Since there seems to be no apparent way to prevent a cd from being leaked two weeks prior to its release date, Nas' Hip Hop is Dead made its premature arrival a few days ago to the clutchs of us hungry hip hop heads. A few tracks were leaked earlier, so I knew that it would only be a matter of time before the entire album reached the net. Unfortunately, Hip hop is Dead fell right in line with the other 4th quarter records. The hype has superceded the content. Tracks like "Money over bullshit", "Black Republicans" and "Hustlers" save Hip hop is Dead from being a complete travesty but I would consider filing this one along with Kingdom Come as "decent but could have been alot better". Anyway, the real reason for this post, is a song on that cd titled "Who Killed It?". This might possibly be the worst song Nas has ever recorded. You can always expect Nas to step outside of the proverbial "box" every album and give us a conceptual record. Previous efforts include, "I Gave You Power", "Rewind" and "Sekou's Story". But this time Nas really fucked up! "Who Killed It?" is actually a good concept for the album but for some reason no one told Nas that the "detective" voice he is using for the ENTIRE song sounds like a bad mix between Bob Saget and Sammy Davis Jr. It is completely unbearable and does no justice to the actual concept of the song. My question is "who okay'ed that song?" Nobody had the balls to stand up to Nas and tell him that he sounds absolutely ridicolous on this record? I hate the cliche, but "with friends like those, who needs enemies?" Anyway here's a list of songs that evoked the same type of reaction:
"When Bad songs happen to good artists" 4th Quarter Edition
Jay Z "Anything" & "Hollywood"
Nas "Who Killed it?"
Clipse "Trill"
The Game "Scream on 'Em" (b/c of that annoying ass chorus)
Ghostface "Greedy Bitches"
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