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		<title>Nas Talks Tupac, Life Is Good, and Hip Hop Is Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Thomas</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New footage of <strong>Nas </strong>during <a href="http://hiphopwired.com/2012/03/29/nas-says-thank-god-for-jay-z-listen/">his sit down </a>with <strong>Steve Stoute</strong> at SXSW recently surfaced. The footage features the Queens MC discussing how <em>Hip Hop is Dead</em> affected the rap game, as well as his upcoming album, <em>Life is Good</em>. Nas <a href="http://hiphopwired.com/2012/03/28/nas-explains-involvement-in-concert-promoters-kidnapping-video/">also reflected</a> on his relationship with <strong>Tupac Shakur</strong>, a topic that he rarely touches on. Check out an excerpt and the full video below:<span id="more-148666"></span></p>
<blockquote><p>Pac's one of my favorite artists. When we saw each other, I feel like he's in my city I gotta step to this guy. So we stepped to Death Row and really just got to the bottom of it. What he said to me was, ‘Me and you are brothers. We're not supposed to, me and you are never supposed to go out [after each other] but I heard you dissin' me on mixtapes… it was a very dangerous situation right there, but greater heads prevailed and we both knew we was supposed to continue that conversation and probably even squash the whole thing but.. I was scheduled to meet him in Vegas. But you guys, you [former manager Steve Stoute] and Jimmy Iovine called me about 4 in the morning and told me he might not make it… it was a moment.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>DJ Enuff Facing Issue With Jay Electronica [Audio Included]</title>
		<link>http://hiphopwired.com/2009/12/28/dj-enuff-facing-issue-with-jay-electronica-audio-included/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin T. Stewart justinstewart</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[integrity]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the early days of Hip Hop, the DJ has been known to be the factor in breaking new records for the masses and establishing the foundation for what music should and should not be showcased.</p>
<p>This day and age, the DJ has transformed into an engine that drives what the crowd wants and is barely ever the leader of the pack as some are only following to what is deemed as being hot.</p>
<p>The issue might now be facing DJ Enuff from Hot 97 as he is now coming to question why he is not giving rapper Jay Electronica the proper promotion for his latest offering<span id="more-21583"></span> “Exhibit C.”</p>
<p>Enuff recently hit Twitter to air out some of his grievances as he seems to be looking in the mirror and placing his own morals on the line.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>I'm listening to Jay Electronica's latest tune Exhibit C Produced by Just Blaze.  It is so good.  I think its lyrical and the production is solid.  Reminds me of some early Nas stuff, Then I ask my self: Why is it not spinning on the radio?  At least during my time slot?  Is it because there's no dance tied to it?  Is it because it's not yet on BET's Top Ten Countdown?  Does it have to be a Club Banger?  The radio isn't a club.  So why not Good solid Hip Hop?  I have it on my website.  I battle myself all the time when it comes to the radio.  The job I love so much.  I could make it the Heavy Hitter Pick of the week with no problem.  Then what?  I need HELP with this one.  Any Suggestions Re: Real Hip Hop is Fading.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Questioning such a thing seems to question his own integrity as a DJ.  Why seek guidance for something that he already knows is a hot song?  What would be the point in following suit when there is a possibility that him exposing the track could serve as an outlet to further expose Electronica and his craft.</p>
<p>Listen to the track here and decide if it should get spin on radio:</p>
<p>Exhibit C:<br />
<span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://hiphopwired.com/2009/12/28/dj-enuff-facing-issue-with-jay-electronica-audio-included/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/0gUTbRrS4w0/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p>And why not, here's Exhibit A:<br />
<span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://hiphopwired.com/2009/12/28/dj-enuff-facing-issue-with-jay-electronica-audio-included/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/GezNFRgVkHg/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
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		<title>Rick Ross&#039; Triple Cs Take Shots at KRS-One&#039;s Past</title>
		<link>http://hiphopwired.com/2009/11/23/triple-cs-take-shots-at-krs-one%e2%80%99s-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin T. Stewart justinstewart</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[by any means necessary]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since Nas dropped <em>Hip Hop Is Dead</em> back in 2006, many of the 90s era of rap has tossed in their two cents echoing the sentiment that today's age of Hip Hop has become too saturated with imitators and not enough innovation.</p>
<p>KRS-One recently made remarks towards the Def Jam label around the time of the <em>Hip Hop Honors</em> which was celebrating Def Jam's 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary.  Although he stated that the brand has helped to revolutionize rap, it has also been the catalyst in destroying the genre.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>“Def Jam is the dopest label in Hip Hop, in the culture of Hip Hop.  There really would be no Hip Hop as we know it today if it wasn't for Def Jam, but you don't get that respect<span id="more-16837"></span> without also being the label that single-handledly destroyed Hip Hop.”</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>After such a statement, there seemed to be nobody to counter that statement, not even one rap artist on Def Jam.  Their silence seemed to only solidify what he stated.</p>
<p>Members of Triple Cs, however, have not sat well with the words with the Hip Hop legend and have even found sparks of him being a hypocrite.  Speaking with <em>Rollingout.com</em>, Torch touched on the older generation calling the game dead, but not keeping in mind the way they initially came in the game.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>“To top it all off, it's like Hip Hop is dead, but when they had their run, the same people that say these things, they be in pictures with AKs.  They forget all that now.  You need your track record, do your homework and the same record that people are pointing their fingers, you gotta realize, every time you point finger, the other four are point right back at you.”</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>The picture in question references the album cover to 1987s <em>Criminal Minded </em>with the rapper draped in bullets and holding a firearm, as well as, the 1988 album <em>By All Means Necessary.</em>.</p>
<p>He also added that the campaign against new Hip Hop is being lead by those that can't adapt to the time and are suffering with their own musical projects.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>“You notice it's the people that always say ‘Hip Hop is dead,' they ain't got no money.”</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>The covers in question were actually politically driven and inspired by Malcolm X, but I guess no one really cares about history these days.  The time then is similar, but nothing to the time now and people must find a way to realize that.</p>
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