Hip-hop Is Dead
Fans have cried foul that Nas' Will.i.am-produced single "Hip-Hop Is Dead" uses the same "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" sample as 2004's "Thief's Theme." But the dynamic drums and guitar riffs are an apt backdrop for the Queens rapper's diatribe against hip-hop. In the opener, Nas prefaces, "I had to flip this
track again, y'all." Ironically, this anti-mainstream cut has been popular on radio. In an age when many rappers simplify their lyrics for mass consumption, Nas persists with fresh imagery, cunning wordplay ("like my girl Foxy, the kid went Def") and insightful lyrics that require second and third listens. And fittingly, he is still rhyming as the song fades out. —Clover Hope
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