As the holidays have rolled in, three albums have been on the hi-fi pretty much non-stop for the last week: Jeezy's fucking monster of a record The Inspiration (a different joint jumps out at us every time through), self titled album (we're still not done with it, either) and pretty out-there new record Hip-Hop Is Dead. Nasir's latest lands in a space unlike any other hip-hop record that comes to mind - the production is super slick and big even when its dark, and Nas spits mile-a-minute stories and runs smash and grab over themes, details and layers of meaning. It's heavy, confusing and thought provoking - we feel like it is gonna stand up to a lot of listens.
We linked up with Nas this week to talk about restaurants, the telling of forgotten stories and the label "black militant." Read the full interview after the jump. Was there a particular moment or beat or song that got Hip-Hop Is Dead rolling as a project, as an album?
Not really, this album was always all these years in the making.
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