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Hip Hop Ain’t Dead, It Lives in the South: Ludacris & Big Boi take Nas LP title personally
“I feel like the South is keeping it alive. What we do is hip-hop. Some people may not feel that way.”
Let’s keep it together people, it’s just an album title.
“I don’t feel that hip-hop is dead,” ‘Cris said in London last week. “I feel like the South is keeping it alive. What we do is hip-hop. Some people may not feel that way. You gotta respect some people’s opinion, but hey. You gotta stay to your opinion in the game.”
“Because the South is dominating it right now,” Cris further explained. “Saying that hip-hop is dead is like saying the South is dead too. They may not like some of the music going on in the South. But everybody in the South is saying, ‘We are keeping it alive.’ … At the end of the day, hip-hop is what you make it. What we do in the South isn’t hip-hop  that’s what some people think. We think it is. Some people say it’s country-rap tunes. Hip-hop is what you make it.”
“Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but if it’s dead, why is the South boomin’?” Big Boi said to MTV. “We got the ball right now. … But nobody better never come out their mouth wrong about me or my homeboy [Andre 3000] ever. Ever! Tell them. We don’t even play. I’ll slap the sh– out of you. That’s why you never hear about Outkast getting into nothing.”
“But everybody is entitled to their own opinion,” he repeated. “Some people take offense to certain things. If you know you that n—a on the mic and know what you do … sh–, Dre 3000 said hip-hop was dead how many years ago? It’s whatever it meant to him. It wasn’t exciting him. Everybody got their own opinion. But we f— with Nas. If he meant it in a disrespectful way, that’ll get dealt with too.”
Nas rebutted last week on Hot 97 with Miss Jones. “A lot of them should know I’m deeper than singling out one place.”
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Hip Hop Ain’t Dead, It Lives in the South East: Surreal & Fevapress take Nas LP title personally
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[...] With his album title, Nas put the pressure on everyone from the jaded hip hop purist to the king of the “I’m Not A Rapper” rappers Young Jeezy to prove him wrong. He sparked thousands of barbershop arguments, a few hundred blog rants, tons of radio discussions and one controversial Ludacris t-shirt. Suddenly the public had their own opinion about the current state of affairs and what to do to make it better. But the most amazing thing that happened through all of this occurred December 19th. People lined up in droves and copped multiple copies of HHID, as if to say “I won’t let it die, so I’m copping TWO copies”. Genius! Checkmate. Game, set, match Jones. [...]
That is true. The south is carrying a lot of now how artists and to say hip hop is dead is like sayin aint no one puttin in the work. but i’m from the south so i sur as hell know that just becaquse hip hop aint poppin off in NY or whatever he tryina say…don’t mean its day. It just moved a lil.
young jeezy i’m from macon,ga . you are the realest 2 me , jeezy you brought something the game never seen 281-690-0803 get @me. peace all georgia rappers fuck nas, battle me a unknown rapper i will dust yo ass in front of jay- z
[...] Don’t get me wrong I’m a huge Nas fan, but “Hip Hop ain’t dead. It lives in the south!” Ok, I’m kidding, but like their other counterparts from the south the Hiezman Boiz, dropped a certified club joint whether you like it or not. Generatin‘ enough of a buzz to get radio spins out on the East Coast, “Do the Hiezman” is not only going to be a club joint, but a mean dance move in reference to the Heisman trophy. Currently in the lab working with hitmaking producers like Nitty, who laced the beat for Young Joc’s “It’s Goin Down” (”It’s a Nitty beat,” not a Diddy beat!), the rap trio that consist of CAP, D-Nell, and D-Ray, originally hooked up for a school talent show and are now signed to J Million Records. So next time you ladies are in da club and your, “Breath stank” and you got, “No bank” I might just bust “da Heizman” on ya! I hate when niggaz in the club doin‘ all that pushin‘ / i hit the Heizman on dey ass straight Reggie Bushin‘-Mr. C [...]
FUCK THAT HIP HOP ISN’T DEAD WE WAS COOLN IN THE STUDIO LAST NIGHT.. SMOKIN’, DRINKIN’, MAKIN’ HITZ, ETC… THEY SAY HIP HOP IS DEAD BECAUSE EVERYBODY ISN’T JUST PAYING ATTENTINON TO NEW YORK ANY MORE.. EVERY OTHER ARTIST THAT COMES OUT THESE DAYS ISN’T FROM NEW YORK ANY MORE. THIS COMES FROM THE HARDEST ARTIST WEST OF THE MISSISSPPI RIVER…
I think NAS is right in a way. The south is doing a lot of stuff but, its a lot of Pop Lock and drop shit that really isnt nothing but a hook and a dance. Luda , Outkast, Pall Wall, and such are great rappers but some of these new south artists will be gone as quick as they came.
Hip-Hop is dead, the music in the south isnt Hip-Hop, its rap. Theres a difference between hip-hop and rap, the difference being hip-hop involves lyrics with meaning talking about whats going on. Rap is about money, cars, clothes, hoes and insults. here are some lyrics thats prove my point hip-hop is dead “Move bitch, get out the way hoe, fuck that shit get out the way hoe”. Hip-hop is still around sadly thats not what people want to hear. No insult to lil jon but i dont think thats what music should be about. Its that kind of music that get people calling rap and hip-hop garbage. There are still small group of true hip-hop artists around but there dieing out.
Salut !