| Rating |
Summary |
|
| 7.8 by Pitchfork Media |
For all the youngsters and dabblers out there, hip-hop is
not dead, so calm down. If anything, hip-hop is deaf. Rappers, bloggers, and
fans have become so averse to criticism that the mere title of th... |
Read more |
| 4 by Rolling Stone |
Nas has always sounded older than his years, but there are moments on his eighth album when he sounds like the lead in the hood version of Grumpy Old Men. On "Carry On Tradition," he chastises whipper... |
Read more |
| n/a by www.rapreviews.com |
Nas has made a passionate album to reawaken your love of the art and if your heart isn't thumping in your chest by the end then it's not hip-hop that's dead, it's you. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.avclub.com |
It contains a smart, tight, cohesive analysis of where rap went astray, but also the seeds of the genre's rebirth and renewal. |
Read more |
| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Nas's insight, erudition and poetic intensity override all other concerns. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.villagevoice.com |
A Dante-channeling journey through the many diverse facets of hip-hop. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.prefixmag.com |
Hip-Hop Is Dead... brings out the best in the emcee, who might have produced his strongest lyrical performance since Illmatic. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.nytimes.com |
Here’s the thing about Nas’s old-fashioned approach to hip-hop: It still works. |
Read more |
| n/a by arts.guardian.co.uk |
You don't have to agree with the prognosis (even Nas has a change of heart by the end) to relish the furious eloquence with which it's delivered. |
Read more |
| n/a by Popmatters |
Nas pushes lyricism and technical virtuosity to the forefront here, stretching both his own boundaries and those around him. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.ew.com |
Hip Hop Is Dead is a lot like Nas himself: impossible not to admire, but hard to love. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.calendarlive.com |
Like many of his previous efforts, lyrically and conceptually, it's second-to-none. But musically and in terms of execution, it doesn't always hit the mark. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.ctnow.com |
"Hip Hop Is Dead" feels bloated and a little self-indulgent at 16 songs, not all of which are as essential as the first few, but that doesn't change the legitimacy of the point Nas is trying to make, or the guts he shows in making it. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.nowtoronto.com |
A few flashes of brilliance, but no sustained heat. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com |
Hip Hop Is Dead’s fruitless and one-dimensional rhetoric is sure to depress the Nas fan more than any of his didactics. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
Nas caps a year of NYC-based disappointments with quite possibly the most crushing one yet. |
Read more |
| n/a by www.austinchronicle.com |
With Dr. Dre, Kanye West, and even Jay-Z on its guest list, Hip Hop Is Dead makes for an ample, yet ultimately morbid, party. |
Read more |