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1ST

anything to get publicity for that album.

thats why he sold 46, 000 albums LMAOOOOO

Why does skinny MOFO continue to show his caved in chest? Nas will verbally destroy him, just like he did Hova in Ether…Soulja Boy your just a boy don’t play with grown men. Nas will go 5percenter on your simple azz and soulja boy will need a dictionary, koran, thesaurus, physics book and the DSM-IV just to comprehend.

Did anyone catch that he said… “Thats like me saying Im a prof. FOOTBALL play and say basketball is dead. I play basketball I need shut the Fu(k up” Im confused do you play football or basketball.

Why even give him free press for this BS? I used have his back now he straight talking like a Handi-tard special olympic chin strappish lil kid.

Ignorance at it’s best. He’s looking for some publicity for his flopping album that’s why he did that youtube video begging for forgiveness because he knew he wouldn’t fool people with his simple music anymore. He can’t even talk about NAs because I doubt he can even comprehend what Nas spits. Go back to school little boy and learn some history. Soulja Boy will realize his 15mins of fame is ending and he will have to go back to regular life so he’s trying his best to stay relevant.

@ black lady doctor saying “Nas will go 5percenter on your simple azz and soulja boy will need a dictionary, koran, thesaurus, physics book and the DSM-IV just to comprehend.” …….. chuuuuch

SOULJA BOY IS MAKIN A POINT THOUGH, THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE SAY HIP HOP IS DEAD, IS BECUZ NAS SAID IT FIRST, SO HE IS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID NAS KILLED IT

The south ruined hip hop, with their ABC/bubble gum raps. NY needs to take it back to it’s orginal form. The south has bred some true ignorant rappers. It’s a shame.

Watch your mouth Soulja Boy!

…this boy doesn’t know when to shut up…

@Hannibal

Doubt it…people have been saying it for years. Nas just had his ears to the street, listening to our annoyance.

I believe it was 35,000 his first week… dumb ass obviously hip hop is alive if only that many people bought your sophomore “BRICK”… Nas’s first album was a 5 mic classic and over 15 years later he’s still relevant you were 3 then… you can’t even last two years… Long Love hip hop and death to ” YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU” and your career.. do a push up !!

NO ONE SAID HIP HOP IS DEAD BEFORE NAS SAID IT, SO IF ANYTHING, NAS STARTED THIS WHOLE MESS, I DONT LIKE SOULJA BOY, BUT HE DOES HAVE A POINT

@Hanni

I feel you, but maybe thats what Nas was feeling at the time…A mans words that has been doing good music for damn near 20 years carries a lot of weight….

LMAO@SOULJA BOY….He is soo damn lame he knows that sh!t too him and his circus rhymes. He just said purely because he wants attention..please dont feed the crackheads. How in the hell can you diss Nas Thats like sayin Pac wasnt a rapper Or Biggie sanged opera???? Thats killin hip hop all within itself sayin some sh!t like that. Lol!

What point has he made, other than the fact that he cannot understand ‘doublespeak?’ When Nas spoke about hip hop being dead he was talking about fools like Soulja boy and the other wannabe’s who have nothing relevant to say. I think it was painful for him to make hip hop is dead, but NO (wo)man can kill ART or the true blue street poets. Real Hip hop has a message/warning. This consumer driven hip hop has done nothing but repeat the DOPE years meanwhile idiots are shoppin in these low-high budget stores trying to attain a LOOK. That’s it just a LOOK. Please the only point that has been made was Ice T was right about that clown known as Soulja Boy while shining the light on his own whack f**kery.

Tell Soulja Boy; I put emphasis on BOY to stfu. If you want to be an icon, you need to speak proper english, also you havn’t been in the game long enough to start challenging the likes of NAS. As a matter of fact you can just address him (NAS) as DADDY like lil Wayne calls Baby his Daddy

NO ONE SAID HIP HOP IS DEAD BEFORE NAS SAID IT, SO IF ANYTHING, NAS STARTED THIS WHOLE MESS, I DONT LIKE SOULJA BOY, BUT HE DOES HAVE A POINT
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after nas said that he had everybody tryna step they game up, talking about “this is REAL hip hop”….”I’m bringing the REAL hip hop back” Nobody was saying stuff like that until Nas admitted that it was dead. he upset a lot of people but in the end NAS did these fools a favor.

soulja boy’s opinion on anything beyond “fruit snack rap” is invalid.

I KNOW NAS HAS DONE A LOT FOR HIP HOP, SOME SAY HE IS THE GREATEST EVER, BUT ALL IM SAYIN IS, THE “HIP HOP IS DEAD” PHRASE WASNT THROWN AROUND UNTIL IT CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH. IF HIP HOP IS DEAD, WHY DOESNT NAS OR ANYONE ELSE TRY TO SAVE IT? SOULJA BOY MIGHT BE THE MOST HATED RAPPER EVER, BUT HE IS STILL PUTTING OUT MUSIC AND DOIN HIS THING, HE IS NOT LETTIN ANYONE BRING HIM DOWN. WHERE THE HELL IS NAS TO SAVE THE RAP GAME?

@Hannibal

you clearly don’t know hip hop. KRS-One and Chuck D were the first ones to say that Hip Hop was dead. many people were saying that long before nas did. guess you’re just as ignorant as soulja boy.

@Hannibal how can Nas words kill hiphop sh*t if anything his words helped BUILD hiphop. Lil crackheads like PussBOY oops I mean Soulja some bullsh!t that dont know sh!t about hiphop claim that one of the greatest in hiphop killed it just because he was spittin truth that hiphop WAS dead because lames like himself gettin signed just for money and dollar signs destroyed it??? Nas loves hiphop sh!t he is HIPHOP…love is what keeps something strong….Alot of the artist that are in the hiphop game righ now(ESPECIALLY THE COMMERICIAL GIMMICKS)are in it not because they love HIPHOP but because they love MONEy…and you know the ones because thats all they talk about. But what IDIOTS like PussBoy dont realize is that whats dead can be resurrected and artist like Nas are like the Gods to hiphop that can bring it back…Ya digg?!?

Nas music has substance, so he’s not gonna drop an album every year and a half….what are u talking about??? His last album wasnt that long ago. You stated Nas did a lot for Hip Hop, how many other artist can you say the same thing about…certainly not Solja Boy

@Hannibal

Nas’ last album opened at #1 and sold more than double what soulja boy sold, and it’s still on the charts. soulja boy’s career ended months ago, and his latest flop is the final nail in his coffin. he was never relevant, but nas will always be relevant to hip hop.

when your album only sells 35,000 copies, then you no longer have the right to try and diss anybody.

Just him stating that its dead, was a huge attempt to save it. What do you expect him to do?

Co*sign that B’more

LMAO, who honestly pays soulja coon any attention, except teenage chickenheads? Nas is sitting somewhere laughing at this jackass. he’s not even worth a response LOL.

WHERE THE HELL IS NAS? IF ANYONE CAN BRING HIP HOP BACK IM ASSUMING IT WOULD BE HIM. BUT HE HASNT PUT OUT A GREAT ALBUM SINCE ILLMATIC.

All I am saying is that his chest in concaved….lol

wow, so I guess Ice-T was right after all…

Soulja sounds,just like some of these young boys,I argue with on the block. They haven’t heard KRS, BDK, Kool G Rap and LL(before he started singing),to know what a MC is.

Stick a fork in SOULJA BOY! No more bubble gum rap after NAS is through with em. If he even responds at all….that kid will be broke in 10 years after Mr. Collipark rapes him for his royalties from his only hit. VH1 in 10 yr will read….WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS CELEBRITY. Headline reads, “Soulja Boy, the prince of bubble gum rap. Why Nas did it to him”. Next weeks episode…”Shorty Lo, said he done it all but TI did it all”…

anyone who sides with soulja boy is a jackass, plain and simple.

lmao @ Hannibal
now i know ur just talking out your ass for attention. Nigger was a classic album, so was It was Written and so was Stillmatic. I really shouldnt be waisting time on someone who doesnt know that…you’re worst than a girl when it comes to hip hop Hannibal, you really know nothing lol.

wow…..he dissed a man that ethered hov!!!

Even though Nas was the first to say it..a lot of people were already thinking it…

note to souljah BOY: stop picking fights with grown men.

@K-MIA

DAMN, I SEE U REALLY LIKE NAS. THE FACT IS, NAS HAS KILLED HIP HOP JUST AS MUCH AS SOULJA BOY. THINK ABOUT IT, THE ONLY RAPPERS CAPABLE OF BRINGING BACK HIP HOP ARE EITHER DEAD OR NOT RAPPING ANYMORE

Hip Hop isn’t dead. soulja boy’s career is!

This is a gooftroop cat!

bottom line. soulja boy is mad because his album FLOPPED due to Nas exposing him and the “fake” rappers like him for the cornballs that they really are. Nas made everyone come to their senses and realize that what soulja boy was doing was not hip hop. that’s why this clown is lashing out.

ONCE NAS SAID IT, EVERYONE ELSE SAID IT…YES PEOPLE HATE SOULJA BOY, BUT AT LEAST HE IS DOIN SOMETHIN, NAS NEEDS TO STOP TRYIN TO MAKE BABIES WITH KELIS AND SAVE HIP HOP!

@Hannibal,

You own a lot of colorful clothes and sneakers don’t you?

@JJ

LMAO

I was joking, glad to see you have a sense of humor. Respect.

Yeah i am a huge NAS fan, but nothing you have stated on this post is a fact, except for saying that Nas made it a big deal, which was exactly what he intended to do. You agree with solja boy…what else could i say to you, i can only laugh.

@Hannibal

You sound like SB now. I can tell you that I’ve personally been saying hip-hop is over for a long time now.

SB is showing ridiculous ignornace on this. He says Lil Wayne was the first to claim “Best rapper alive”…he somehow missed the rest of that statement “Best rapper alive…since the best rapper retired”. I guess he never listened to Jay’s “Where I’m From” where he said “Who’s the best MCs, Biggie, Jay-Z or Nas”. I honestly couldn’t get past a minute.

how can you say that Nas is expected to save hip hop, yet has not had a good album since Illmatic…that doesnt make sense. If he wasnt a relevant artist still making good albums, why would expect him to save hip hop all by himself? Not only that but you’re admitting that hip hop needs to be saved, but saying that Nas killed it because he admitted it too….um thats dumb.

Soulja Boy is an azz clown. How dare he even speak Nasir Jones’ name in any conversation unless he is showing love for his lyrical prowess.

“How do you be a legen like Nas is?”

- Kanye West “Classic” prod. by the legendary Dj Premier feat. appearance by the legendary Rakim

Q&AnD HE’s KNOW SOILDIER. I mean it!

TRU_TO_ALL

I’m not going to say ALL southern rappers killed hip hop bc they do have some talent like TI, Luda, and Wayne. But there is A LOT of bullshyt songs that came from the south that phucked hip hop up. I’m sorry, REAL HIPHOP is Eric B and Rakim, the lost boys, Nas, Biggie, Jay-Z, Wu-tang Clan, Red Man, Gang Starr, Run DMC, Mike Geranimo, Cannibus….I can go on for days!!!!!! WTF happend? The south started dropping some bullshyt. yeah, I know some people are going to be mad but that shyt is the truth and nothing but the truth. I only listed to 80s and 90s hip hop now bc there is NOTHING else to listen to. NY needs to bring it back and fast. We are going on a decade of being irrelevant in the rap game.

Cmon you gotta listen to him like a lil brother yapping in the background.Just to make him feel he matter and also not to appear mean

Soulja Boy is stupid ,BUT Nas fell off

@PURPPLE

…fruit snack rap…love the Bun B reference.

@Adrienne,

There you go, there are many notables: The Ghetto Boyz, Tila, Devin the dude, UGK, Big Boi & Andre 3000, Young Bleed, etc.

IF HE DIDNT SAY HIP HOP IS DEAD, PEOPLE WOULD JUST MAKE ALBUMS AND GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. BUT BECUZ ONE PERSON SAID IT, EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYIN IT.

PEOPLE CAPABLE OF SAVING HIP HOP:
BIGGIE:DEAD
TUPAC:DEAD
NAS:NO WHERE TO BE FOUND
JAY-Z:NOT THE SAME ANYMORE
RAKIM:NOT RELEVANT ANYMORE
ENIMEN:NO CLUE
KRS-ONE:NOT RELEVANT

Hip Hop is dead….damn, I’m tired of reading people in denial on this blog. The truth is the truth. If you don’t believe hip hop is dead then name 5 hot hip hop songs out right now! Bc I can prob give you one and most likely its by Wayne or is featuring Wayne. Ugh, sorry, just frustrated. Nas didn’t start shyt, he was speaking for the streets.

@Hannibal, trust me, I had heard ALOT of people making the statement that ‘hip hop is dead’ long before Nas said it. Once he said it, alot of people were relieved to know that their voices had been heard….proof that Nas kept his ear to the street. No disrespect, just telling you what I know…

I feel like I’ve lost brain cells listeting to this. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, but I was obviously too generous. This is classic…It’s sad because they actually think theyare having a deep conversation. NONE of this made any sense. I would pay to see them placed in a position where their are no “urban males.” After sports and music, what else could they comprehend. Get it together……

Carolyn from Maryland…..

if nas says hip hop is dead then all u guys beleive it….then u know souljah boy has no ritemess w/him.

keep talking ish about how nas started the whole hip hop is dead!!!so what he said it n people beleived him and supported him.l

et souljah boy say something as heavy as that we’ll look at him crazy!!!!

thats the dif b/w nas n souljah boy!!souljah boy talks and we hear im,nas speaks and we listen!!!!

For some reason I think this kid actually believes that he’s part of the Hip Hop lexicon.

As for the south killing hip hop:
Thats such a stupid thing to say to me. I live and was raised in Atlanta…since as long as I can remember Atlanta radio has been extremely loyal to local artist. They have always played at least 80 percent local music all the time. Anyone that lives here knows that. That’s how it was before, during and will be after the Southern rappers reign on hip hop. It was when Northern listeners and others decided to like southern rap that it got big outside Georgia….so it was not the south’s fault. Trust me, wack southern rappers were making the same b.s. songs before everyone else decided to rock to it. So before you blame the south, blame yourselves and your friends for feelin it. Atlanta is gonna play it all day every day whether its big outside GA or not.

@C FROM STL

I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR COMING FROM. PEOPLE MAY HAVE SAID IT BEFORE NAS, BUT IT ONLY GOT BIGGER BECUZ NAS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST, THE PEOPLE WHO SAID IT BEFORE HIM CANT COMPETE WITH HIM.

These guys had substance, not rapping about substance:Sneakers, food, candy, super heroes. I mean come on. Rapping about soup, the dozen’s game. I mean damn! I knew it was over when Trina said in a verse. “Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah. I was like what the 4ck. I don’t even remember the song, but I was like I know we ain’t accepting this sh!t!

Only negroidians from the south would proliferate a song entitled as well as with the refrain: “They Did That.”

@Hannibal,

He that hath an ear let him hear. It’s not that Rakim and the rest aren’t relevant. It’s that in the industry if you see what has the ear of the people you can either do underground and not have your message get out to the masses, conform to what has their ear which is nothing that you are about, or not say anything. Rakim has tried several approaches, but he won’t get spins like the superman, batman, noodle soups, and lollipops, laffy taffy’s and whatever else snack you can buy from the corner store. However the mature ears are still listening, we just not in the commercial venues.

i didnt even listen to
this whole thing
ANYONE who is a hip hop head
knows that folks
bn sayin hip hop is dead for
a hot minute,way before Nas said
it…
imma need for soulja boy
2 sound out all syllables in his raps
n then, try to “enlighten” ppl
on a real subject

@ Hannibal….true….

@JJ

I AGREE WITH WHAT YOUR SAYING, BUT THE MAJORITY OF HIP HOP FANS ARE TEENS AND 20 YEAR OLDS. SO OF COURSE RAKIM WONT GET ANY SPINS BECUZ THE YOUNG HIP HOP FANS DONT KNOW WHO HE IS. IF THE MAJORITY AGE LIMIT WAS 30 AND OLDER, RAKIM, KRS-ONE AND OTHERS WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE COMEBACKS.

@qc704,

so true, we just speaking over the youngins, we been saying that. They just catching up to what’s been our conversation for years now. Because naz had to break down to their level. And they still missed the point! LMAO!

It’s only a remnant left of true hip hoppers!

@jj

yeppers u rite

ANYWAYS FOLKS
rap and hip hop are 2 different things to
me…
RAP started suckin ages ago
why????
BC EVERYBODYS A RAPPER

hip hop never died tho…
it jus went underground

@sweetness

yo, that dr carter song was actually pretty dope.
and weezy annoys me
to death,but that ish was clever

why is it that all these new people tryna attack people who done been around way longer and done had more success then dem

katt williams vs steve harvey
beyonce vs janet
now soulja boy vs nas and ice t…

wwhy cant people juss come into the game and stfu!! always gotta have attention..

SMH at his literal interpretation/reference of “dead” meaning hip hop meant ‘gone away’[poof?].
dumb ass.

Er um uh Nas is not the first person or even artist to say hip hop is dead. Furthermore Ice T is damn sure not the firt person or artist to say Soulja Boy is hot garbage. I thought the boy at least read blogs. Didn’t he just put out a video saying he was going to try to think before speaking? So much for that.

Ok now little army boy I defended you against Ice -T But messing with Nas cant help u there and I dont want to even look at clip cause i know it will just make me hate ya and im trying not to

Just another example of some deep-fried ignorant negro from down south. Logic to Soulja Boy is like dogs to Michael Vick. That ignorant country bumpkin is just confirmation that this is the best country in the world. Even an ignorant slave-twang talkin dummy from the sticks can strike it rich.

This is just a ploy for Souljah Boy to get attention since his album flopped. He’s trying to find someone to blame, when the finger should be pointed back at him for making wack music. He was just a fad, just like the other ring tone rappers, so he needs to get over it. That happens when you’re a gimmick, things are bound to come to an end sooner than you think. It’s disgusting to see him really think he’s saying something thought provoking and his co singers agreeing like flunkies, because they completely missed the message of the album title. Him bringing up sales is irrelevant too, because some rappers still sell platinum and gold regardless. However, sales have declined because of downloading, lack of radio play , promotion, or the album is just bad.

@Hannibal
Where were you and Souljah Boy before 2006? People were saying it was dying before Nas came out with that album. Hell I remember myself and others were saying it when Dem Franchize Boyz, D4L, and the dudes that made that song “Party Like A Rockstar” and that was before HHID dead came out. Even if you read some of the reviews for that albu, the reviewer will say the title represents what we’ve all been saying and thinking for a while now. Chamillionaire, Andre 3000, also have said on their songs hip hop was dead. I see other people have stated other examples of other rappers saying this as well, I guess you just choose to ignore it. Also, maybe you just don’t like Nas music, but he has other great, critically acclaimed albums besides his debut.

It’s “you reap what you sow”, you’re probably another one of these slave-twang talkin negroes from down south, arent you? Nas was making us think, you idiot. Do you understand what symbolism is you 4th grade educated chitin farmer? Of course Hip Hop is not dead, but no talent hacks like Soulja Boy are killing the art form, not the revenue stream. Check your history bumpkin, Jazz was killed in very much the same way. It’s around, but no where near the dominant art form it was in the 60′s. Real talk: does your dumb ass even know what that is?

I think soulja boy needs to do some rearch before he can speak on whether hip hop is dead or not. Hip hop has been dead for a while. The reason that lil Wayne sold so many copies in the first week is because he’s an exception. He can rap. If his voice was not so irritating maybe I would have brought the album. Anyway,Hip hop is dead because its the same bull crap over and over. It has no substance and is based on ignorant material. Heres a guy that thanked his slave masters for bringing him from Africa to America. By the way, we also got raped and tortured on the way over here dummy.

@FOCUSED1

FIRST OF ALL, I SAID I AM A FAN OF NAS, DONT GET IT TWISTED. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WASNT A BIG DEAL WHEN PEOPLE SAID HIP HOP IS DEAD BEFORE NAS SAID IT. NAS IS BETTER THAN ALL OF THE ARTISTS THAT U LISTED, SO THATS WHY WHEN HE SAID IT, EVERYONE ELSE SAID IT AS WELL. WHEN U ARE A POPULAR ARTIST LIKE NAS IS, PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO WHAT U HAVE TO SAY. IF NICK CANNON SAID IT IS DEAD, PEOPLE WOULD JUST IGNORE HIM BECUZ HE SUCKS. BUT BECUZ NAS IS A LEGEND, PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH WHAT HE SAYS.

COMMERCIALISM KILLED HIP HOP

Soujla Boys career is dead.Maybe if Nas says it SOulja Boy will believe it too. Dumb ass.

LOL @ anyone who defends, the aka ring tone king aka SB (School Boy. It goes to show who his audience is. As a grown man, my phone just rings, no songz or nothing, 2 grown 4 that sh!t, but he caters to his audience & his audience caters 2 him. It’s simple. But I am a grown@zz man, and will laugh out anyone with that dumb ring tone stuff that rings out loud. I can see if it’s what the callers hear and even that is a stretch, but all that gaudy stuff is for the light&Bright kidz.

@Junk,

You went deep on em, that might be to deep for them to get out of it, or shall I say anythiing out of it. Respect

Watch me do my bird walk, watch me do my bird walk. LMAO rapping at it’s finest

The small amount of people agreeing with Soulja boy could not have listened to the album hip hop is dead! Nas explained everything in that album!!!!

Well said @ Junk

@Junk,

[HAND CLAPZ]

I feel like a lot of hip-hop today is like candy. Candy tastes good and it’s easy to swallow, but it’s hard to digest. A person can not live on candy alone or it will compromise their health. You gotta have nutrition. Good music is nutritive and consuming it can only make you better.

*************************

co-sign 100%

WTF??? Nas will verbally murder this little boy. Soulja boy needs what hip hop music needs – detox! Hip Hop has been infected with viruses like Soulja Boy – who coulda got a pass for dat a@% if he would have kept his little malnutrition mouth closed! These “new jack chees puff” rappers need to respect their elders and the da game!

@ Junk

__________
Amen to that!

sorry i lashed out like that yall but id liked to hurt that child. why n the hell does he have money and, as the roots said ” real rappers they aint eatin, they olsen twinin”! SHAME ON A MESS!

“end up like this kid”

Another example, damn I killed that

The internet and technology is killing hip hop, r&b, country, rock and every other form of music. I think the lil Soulja Boy does have a point about Nas though. If you are someone respected and you keep pounding something into someone’s ear then they are bound to listen and likely believe it. I always believed that Nas was misguided when saying hip hop is dead. The art of music has evolved tremendously since the days when Fresh Prince was selling all the records. Music sales are down across the board because if you have a computer you don’t have to buy a CD anymore.

Urban black boys are so troubled!

The problem is real urban music has become a niche market that its own people don’t even really support. If the majority of music is purchased by mainstream suburban kids why would a record company not put out ringtone music. Think about it what was the last Cd or itunes you actually paid for and didn’t download free that’s why black artists are hurting. Country music is not having these issues. Those backwater hicks stay in walmart buying CDs that’s why Taylor Swift is kicking beyonce ass in sells. Solja boy messed up his money when he started trying to please black folks.

He must be related to Bow Wow.

@If I had a dollar for every TOKEN NEGRO I could make CHANGE … I love idel Warship.

Honestly, I am sort of happy Soulja Boy said this even though I don’t like him. Although, his grammar could use some polishing he makes interesting points about TI, Lil Wayne, and even Nas. I don’t know if Nas killed hip hop per se but he did make it cool to diss hip hop. He also makes a good analogy with the NBA. Would David Stern not fine and NBA player for saying the NBA is dead? Of course, he would. If Lebron starts dissing the NBA think how much money he would be losing for himself and everyone associated with the league.

Scarface called rappers of his kind a “fruit snack rapper”. I wonder why he didn’t address him by name.
Hmmm. BTW Hip-Hop is dead everyone is running out to get a auto-tune or the latest dance craze. Horrible!!! Thank God for Rakim, Jay, Nas, TI, Common, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, The Roots ect.

There were a couple of rappers that I can think of off the top of my head that were critical of the direction hip hop was going around the time and immediately after Nas first album Illmatic came out.

There was a moderatly popular Los Angeles based rapper named Aceyalone asking “Where in the hell did the Hip hop go?”

And De La Soul was like, “Whatever happened to the Emcee? Times done changed for the emcee, every woman and man wanna emcee. You know what, I tell you emceeing aint for you.”

Then there has always been a cynicism about “commercial” hip hop among underground rappers and their audience.

So Nas isnt the first to make a general criticism of hip hop but he popularized the disillusionment.

Personally the only thing that “killed” hip hop is marketing and the audience it now has to cater to which is laregly female. Females killed hip hop. Their desire to have club tracts killed hip hop.

@JUNK & TOKEN, extremely well said!!!! Maybe the parents should do like the 5 heartbeats (Eddie Kane) not let the kids listen to that garbage in their house, and play real music for them instead!!! My daughter is 15 & trust she LOVES Sade, Ant Hamilton, Sir Charles, Marvin Gaye, Stevie, Shai,Jahiem, PRINCE (well not love Prince) I do, but a lot of other she likes YES unfortunately she likes some of the puke music & I let her listen because eventually she will listen to the real music so I don’t sweat it but the point is she KNOWS other music, she’s been to jazz, blues, rock & R&B concerts (open air)of course (Mama can’t go to jail) 4 old school, so she has choices so if you want the kids involved in old school music from R&B to hip hop play it for them or give them the gift of music (old cassettes) watch em nut up LOL like WTF are these?? priceless, well it’s just a thought

There’s probably a lot more Rakim, KRS-One type rappers today than there ever were. You probably just don’t know who they are because nobody wants to listen to them! The market audience controls the product. Rappers are giving audiences what they want to hear. I think Nas was a little too scared to say what he really felt – “that the consumer is wack for wanting to listen to fun/dance rap now.” Nas was just mad that people weren’t interested in rappers like him as much as they were before. Soulja Boy called him out. Now, of course, Nas will probably crush Soulja Boy in a rap battle. I give Nas credit – he is a great battle rapper. This little Soulja Boy incident may revive Nas’s career.

Ok Nas is my favorite artist of all time so i will be obligated to defend him. the reason that nas sai dhip hop is dead was because people were no longer concerned with hip hop as an art form. if you listened to the hip hop is dead album, he had a song called “who killed it?” in which he questioned who killed hip hop, and if you pay attention to that song, he is saying that large comgolemerates and corporations killed hip hop. so hip hop is dead was a wake up call for artists to start making more music from the heart and not for record sales. nas has never stopped making classic music. even his last album n*gger was even classic. he redefined hip hop many times and he will continue to do so. most of you all saying that he is missing don’t even listen to hip hop, let alone real hip hop. (by the way i am a female).
now lets talk about souljah boy tell em. he is irrelevent when discussing hip hop. nobody iver age 18 will list him as their favorite rapper. I’m all for new artists stepping into the game, but his music gives me a headache. every song of his. he is a waste of conversatio and i even feel like i wasted my time defending nas against someone so lame. ay yi yi. pick up a hip hop history book people. learn something.

Just to be clear… soljah boy needs to do his homework, Killer Mike said HIP HOP IS DEAD back in 01… 02… A cat from his hometown

According to my encyclopedia, hip hop is dead.

Fact

@kigali, I now see that you only make your facetious comments about black females to get a rise out of everyone and stir the pot of dung. I will now no longer pay attention to anything negative that you spew unnecessarily about black females. You managed to take a completely different subject and twist it into something about black women…wow, amazing. I would advise everyone else to completely ignore kigali’s negatively charged comments about black women as it does nothing to uplift or inspire. No disrespect intended, but that needed to be said….

This child is young and does not know his history. Hopefully, he’ll evolve at some point from an entertainer into an artist…there is a difference.

Can someone please explain to me the process by which someone kills hip hop? Is this it? Unknown rapper makes fun rap song and it becomes a hit. People then begin to like fun song and ignore serious, boring rapper who has nice things to say but cannot rhyme on beat. Serious, boring rapper gets upset and frustrated that people do not buy his record except those 30 year old hip hop traditionalists/geeks. Then another fun rapper comes out and people like him too. Is that the process of how rap is destroyed?

This is a dumb ass *****! These teenagers don’t know about the history of real hip-hop! Nas will always be valid and classic! Souljah Boy needs to open a book or go online to research the pioneers of this game. Better yet, he should enroll his ass in college because just showed the world that he needs more education because his career will be over once Nas crucializes his ass!

This cat is a joke…come on, he is putting out junk like Marco Polo, Superman and Gucci Bandana…that is commercialized crap sold to young kids that don’t know any better. I’d like for this young child (no, you don’t have a man’s body yet, put your shirt back on – you look like a middle schooler)to sit down in a room with Scarface, Ice T and some of the veterans – grown men, who paved the way for his punkness – and see what he says when he comes out. Let’s all protest this fool – spread the word.

NYCool
if u call “superman-ing that ho” fun then im not surprized how u cant see what this maketed packaged bubble gum rap that lacks substance is killing the real meaning of hip hop.

I applaud u all for your opinions about hip-hop. Mr. JJ and Junk have pretty much summed up my opinion about what SB stated. However, I still believe in the old statement about freedom of speech. If u don’t like it, then don’t listen. Peace

@Manda…i bet you couldn’t think of 5 people in your own family who didn’t enjoy “Crank Dat.” That was one of the most fun songs in a long time – i think that is indisputable. You Nas lovers crack me up how you think that music shouldn’t be fun. That is the whole point of music.

@C from STL,

I think you are being a bit paranoid. I never brought up black females. I know blacks arent the biggest consumers of hip hop but females now are. Hip hop artist have to cater to these females who need to shake their ass on the dance floor.

leave dat boy alone, he’s young jus trynan enjoy his money..kidz will b kidz..

trynna*

FYI, I am NYC born to Jamaican immigrants and I ain’t mad at the south. There music isn’t any different from dance music native to my country. It’s a shame that the south always gets hated on. We need to stop acting like it’s a sin for black people to have fun in this country. It all hit the fan when people started calling Usain Bolt a coon for the way he acted at the olympics. I was like damn black people done let white people take their joy. One of my favorite people is Will Smith. He continued to make his “bubble gum” rap and be happy and confident and look where he is today. Some of you Nas fans need to chill with all the anger.

@NYCool

Revive Nas’ career? He knocked Lil Wayne off the billboard charts debuting this past year at #1. What are you talking about?

@kigali, paranoid I am not, observant I am, and from what I OBSERVE with this thread and many others is that you like to strike a nerve with people and then play to innocent role like you aren’t really saying what people perceive of you. I’m not trying to start any drama, but it is definitely something that I’ve noticed….Carry on, me nor anyone else can change your extreme views and opinions or the fact that you refuse to see how much you like to stir the pot of sh1t. You can’t think that you can just make bold close minded and baseless statments and not expect for people to get defensive and all worked up. And I do think that you are intelligent enough to know this, and that is why I made my previous comment.

***Radio killed Hip-Hop! ! !

Radio killed Hip-Hop! ! !

Radio killed Hip-Hop! ! !

Radio killed Hip-Hop! ! !

Radio killed Hip-Hop! ! !

Radio killed Hip-Hop! ! !

Radio killed Hip-Hop! ! !

-No one person can do it. . .RADIO has made what we loved one-dimensional and new artist are programmed to follow what they hear.

Fools. Nas didn’t KILL hip HOP . . IT WAS MEEEEE!!!!!!!

hahahaahhahaHAHAHAHhahaahHAHAHAHhahahaHAHAHAhhaahahHAHAHA

*FYI*

Please someone. . .stone Soulja Boy.

-Thanks.

@junk,

“I think musicians need to realize that they owe their fans quality music.”

I doubt that there are throngs of people out there just waiting for rappers to start putting out quality music. They dont even bother listening to the little quality music that is out now. You and I just have to accept that since the audience of hip hop has changed, it has changed hip hop. Unless the audience changes the music will stay the same. We kinda live in a infantilized and feminized society- thanks single moms- and the tastes of that type of society is reflected in what kinds of music we keep in the top 100. The top ten Rap songs on the Billboard charts today, are for females and the simps who love them.

@crazy ass rodney

LMBAO!!!!!!!!!!

Jacky Jasper’s
2008 Top 10
American House Negros

http://diaryofahollywoodstreetking.com

@HarlemWorld
Nas is doing a little better now but he isn’t what he used to be. Hip Hop traditionalists keeping him alive right now. Pretty soon all the Nas fans gonna be 40 yrs. old and done buying music period. Nas and his fans wants him to be considered the greatest and you guys cannot accept the fact that he couldn’t adapt to the evolution of hip hop like Jay Z did.

ROFL @ Souljah Boy

“A 12-year old boy was arrested in Bloomington, Illinois last week for throwing a rock at Soulja Boy’s tour bus…When the kid was questioned by the cops about why he threw a rock at the tour bus windshield, he replied with “I hate Soulja Boy!””

NEXT!!

nas didn’t kill hip hop — the jews did

NYCool

“Nas and his fans wants him to be considered the greatest and you guys cannot accept the fact that he couldn’t adapt to the evolution of hip hop like Jay Z did”

Jay-z fell off in 04

@Aka King Jaffe Joe
I couldn’t agree with you more. Jay is cool and all but I have never really been able to ride the bandwagon about him being the greatest. He did revive himself briefly with that American Gangster album though.

@JJ
you are one smart man enough said.

LOL @ His skinny ass

Lookin like a survivor from Auschwitz…

Lookin like one of Sally Fields hungry ass children…

SMDH
XD

hip hop isnt dead! there are bunch of good rappers still alive! Madlib, oh no, med, nas, jay-z, etc…
hip hop isnt dead, i just think young peole cant handle real substance music, that’s why they like beyonce and soulja boy, lil wayne etc… can we really blame them?!

@Christie,

I love Madlib and that whole Loot Pack crew. See everything from the LA area and the West Coast in general gets slept on. My cousin just introduced me to MF Doom. He sounds like he is a protege of that style of rap. I loves it.

i miss jaydee!!! slum village,the acoholics, the wu tang, a tribe called quest et…
But the good thing with good music is that it never get old so anytime i want some fresh music, i can just listen to my old hip hop discs! make me feel very good!

lol ol’ boy wit the pretty hair aint say nothing he just eating his food lol the other guy got his head stuff way up souljah boys ass…who by the way needs to lay down talking about one of the best rappers out there!

@junk hip hop is not dead and don’t sit their and say the south killed it. This just shows your lack of understanding. Not everybody in the south raps about what soulja boi raps about so get it together.

on the that not…….

i don’t think y’all really understood what soulja boi meant,and no i’m not taking up for the boys by any means but if y’all would have just listened instead of looking at it as soulja boi dissing nas then y’all would see that he wasn’t. what he was saying is that when artist speak something, then everyone jumps on the bandwagon. like when wayne said he is best rapper alive, did anybody dissagree? not a lot and so ppl gave him that name. or when ti DID say he was the king of the south, did anybody disagree? and ice t said soulja killed hip hop did yall disagree? no yall didn’t and he didn’t kill it. yall just thought that he would have feel off by now because of his music. and he won’t becasue young pre teens and teenagers really like him. and he is the king of the internet. as much as ppl hate dude that boy is still gettin payed on youtube and i mean tons of money. every comment you leave a celeb or if you watch they channel they get payed for that. so when he said that nas killed hip hop i knew what he meant. and where is nas? after he came out with a hella good album? i haven’t heard anything or seen him doing to much so……..

@ Kigali (Roughly 70% of USA Black females suffer from cognitive dissonance)

You know, you made a good point. In reference to the current music only catering to females. That is very interesting.

I agree with Nas, Hip-Hop is dead. I don’t even listen to the radio anymore.

gnarls barkley is like my crush of the moment! and the funny thing is that i have still a lot to discover! if you can hang out on disc shop, you can find some crazy disc with name yuo never heard about but when you listen to their music, you will be like, how the hell did i never hear from them!

I hope some of you actually listened to at least half of the video first…

Quick poll: Those who think hip hop is dead please state your age. If you are almost 30 or older your ass needs to be thinking about starting a family and not worried about what hip hop is doing. Let music do what music does. If you don’t like it then take yourself to the old folks club and listen to Eric B. and Rakim all night long and break dance while you at it too. You all sound like my parents when they used to diss all rap music when it started. My dad would say “who wants to listen to somebody talk, put on some Temptations.”

From watching 3 (sudders) minutes of that video, I came to the conclusion that soulja boy believes that if a rapper SUGGESTS something, everyone believes it (ie- wayne: the best rapper alive, nas: hip hop is dead) So with that being said, if he suggests that his chest is no longer the size of a newborn girl, will everyone believe it is actually larger?!?!

oh, kigali, do you know roots manuva?? I read you saying that you were hanging in London sometimes. He is not really fresh anymore but he is a very sick rapper! listen to the song “artical” or even “witness the fitness” he put london rap on the map for REAL!

Oh and there is this white boy called “terminalogy” that i discovered not long ago! he is produced by DJ premier and the guy is too good! eminem is nothing compared to him! a white dude?!!!

UGK 4/LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THIS IS TO ANYONE THAT ACTUALLY THINKS THAT ALL SOUTHERN HIP-HOP IS THE SAME AND HAS THE GALL TO SAY THAT THE SOUTH KILLED HIP-HOP. GET INFORMED AND STAY THAT WAY. PEACE!!!!

LOL @ NY Cool

Your dad is right though. You gotta know where you came from in order to know where you going…. I’m just saying….

It’s a cycle though because the soljah boy fans kids will be saying the same thing you are saying.

@ nyc,

your funny but it’s kinda true. maybe since we are accustomed to so much quality music, its really hard for us to appreciate the new thing! im just 26 and i feel like im really old cause i jut cant get into that soulja thing! i like some songs of lil wayne, i confess! but like i said, in 2008, there ae still way more hip hop groups, rappers, singers etc… than what radio and TV are showing us!I guess we are just part of this independant movement! indepedance goes with creativity! you might like it or not but guess what, they don’t care!

wow//
this guy. needs to kill because he’s making seem like Nas hasn’t been in the game for years.
Nobody even really likes “birdwalk” so he needs to kill.
Nas will murder this guys without even having to think about it.
it ignorance he needs to stop tryin make beef with the other artists and make some real songs.

Ok 1. I thought this was hilarious because of the fact that his friends was like “yep yep” “thats true” 2. What he is saying has its points… Nas did start the Hip Hop is Dead movement but he did not kill it. All these non talented rappers did. And if Soulja Boy would have finished his homework, he would have known why Nas said and his whole reasoning behind it. Just like K-Mia said Nas made everyone step their rap games up. Watch the interview that he did explaining the “Hip Hop is Dead” Movement. He knew what he was doing and look at what happened.

So why don’t the king of the internet… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_Hop_is_Dead

read about it!

I actually like what hip hop was doing. First of all, when Rakim and KRS and Nas were running the game old folks used to always say that rappers had no real talent, they just talked to a beat. You know what, I agree. Rap is and has always been about swag and cool mixed in with witty words over a nice beat. Some people are trying to make hip hop into something it’s not. No rapper has ever given a message like Barack or MLK or Malcolm X or Frederick Douglass or WEB Dubois. Rappers are entertainers. If Nas thinks he has what it takes to be the next MLK then he needs to think again. While he me be good at dissing somebody on a record he has not shown me any innovative solutions or ideas to help with the world’s problems.

80′s babies got it hard cus we can “relate” and i use that very losely with the youngins but we still know what good music sounded like. I’m only 26 and feel old.. lol

@BrutallyHonest,
Was that you I saw at the club doing the cabbage patch? lol. Chill out brutha and let these young kids live. Nas had his day and now it’s over. He did well and his fans still love him. Jay Z outlasted him because he didn’t get bitter when the game changed – he adapted. I respect the young bucks coming in and getting their money. If people like it then it’s good music PERIOD.

Who Killed Hiphop?

Answer: Interscope, Universal, SOny, Time Warner, Columbia…. Hewlett Packard, Budweiser, MTV, VH1, MuchMusik

Coons responsible: Soulja Boy, Nas, Jay-Z(he helped build and destroy)P-diddy, Biggie( the baller-type rap image create a slew of followers that degenerated the rap game), Eminem( it was good for him( white rapper) but bad for hiphop),D4L, Dem Franchise Boyz, Pall Wall, Fiddy, Kanye, Big Boi

Who trying to bring it back: Tha Game, Common, Andre 3000, Kardinal Offishall,

all i can think of… u can add to the list but y’all git my point.

oh i forgot Nelly! def killed hiphop..lmao!

@Candid Canuck and please don’t forget Chingy and Ja Rule

NCY Cool I agree with you to a certain extent you lost me @ the getting money part. The reason why we are in the positon we are right now is because of the “get rich quick” rap game. BTW Nas is still getting paid off of Illmatic so he’s gonna be ok. It’s all about integrity. Just because it sell dosen’t make it music either. We have to expect more our of an artform that we all have the power to change for the better. Payolla has taken the integrity out of hip hop music. There is certain critiria to hip hop also. You can’t just put words together that rhyme and it be good music automatically.

i see where he is coming from he is not hating on him just stating that when someone says something out there mouth ppl have a tendancy to take it and run with it

I personally think that the whole flashy baller image is 80% of what ruined hip hop. I’m an 80′s baby, (almost 30) and I have definitely seen rap evolve like the song ‘I used to love H.E.R.’ by Common. Even during the gangsta rap era when everybody thought rap was poison, I still had love for the message and cry for help that the streets were trying to send out. But somewhere around 1999-2000 is when I personally noticed a fall off. Everything was about money, cars, jewelry, women. The Roots made the perfect video around 1997 called ‘Never do what they do’ which really depicted the illusion of it all. But the problem is that our youth does not realize that it is all an illusion. It’s all a game and unless you are investing the money that you are gettin’ and not spending it on rims and bullsh1t, you will continue to spiral into that image and feel compelled to keep it up and that’s why rap artists sell out. They get caught up in what isn’t real and in turn are keeping the reality out of their music b/c the record companies and execs and selling them the false dream that they are making what people like. It’s a vicious cycle.

L Boogie,
I am not necessarily with the get money mentality. For instance, I hate gangsta rap with a passion. I do not like NWA, who in my opinion TRIED to kill the hood and everybody in it. But the rap purists seem to have no problem with them. They would rather knock Nelly for making bubble gum rap. At the end of the day, I see no harm in making a fun rap song. But I am with you this whole rapping about money and hoes is not cool. I just feel like folks need to really understand what they mean by hip hop is dead. Does it mean rap about real issues and try to set positive trends or does it mean sale records? If the former then Nas doesn’t even fit that category completely – his battle rapping and constant dissing of other black men without offering legitimate solutions is unhealthy to our community.

Soulja Boy is so whack and he needs to button his lip! Pure buffoonary!

his battle rapping and constant dissing of other black men without offering legitimate solutions is unhealthy to our community.
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NYC That was a really good point! While I do understand what Nas meant to accompish by making that statement there were other ways to do it. He wanted everyone to step their game up it wasn’t meant to bash black men. I can see how it can be taken that way. Communication is the key to solving a situation like this. Nas said Hip Hop was dead like 2 years ago so why make a You tube about it now. It seems like he is bitter. Bitter because nobody took him seriously now his feelings are hurt. Hip-Hop is a culture and a way of life for some people and it’s under attack right now. You don’t see Nelly making you tubes about when Nas said. He needs better people around him I think.If we are gonna be diverse with this Hip hop then EVERY KIND of hip hop needs to be accessible across the board. This way we are all being represented. The radio feeds people what the want them to like. That’s why I don’t listen to the radio.

What is all this cussing he’s doing? I thought Soulja Boy was supposed to be trying to clean up his image.

Soulja Boy (The king of the internet) should be doing less talking and more eating.

apparently soulja boys record sales arent living up to his debut album so he’s lashing out trying to find a reason why no one is buying his sh!t.

PS: not when platinum 3albums in a row. When soulja boy can do this…then he can talk

@Kigali

I did not know you were from London. However, I agree with you in regards to London Rap Scene. Back when I lived in London, Neenah Cherry ( I don’t know if I spelled her name right) was supposedly hot, but she was right rubbish. However, I do/did dig Lady Dynamite and Lady Sovereign . But Hip-Hop in London faded out back when “Slick Rick the Ruler”, Monie Love and Young MC left, then that’s when I feel the London foundation of Hip-Hop started to fade away and it has been really hard for London to build a good foundation/roots to making Hip-Hop more crossover or underground movement like it is here. It is starting to get commercialized with artist like Estelle and here we go back to basics again.

I lived in N.W.10 (Kensal Rise area) for a while. I had people in the Chalkhill Estates, and I am very familiar with the late 80′s and 90′s of British Hip-Hop movement. For those real hip-hop historians and enthusiast….(you know who these guys are:) Malcom McClaren (Buffalo Girls Go Round the Outside), Art of Noise and the loss of Curtis Matronix (For those real hip-hop do or dier’s) who made: ‘Fresh is the Word”, “Take Your Time” and, “Got to Have Your Love” left NYC for London (one of the greatest losses of hip-hop to me today).

I just wanted to have a throw back moment for a min about my days in London Town! I certainly miss the Dance Hall spots, and of course Nottinghill Gate Carnival (which was not far from my house).

I blame the school system. This little boy couldn’t form a coherent thought if whatever nonsense he was eating in that styrofoam depended on it. If he knew what was good for him, he’d grab his trapper keeper (yeah i said it) and colored pencils and sit ant Nas’ feet and be taught by a master in his craft.

its time for ny to stop beefin and bring hip hop back home! hip hop died before nas officially said it and souljah boy just confirmed that hip hop is dead.

What an ignorant….ass….nigger!

@ c from stl

well said. unfortunately the majority of these posters are prolly youngins and won’t understand either. look at some of these rebuttal posts… SMH…

That conversation just proved Nas’ point..SMH! and for the record..people was saying Soulja Boy killed hip-hop b4 ice T..ice T just said it PUBLICLY!!

ppl sayin the south killed hip hop but the south produced outkast, ugk, T.I.,,,the list goes on

SORRY FOR MY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS

Cosign with Dmarie.

@Dmarie,

You need to apologize for typing in caps. Aint no one in here blind.

BIRD-ASS NICCA…BIRD-ASS CREW…BIRD-ASS MUSIC

WTF DO YA EXPECT FROM THIS MARCO HOMO DELINQUENT–WHERE’S HIS ASS-BUDDY BOW-WOW AT THO?

Talib kweli “Listen”

hip hop is still alive!

My bad for typing in all caps LMAO

@ThatBKChik,

I’m not from London. I used to live there, Kings Cross but I stay in Brum now. I know girl. Ewww!

I am not familiar with too many black groups from London from back in the day but its just so funny so many of those groups from the early 90s were from London. I never knew Soul II Soul were British

How would you describe Ear Dis? They say broken beat but whateva. You making me miss london now. Aww!

Thats one thing I love about Europeans. They listen to the dopest music. Next time you go to London you should let me know. We should link up.

are the drinking 50 cent sodas?

@you already know

Read what I wrote and not what you think I wrote. I said the South did not kill Hip-Hop, rather ignorant, money-hungry negros and corporations killed Hip-Hop.

Thanks…

Now I will return to my regularly scheduled program.

Wow if he thinks the “power of suggestion” is so powerful then he needs to start chanting “My new CD is multi-platinum” then we all would start beielving it! I cant beleive I listened to a damn Soulja Boy vid, I still blame him for me brakeing my toe, while in a desperate attempt to leap for my radio when his song “Marco Polo” came on! him AND Bow Wow on a song together! Weapons of Mass Wackness! UGHH

People have been saying hip hop is dead since 81. Nas wasn’t the first one to say it. Nas was saying that the rap industry has killed hip hop. The art is dead. It’s nothing but commercial artists backed by big money producers. Soulja boy is a one hit wonder like Katy Perry. His stupid dance spread like the macarena.

Nas was trying to reignite a spark in the underground to keep hip hop alive. Soulja boy needs to shut up, take Katy Perry with him and disappear.

@Kigali

I agree with almost everything you said. As a people, we have to want more or we will continue to settle for less and we will aspire to a lifestyle and aesthetic that does not serve us. It’s time to grow up. A fundamental rule of biology is that anything that’s not growing and evolving is fermenting and stagnant. And soon it will wither and die away. If music is a reflection of the state of our community, then we are truly f**ked. Because all I see is a lot of false swagger, hypersexuality, violence, fragile egos, pub-stunting and self-hate…

And people are like, “Awww, it’s just a song”. But anything that you allow into your head is taking up mental space and slowly it will change your way of thinking.

when did wayne say he was the best rapper alive?

cuz i thought jay said it in “Dirt off ya Shoulders” or what ever the name of that song is.

so im confused who said it orignally.

I get tired of these NY cats talking slick about southern rap. When the facts are in the beginning. All Ny djs and emcees were sampling southern musicians. The big payback check the facts son.

Is Flavor Flav’s son serious? LMFAO

@NAS who the hell told you that they was saying hip hop was dead in 81, if you ask me that’s when hip hop was really coming out for real for real, i don’t even think NAS became that popular until the 90′s. and the art of hip hop is not dead, don’t you still listen to hip hop, im sure you do, so if it was dead then why are we still talking bout it, it’s dead right, leave hip hop alone, don’t talk about it no more, matter of fact don’t support no more hip hop artist just cause you think it’s dead then. I bet you and not just you but everybody on here thats bashion that young boy won’t.

@time to set the record straight

I am with you man. I get sick of cats from NY with the whole “we gave birth to rap” lines. Truth is the South has been carrying hip-hop for the last decade at least. But Soulja Boy or whatever is not indicative of Southern rap. He is MC Hammer with no curl. The boy had a great gimmick that he rode to death…..no he is annoying. From one dirty South resident to another….this boy couldnt rap a damn Christmas gift.

Soulja Boy is highly uneducated so I am mad that he got almost 300 comments out of intelligent blacks. Lets stop paying this lil fool attention. The highlight of his life was buying that fake chain, what a loser. I love Nas and I hope he continues to push out positive messages even though the world doesn’t want to hear it. NAS IS THE TRUTH. LISTEN TO HIS RECORDS. And instead of your kids listening to Soulja Boy up in this hoe, let them listen to I Can.

“Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
Read more learn more, change the globe
Ghetto children, do your thing”

and leave Young Jeezy out of this. Jeezy is better than a lot of New York rappers. Rap is not only for New Yorkers, it is listened to world wide. Andre 3000 is from the south and hes EPIC. Thanks.

and leave Young Jeezy out of this. Jeezy is better than a lot of New York rappers. Rap is not only for New Yorkers, it is listened to world wide. Andre 3000 is from the south and hes EPIC. Thanks.

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THANK U

S&J is right about this clown getting all these replies, but what can you expect when this clown DOMINATES everything.

Hip Hop is dead because we no longer have VARIETY! In the past I could turn on the radio and hear OUtkast, Luda, LL, 50, Biggie and others. NOw on most radio stations you hear Soulja Boy, T-Pain and Bow Wow.
People wou;dn’t be upset if EVERYBODY got to be heard on the radio, seen on tv or interviewed in magazines. Yet Soulja Boy with his LIMITED talent will get more press than Lupe, Pharrell or some guy that makes good beats and lyrics.
But then again what would I expect if I am trying to DESTROY the balck race I don’t go get Nas to do it, I get guys like Soulja Boy.
WHy??? Because he inspires copycats and annoy guys to the poitn that they want to bring him down. You know how many kids DROPOUT of my school trying to be the next Soulja Boy??? 20 black males-that gave up an education to be like Soulja Boy.

HIP-HOP IS DEAD!!

Who of you truly gives a f, about a poor kid in the Bronx, with mad rhyme skills, and a vocabulary to deliver a seamless message? NOT MANY, ANY MORE!

We have lived through the Deep Ghetto Experience Era, with the likes of 2PAC, Biggie, GMF, PE, The Ghetto Boyz, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Eric B/Rakim, X-Clan, and 24 others: these artists delivered their message of strife/struggle/pain to an attentive audience….but guess what….

WE’VE BEEN THERE/DONE THAT
NOBODY’S CHECKIN’ FOR THE THUG-LIFE ANYMORE

THE INTERNET/MASS COMMUNICATION/24 HOUR BREAKING NEWS/HIGHER WAGES/HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

killed the hip-hop star….

Hip-hop is an assault to the senses that the majority no longer wants/needs to digest. After all, after the struggle, there should be a ‘reward’. And Hip-hop’s ‘reward’ has been delivered in the early form by the likes of MC Hammer, The Fresh Prince, The Fat Boys, etc…and more recently by the likes of Soulja Boy, Ying Yang Twinz, and 1000 others.

Long Story short: the masses have grown out of Hip-Hop. It was an important, defining era, but it’s time has passed, and we have begun to move on. I mean, really… is there really anyone out there who believes Fiddy is really angry when he scowls, knowing that all he’s really concerned with, is whether the new Bentley he ordered last week has been delivered? Or, does anyone really care (in the Hip-hop tradition) that some young rapper in Chi-town is spittin’ some of the most severe street poetry since Pac? Most of us are too far removed to give a twizzle; a dope rhyme will not save my foreclosed home!

For now, that’s all I’ve got….

visit http://thaheat.blogspot.com/

Damn Soulja bring us the ride we ready for it. Just got rid of the Rolls and it looks HARD!

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soulja “gay” boy simulate having sex with one of ya boys again. rich boy and lil wayne gave hip hop a new sound. don’t diss the south! nas is my baby. nas was saying that the corporations killed hip hop. dumbass fockers get an education!

SIGH……YES NAS PUT IT OUT THERE BUT DAMN, WOULD HALF OF THESE SO CALLED “BEST RAPPERS ALIVE” EVEN BE GOING TO THE MEASURES THEY GOING TO HAD HE NOT HAVE SAID IT AT ALL? NOPE. HIP HOP WAS DEAD AND IT WASNT UNTIL NAS SAID IT THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO PROVE HIM WRONG. WAS HE STUPID FOR SAYING IT??? HELL NO IF YOU ASK ME IT WAS A SMART MOVE CUZ IT MADE RAPPERS STEP THEY GAME UP AND STOP BEING SO DAMN LAZY. I DONT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS WITH THE MUSIC WE LOVE TO LISTEN TO NOWADAYS BUT THAT BS AINT DOING NOTHING BUT KEEPING OUR MINDS IN A DAMN RECESSION. NOW SOULJA BOY PLEASE TAKE NOTES…..AND STOP SAYING STUPID ISH WHEN I STILL HAVE YET TO SEE YOU DO OR SAY ANYTHING TO LEAVE YOUR MARK IN THE INDUSTRY AT ALL. HELL, I WASNT ONE SINGING AND DANCING TO YOUR CRAP AND THOSE TACKY ASS STUNNA SHADES AINT ENOUGH. FALL BACK FOR A MIN AND SOAK UP MUSIC CUZ I PROMISE YOU’RE ON YOUR WAY OUT.HOPE THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO PUT OUT A BETTER ALBUM….IDIOT

okay…even though he sounds ignorant, there is some truth to what he is saying. nas was the one who decided that hip hop was dead and everybody jumped on board. and he made a god point when he said it may have been because the south was taking over.

He’s got a point…every word you speak is a prayer…once you tell the universe….its out there….

The only thing cool about this video is the Yellow MacBook

Oh my gosh. As an educator, I will always have a full special education classroom. We need to hand him a dictionary, translator, or thesaurus. NAS is lyrically gifted. SouljaBird take your advice and bite your tongue. Just because he used a simile doesn’t make you the gift of hip hop. Although he had great marketing skills, he didn’t plan long term.

Hannibal…. you clearly do not know what you are talkin’ about…. Nas wasn’t the first one to actually say Hip-Hop Is Dead….. Q-Tip said it in ’99 and caught flack for it because it wasn’t that obvious back then….. Andre 3000 said it before Nas did….. and back in ’94….. Common had made a track called “I Used To Love H.E.R” in which he declared Hip-Hop to be dead…..

The discussion of the current state of Hip-Hop was and still is a VERY popular topic amongst Hip-Hop heads LONG before Nas even came out wit’ that album….. Nas just brought the topic to Mainstream…….

I remember alotta Hip-Hop fans and artists declared Hip-Hop was dead because of Laffy Taffy…..

so again…. know what you are talkin’ about before you speak….

i’m not a soulja boy fan, and nas is definitley a great rapper….but soulja boy does have a point if you actually listen to what he says….not “who” it’s coming from

John

Carolyn from Maryland…..
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It’s a small world….Love that!

balaramesh – STAMP!

This time next year S-Boy will be bagging groceries

this and the fake ass roberry insurance scam.. yeah he is alomst done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why is it always the little dudes talking so much junk but they want dime pieces and they lookin like 1.5 piece bucket.

little boys be clukin
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Souljah Boy
Nick Cannon

Hip hop is dead with all this garbage out there today. There are only a few rappers left with substance. This boney little boy just puts out garbage. Parents please teach your children to respect themselves and everyone else.

First off I agree with TRUE_TO_ALL “The south ruined hip hop, with their ABC/bubble gum raps. NY needs to take it back to it’s orginal form.”
WE did that…!! UP TOP did that…that south shit aint hip hop B! I don’t care how many “derrty’s” in here are mad readin’ this right now…u ain’t hip hop!
Second to Souljah Boy…you straight up suck, you’re garbage. I’m 35, you was still swimmin’ in ya Daddy’s nutz when real hip hop was out…so for u to EVER in ya young and immature, non-knowledgeable life dare to say that Nas killed hiphop…you need to get schooled. I know it’s about the dolla B, but do what you do and call it somethin’ else…just PLEASE, PLEASE don’t call it hip hop. It’s such an insult to us Golden Age Realists. Peace Bossip & readers. Da East is in da House OMG…

MEME…I like ya research. That’s w’sup.

you right. meme said everything a REAL HIP HOP HEAD would’ve said if they were on this site. nevertheless, congrats to the few folks that know their info.

LISTEN NAS BEEN MAKING GREAT MUSIC SINCE I WAS YOUNG THIS FOOL SOJIA BOY DISSING OGs COME ON NOW NAS DIDNT KILL SHIT THE SOUTH DID ONLY A SELECT FEW FROM THE SOUTH ARE HOT MAYBE LIKE 4 OR 5 THE REST ARE THE WORST LYRICIS I EVER *UCKING HEARD, BUT THEY DO GOT HOT BEATS THOUGH CANT FRONT LOL. PEACE

Hip Hop is for homos! The name itself sounds queer!

1st of all, that was 2 long…i got ya point waay n the beginnin, ya talk 2 much, 2ndly some shit he said was true yea but i got lost on some shit, but nas my nigga so imma defend him regardless, my nigga nas a beast

I’m from the south and I think soulja boy need 2 quit hatin on NAS. NAS is one of my favorite rappers just like Biggie and PAC. NAS is Hip-Hop. Soulja Boy makes Down South Hip-Hop look bad anyway. The real hip hop of the south is Scarface, Geto Boyz, Master P, 8ball & MJG, C-Murder, Silkk the Shocker, Mystikal, Juvenile, BG, Lil’ Wayne, Young Buck, Goodie Mob, Trick Daddy, Trina, Mia X, Rick Ross, Outkast, and T.I.

Who is Soulja boy? i dun kno that guy….

All yall hatin the south need to peep Scarface new album. Yeah there are some corny MFs comin out of the south but we have real emcees too. NY doesn’t have a patent on hip hop. Im a producer and some of my favs come outta NY (Heatmakerz, Swizz, Blaze, DJ Premier) so its not like all of us dig the ABC rap either…

“It like me being a professional FOOTBALL player and then i come out and say BASKETBALL is dead…” Apparently this wasn’t a dumb remark but what Nas said was. I’m upset that I even watched this video, just waiting for this dude to be a bad memory.

Well I was saying Hip Hop is Dead before Nas came out with that single. Because it was. We were missing the soul, meaning, and the influence that Hip Hop had. We just had rappers talking about money and sex and that was ANNOYING.

I think Souljah Boy’s point was when a celebrity come out and make a statement, then people will follow it. But I do think that the video was stupid and disrespectful.

If he would have listened to the whole song he would have realized what Nas was talking about.

Here’s a verse from the song ‘Hip Hop is Dead’.

Everybody sound the same, commercialize the game
Reminiscin’ when it wasn’t all business
If it got where it started
So we all gather here for the dearly departed
Hip hopper since a toddler
One homeboy became a man then a mobster
If the guys let me get my last swig of Vodka
R.I.P., we’ll donate your lungs to a rasta
Went from turntables to mp3s
From “Beat Street” to commercials on Mickey D’s
From gold cables to Jacobs
From plain facials to Botox and face lifts
I’m lookin’ over my shoulder
It’s about eighty niggaz from my hood that showed up
And they came to show love
Sold out concert and the doors are closed shut

And oh yeah, Lil Wayne is not Hip Hop. Sorry.

Soulja Boy is about to find out what a lot of others have. Anybody can be out for a minute but real artist have longevity.

Hip Hop was once the voice of the streets. We handed over to the commercial Pimps so they could water it down and make it a joke. Hip Hop has become irrevelant.

that’s how he get’s down, after Nas spoke up for him against Ice-T SMH

This from a fool that gave big ups to slave owners. He’ll be nonexsistent when the white kids grow up and start listening to Cold Play again.

nas wasnt the first to say hip hop was dead…people been saying that shit for years…..shit u could say common was thinkin that shit wit his track “i used to love her” Soulja boy is a joke and shouldnt have been in the game to begin with. Look at that skinny ass nigga….all dem tats…girls are feelin this??? wtf…this shit is confusing me.

soulja boy shut up u internet gangsta

I much as I don’t hate soulja boy he is right

by the way when ever people that think they can hip hop notice i did not say rap, come to the east they get mirked in a battle every time what does that tell you? itb is promotion and labels. the best are in the east and west

I don’t like Soulja Boy’s music either, but I think what he’s tryin to say here is that Nas’s statement ‘hiphop is dead’ is what’s making people think it’s actually dead. If he wouldn’t have made the statement, people wouldn’t have thought of anything like it..