XD XD

[Heyu7her3]

@thendnperson problem is, he ain't even in New Orleans lol! Like Dee-1 said, "Shouting-out New Orleans at the Grammys is cool, but how about donating money to change the schools?"

[HellTheSequelEP]

eminem nas and 2pac are the pillars of RAP

[Kaizen666]

You are now aware that Will I Am on the hook was pretty much one of the last nails in the coffin. Kind of ironic, no? A song about the death about Hip Hop starting one of the biggest culprits on why it's baby shit soft.

[MEKoBane718]

THis song Sparked The Minds of many, Might be The Reason Respectable Music is Peaking Out Now...Salute to Esco! If You Wanna Check Out New Hip HOp Look at my page and see "The Balance" video off my mixtape called The Transition"

[Mrcaptainroflcopters]

@MrFireandice15 I can think of twenty rappers who are twice as good as Eminem. Only shallow fans of the genre tout Eminem like he's amazing.

[mambablackification]

when he goes acapello at the end I got goosebumps

[Moebetter222]

Hip Hop isn't dead. It's almost dead, but not yet. Hip Hop is in the hospital and is close to death, but Nas is the coma keeping it alive.

[Cooley96]

@Moebetter222 waka flock, gucci mane, drake, lil wayne, eminem, tyga, lil boosie, young jeezy and nicki minaj are platinum selling artist. Hip hop is fuckin dead on arrival!!!!

[Moebetter222]

@Cooley96 I see what ur saying, but as long as Nas is rapping, hip hop to me isn't dead. I agree that all the rappers u mentioned (except for eminem) all suck ass, but for some strange reason they're popular amongst most of America. There's still a few good rappers out there, but the problem is they're just soooo underrated. Sadly, it's not like the old days when good music was appreciated.

[pimnas]

@Cooley96 what the fuck are you saying man? eminem? hes keeping the rap game alive nigga

[Hardlegend]

if hip-hop is dead nas,

why you still making albums?

:D

[SnoopCat226]

If this becomes top comment I'll... I'll.... I'll do nothing

[MrFireandice15]

Nas and Eminem are the best rappers in the game

[Plopamerica]

@MrFireandice15 Hahahahahaha

[GuataubaMix]

@MrFireandice15 yeah mine 2

[ShogunAboveAllElse]

@MrFireandice15 Honestly, in terms of accomplishments and rapping talent, Nas is miles ahead of Eminem

[MrFireandice15]

@ShogunAboveAllElse i can kinda agree on that but there aint nobody but eminem to take second place. any suggestions besides wayne?