- pop, hip hop, hardcore hip hop
- 63 min
- 17 tracks
- Columbia
Hip Hop Is Dead is the eighth studio album by American rapper Nas, released December 19, 2006, on Def Jam Recordings. His first album for the label, it was co-financed by Nas's previous label, Columbia Records, which once distributed for Def Jam.
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Character
Grave, classical in form, spare and character-led.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 79/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Entertainment Weekly(B)
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A−
- The New York Times(favorable)
- Pitchfork Media(7.8/10)
- PopMatters(8/10)
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- USA Today3.5/4 ★
- The Village Voice(favorable)
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Tracks
- 1Money Over Bullshit4:16
- 2You Can’t Kill Me3:15
- 3Carry On Tradition3:49
- 4Where Are They Now2:44
- 5Hip Hop Is Dead3:46
- 6Who Killed It?3:10
- 7Black Republican3:45
- 8Not Going Back4:10
- 9Still Dreaming3:38
- 10Hold Down the Block3:58
- 11Blunt Ashes4:03
- 12Let There Be Light4:28
- 13Play On Playa3:33
- 14Can’t Forget About You4:34
- 15Hustlers4:07
- 16Hope3:07
- 17The N…2:49
17 tracks, 63 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Nas
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- December 18, 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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