Nas's boring ass says hip-hop is dead, huh? boring niggas like him killed it. he's one of the most confused artists of all time, he changed to a playa rapper tryna find success when nastradamus came out and then jumped back on the conscientious tip. his last album was trash. i dig nas, but i hate these self righteous bastards in rap that act like theyre better than everyone else with erroneous comments like, "hip-hop is dead" same shit common was on with "i used to love her." look, you niggas dont decide whats tight or not. maybe mainstream hip-hop is dead, but theres underground niggas that will eat 90% of these mainstream rappers that think they exemplify all that is hip-hop. dont get mad that these corny niggas is gettin more shine than you now. you used to be popular, but it goes with the territory in the mainstream. one year your hot, the next your not. it's plain and simple. hip hop is alive and well, cats like immortal technique, saigon, ras kass, murs, sky balla, etc are still killing on the independent tip. dont hate the machine that made you a pop icon, nas. live with it.