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Nas Says "Hip-Hop Is Dead"
Saying that hip-hop has died when your new video for your new single off your new album is one of YouTube's top favorites - a bit of a stretch. This heavily bleeped video (available uncensored here) is slick and rhythmic, never quite capturing a post-apocalyptic vibe but still making its point.
One could argue that the reason hip-hop is less than vital has something to do with its reliance on sampling classic rock riffs (in this instance, Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"), but Nas chooses to blame the commercialization of the genre. With lyrics like "Get cash, live fast, body their man's mama/Rich ass n***** is ridin' with three llamas", it's a bit disappointing that they didn't choose to take a literal approach to this video. Nas's ability to triumph over his lack of llamas is an inspiring victory, indeed.
