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Hip Hop Is Dead is the first single off of Nas‘ 2006 album Hip Hop Is Dead. It is produced by and featured founding member of The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am. It has peaked at #48 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart,[1] as well as #41 on the Billboard Hot 100. The lyrics deal with the death of hip hop as Nas explains in the third verse: “ Everybody sound the same, commercialize the game Reminiscin’ when it wasn’t all business It forgot where it started So we all gather here for the dearly departed ” To start the second verse, Nas says, “the bigger the cap, the bigger the peelin’,” referencing the introduction of “Steady Mobbin’” by Ice Cube. He also references MC Shan and MC Ren as possible candidates for top ten rappers of all time. Other references include “David Stern with his NBA fashion issues.”

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