1. Don't Hate Me Now
2. QB Tru G'S ft. Game
3. Black Republican
4. Where Y'all at
5. Play on Playa ft. Snoop
6. Still Dreaming ft. Kanye West
7. White Man's Paper (War) ft. Damien Marley
8. Blunt Ashes
9. Hip Hop Is Dead (Produced by Will.I.Am)
10. Where Are They Now (Produced by Nas)
11. Let There Be Light
12. Not Going Back
13. Ain't Forget About You
14. Hold Down the Block

Ending off a decent quarter for rap releases (Jay, Clipse, and Nas)

11/24/2006 2:03:20 PM

RELEASE DATE?

11/24/2006 2:08:24 PM

project pats album doesnt come out until december 4th

its gonna be the best rap album out this year, mark my words

11/24/2006 2:18:20 PM

^^ december 19th, tentatively

11/24/2006 2:41:33 PM

^ u know my rns peeps will get me this before you. /steals customers.

11/24/2006 4:21:27 PM

STILL WON'T BE AS GOOD AS ILLMATIC! SORRY, SOMEBODY HAD TO SAY IT

11/24/2006 4:48:04 PM

Quote :

"project pats album doesnt come out until december 4th its gonna be the best rap album out this year, mark my words"

jesus h. christ, Project Pat is fucking terrible

I think out of all the albums that have come out this year, this is the one that I've been looking forward to the most. The couple of tracks that I've heard have been awesome. Now that Nas is with Def Jam he is either going to step it up to the next level or be over-produced and radio friendly, I hope its the latter

11/24/2006 5:04:44 PM

ZIP PLZ

11/24/2006 7:52:41 PM

HASN'T BEEN GOOD SINCE ILLMATIC. PLEASE PROVE US WRONG, NAS.

11/24/2006 8:21:27 PM

i always get the same losers to comment to me in entertainment and sports talk

11/24/2006 8:31:04 PM

damn jarren

when you make these threads and i check it at work

i'm all fiendin to go cop it when i get home

then i see it hasn't leaked yet, fuck.

this has happened more than once

[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 8:33 PM. Reason : BUT THE MESSY MARV LEAKED AWW SHIT]

11/24/2006 8:32:21 PM

ahhhh hov I know montal also

so you're the one who offered the new jay album to robbie a week before i did

I was wondering who the hell had it before i did

gg

11/24/2006 9:55:37 PM

[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 10:04 PM. Reason : [no homo]]

11/24/2006 10:03:11 PM

hasn't leaked yet? are you kidding me? I've had this album for 2 weeks now

11/25/2006 11:00:49 AM

Quote :

" Hip Hop Is Dead"

oh thank god its over

11/25/2006 11:15:05 AM

^^ where'd you get it?

11/25/2006 9:44:11 PM

i thought punk rock was dead

11/25/2006 9:44:50 PM

Quote :

"HASN'T BEEN GOOD SINCE ILLMATIC. PLEASE PROVE US WRONG, NAS."

well, except for It Was Written being arguably as good, if not better than Illmatic.

11/25/2006 9:47:10 PM

^ naw man

it was good, but not that good

there are a couple tracks on it was written I skip, not on illmatic

11/25/2006 9:48:03 PM

I mean, I know it's TWW and all, but e-people still have opinions.

and I happen to value mine, as you should yours.

I love both of those albums, and the only song I skip on IWW is "Nas Is Coming" with Dre.

I've never caught on to Dre, other than "Let Me Ride"

[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 9:50 PM. Reason : eh]

11/25/2006 9:50:20 PM

I got you

I like both a lot, but illmatic makes it into the classics for me

11/25/2006 9:54:04 PM

rap sucks

11/25/2006 9:55:07 PM

thank you for your fantastic opinion

11/25/2006 9:56:08 PM

honestly, i think the people that think rap sucks, suck

the beats and lyrics to some of the songs are unbeatable

11/25/2006 9:59:09 PM

OPINING IS FUN

seriously, let people hate rap if they want.

geez.

11/25/2006 10:00:01 PM

name one thing redeeming about it

11/25/2006 10:01:10 PM

i tell you one thing...i cant fucking stand country

11/25/2006 10:01:27 PM

you right

but I don't go into all the threads about stuff I know I hate and say so

11/25/2006 10:01:44 PM

name something "redeeming" about it?

christ, it's music. if i thought i had to find a redeeming quality in aesthetics, I'd shoot my art-loving face off.

11/25/2006 10:03:50 PM

redeeming quality- the beats and the lyrics are unbeatable at times

11/25/2006 10:04:47 PM

and again, it's an opinion.

come on, people. enough.

11/25/2006 10:05:37 PM

non redeeming- it tells impressionable idiots that its ok to be a scumbag and deal drugs and shoot people

and theres no classics, everything is a fad, just like slap bracelets and pacifiers

if you listen to it, you should probably evaluate what your values are and if you plan on accomplishing anything in life

maybe I won't be forced to listen to another impromptu rap battle by burger king employees over the frier

[Edited on November 25, 2006 at 10:09 PM. Reason : .]

11/25/2006 10:09:16 PM

yikes

gg trolling scubasteve

11/25/2006 10:09:20 PM

anytime

11/25/2006 10:10:05 PM

just fyi, it's not all drugs and violence

11/25/2006 10:12:09 PM

I know, I like some like Mos Def and Tribe Called Quest

but otherwise its poison, for the mind and the soul

11/25/2006 10:15:06 PM

o, so you're not opposed to hip hop, but are a hater of rap?

11/25/2006 10:16:50 PM

maybe a little, I really like Motown stuff too

11/25/2006 10:19:03 PM

i thought when i saw the post count up, this thread was gonna be full of meaningful discussion

so heres so tracks thats supposed to be on the album, as far as whether or not itll be tweaked (more than likely) is neither here nor there, just posting something meaniful

The N

http://download.yousendit.com/CA4B854F355727B2

http://download.yousendit.com/136EF3FC0B5057AC

11/25/2006 10:53:43 PM

^Thanks for those

Nas the N did nothing for me at all. I hate the beat. Sounds like an "anthem" song and has a lot of gospel type sounds in it. The Chorus was horrible. The flow was okay

Hip Hop is dead was decent. The flow is really nice. The beat is way too lame(why would he just recycle Thief's Theme? The songs don't even correlate) other than the piano church keys which I enjoyed.

I hope the actual release is better. I'm tired of listening to Illmatic for the ######th time.

11/25/2006 11:09:24 PM

shit i can appreciate most all of his catalog

i am and nastradamus have a few good cuts if you add them together

stillmatic and god's son are both real nice albums, and not mentioned a whole lot when speaking of him

not so much on street's disciple, but i can still dig that shit from time to time

gotta like his work with the firm, too

11/25/2006 11:18:26 PM

I hated the firm the album

only 2 listenable songs

that's ok, I like the rest of his stuff enough to ignore it

11/25/2006 11:23:19 PM

man see i thought the firm was great when you consider the individual components...well, nature and fox sucked, but nas and AZ...should have been smarter and collaborated more afterward

11/27/2006 2:24:09 PM

haha, so 2/4 is great

11/27/2006 3:20:26 PM

Despite the recycled beat, I really like "Hip Hop Is Dead". Lyrics are great, and the beat has enough new twists to be interesting (the organ notes, the "apache" breaks, etc). "The N" is decent, nothing too special, but still better than most stuff off of Nastradamus and I Am.

Only other song I've heard so far is "Black Republicans". I was REALLY digging it at first, now I'm not so sure. I kinda like Jay's verse, talking about his beef with Nas (or at least I assume that's what he was talking about - maybe he's talking about Dame.) But the beat might be a little too much. I dunno.

11/27/2006 3:30:34 PM

yeah but i still liked the album

conceptually it was a good idea

but fucking nature and foxy

11/27/2006 3:34:40 PM

I usually buy Nas albums, so I'll probably get this along with the new Young Jeezy album.

I LUV IT.

11/27/2006 4:38:49 PM

Southern/Crunk/Gangsta rap seems like the most retarded shit I've ever heard.

But a lot of hip hop is pretty good. There are lots of independent artists that I like who rap about other things besides snapping yo fingers, getting crunk, smackin that ho's ass, etc.

[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 10:09 AM. Reason : ]

11/28/2006 10:09:25 AM

a lame name


MUST HEAR

11/29/2006 1:33:40 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLTRzHVh8U&eurl=

Hip Hop is Dead video

11/30/2006 10:52:10 AM