Hip Hop Is Dead (song)

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"Hip Hop Is Dead"

Single by Nas
from the album Hip Hop Is Dead
Released	2006
Format	CD single
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:46
Label	Def Jam/Ill Will
Writer(s)	Nasir Jones William Adams, Jr. Jerry London Doug Ingle
Producer(s)	will.i.am
Chart positions
#48, (U.S. R&B) #25 (Hot Rap Tracks) #76 (Hot 100)
Nas singles chronology
"Just a Moment" (2005)	"Hip Hop Is Dead" (2006)	"Can't Forget About You" (2006)

"Hip Hop Is Dead" is the first single off of Nas' 2006 album Hip Hop Is Dead. It is produced by founding member of The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am. It has peaked at #48 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.^[1], as well as #76 on the Hot 100.

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.

1 Original samples
2 Track listing
3 References
4 External Links

[edit] Original samples

"Hip Hop Is Dead" contains samples of "Apache" as performed by the Incredible Bongo Band, an instrumental song written by Jerry London and originally performed by The Shadows. It also contains a sample of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" as performed by the Incredible Bongo band^{[citation needed]}, written by Doug Ingle and originally performed by Iron Butterfly.