Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead

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[cpeetz]

That shit sounds illmatic!

 

[day]

 

[noz]

Nas really likes that bongo band shit, huh?

 

[hertzhog]

 

[day]

Nas really likes that bongo band shit, huh?

Ha - yeah my first thought was "Salaam Remi again, eh?".

 

[LordNO]

Nas really likes that bongo band shit, huh?

Given Nas' turble taste in beats, the 'Made you look' formula is safe territory. He's really not a Big/ Jay-Z in terms of making a 'Big Poppa' or 'Give it 2 me' crosover hit, and I hope he's realized his limitations in that sense so he can do introspective street sh*t over hard(ish) beats which is what he's really good at.

 

[mannybolone]

Wait - didn't Remi already do "In Gadda Da Vida"? What the fuck?

 

[Phill_Most]

Wait - didn't Remi already do "In Gadda Da Vida"? What the fuck?

I think this was Jay-Z's idea.

 

[mannybolone]

Wait - didn't Remi already do "In Gadda Da Vida"? What the fuck?

I think this was Jay-Z's idea.

Seriously, how is Nas/Remi going to basically serve up "Thief's Theme" again? I'm so confused. If you're going to bite yourself, then at least go back to, I dunno, ""Halftime" or some shit. Why are you recycling the same basic beat you put out a year or so ago?

 

[Bsides]

Wait - didn't Remi already do "In Gadda Da Vida"? What the fuck?

I think this was Jay-Z's idea.

Seriously, how is Nas/Remi going to basically serve up "Thief's Theme" again? I'm so confused. If you're going to bite yourself, then at least go back to, I dunno, ""Halftime" or some shit. Why are you recycling the same basic beat you put out a year or so ago?

yeah but dont forget... hip hop is dead. Remeber?

 

[Lempo]

I think that this one uses the Iron Butterfly's version, at least you can hear the organ from the beginning of that version. But still, a bit

 

[ako]

i dont know, i dig this.

 

[day]

I will say one thing I don't like, is the singing. This whole thing kinda sounds like a Roots joint to me.

I think alot of dudes from 'back in the day' who have made it commercially (ie. Jay, Nas) want to take it back to where they came from and I can get with that.

 

[kicks79]

This sounds so much like a roots joint. not a bad thing though.

 

[Grope]

that song is just bad.

 

[m_dejean]

I think alot of dudes from 'back in the day' who have made it commercially (ie. Jay, Nas) want to take it back to where they came from and I can get with that.

Well, as far as taking it back to the essence, I think that "Where Y'all At" joint that someone posted up a while ago (the one with the Minnie R loop) was much better. Revisiting the Gadda-Da-Vida sample and sprinkling it with a bit of Bongo Band in the breakdown is too easy.

Well, I guess that rhyming on top of a Minnie loop is just as easy, but it just sounded more "urgent".

 

[Mjukis]

Todays hymn is... "In the garden of eden" by I. Ron Butterfly. Wait a minute... this sounds like Rock and or Roll!

 

[FunkyFlatulent]

Will I Am produced this if anyone cares.

 

[sticky_dojah]

Will I Am produced this if anyone cares.

At first i didn't even realized it was nas. and it does sound like a roots joint. and no, you dont hear it is a will i am production. but i am hesitant to play this in the club when it comes to backspinning the chorus...."murder the dj"...