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November 17th, 2008

Ludacris ft. Jay-Z & Nas - I Do It For Hip Hop(No Tags)

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83 Responses to “Ludacris ft. Jay-Z & Nas - I Do It For Hip Hop(No Tags)”

shience Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am
king of atlanta….best lyricist in the city,,.. (besides andre 3k)
crooks Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am
think jayz got this one..
PiFf Da DoN!! Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Shout out to Grand Master Flash And the Cash and even Jazz BuM ass!!….Lol HOV!! is sicK!!…..LUDA KING OF THE SOUTH!!…PERIOD
Losos Way 09 Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 11:35 am
hovs verse>
veraci0us Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 11:42 am
what the fuc is this?? dissapointing never thought i would say this but luda jay and nas all sounded lacklusterd on this track the energy i used up to avoid fallin asleep was epic… Fuc out of here with the u do it for hiphop, give me ur pay check then smh
Ac Holla Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I bet you Jaz O Excited as fuck to hear his name
HARLEM KID Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Forreal Forreal Hov killed this shit!!

The Flow is timeless!!!!!

@5 Jay didnt sound lack luster, he def. came wit more feelin than nas and luda.

Nas didnt even sound convincing when he said “the best to ever do it” lol

Jay>luda>nas
Sohh Fokusd Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Imma fan of all them…..but this shit was half-ass……they just went in the both to be on sum unity shit….which i cant knock that……but these dudes just aint hungry no more…..they come wit it every now and then …..when they feel like it but they wasnt on the same page as one another…….
It aint no “slaughter house” thats for sure…..cause them broke niggas definitely dont do it for the money……lol
Xsposer Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Nas best Lyrically. Jay-z most creative flow and delivery. Luda had the strongest verse for the song. Best fit. Now I am going to run and hide before the gang of Jigga fans attack me wit full force, for not giving Jay a hands down bias victory. All great MCs tho.
MAS Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
HOV IS SAWGG IS TOO FLYY….HE STRAIGHT KILLED THIS SHYT , NO BAIS, WHOEVER SAID HOV AINT STIILL AINT GOT NEEDS TO TAKE THEIR HEAD OUTTA THEIR ASS
MAS Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
” shout outs to grandmaster flash and the cash and even Jaz bum ass”

ahaha
Backlash Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Lmao@#9 …The Track Is Aiight, But Imma Have To Go With #5 On This One, Even Tho Jay,Nas And Luda Are Three Of My Favorites ..This Song Lacks Energy, All Three Verses Were Nice No Doubt But ..They Sound Like They Were Bored Tho…Lol@Jay Callin Jaz-O Uh Bum.
Hope Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Nas haters….Nas was the better artist on this track! He did sound convincing ….. niggers be reaching to hard to discredit Nas! Stop the bullshit..you losers know damn well Nas is the GOAT!
Cedric Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Luda came strong on this track i’m looking forward to his album.
Hope Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Why did Jay-z kiil it?…just because he called Jaz-o a bum! Go had with that bullshit!!1
MR.ED Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Luda was good….and so was Nasir!
yee Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
what does jay mean when he says, Knocks? and packs?
crazy Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
luda, nas and then jay.
PiFf Da DoN!! Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Hov verse was good it wasn’t his illest verse but it was gOod!!…I do it for hip hop so he’s shouting out all the niggaz that got him to do this thing call hiphop!..its not because he call jaZ-O a BuM ThaT was JusT a shot he thru in there thats was FuNny!….LUDA HAD THE BEST VERSE IS THAT WHAT JiGGa HaTerS waNna HeaR!!…lol
nik Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Nas had the best verse…I like how Jay started his verse… but overall Luda was better than everyone

Generally though the song is disappointing because it lacks energy and on the end of Jay, effort.
swill Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Luda had the best verse easily.
ucantcme Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
the song is good need to listen to it a bit more to give it final thoughts. all 3 came good its hard to say who was the best they all came at it from a different perspective. hip hop needs more collabos like this, maybe some day we could get nas jay and eminem on 1 track.. it sounds like jay and nas r takin subliminal shots at each other
Angrybilly Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Whoever said Jay had the best verse in this song needs to be smacked… His verse was mediocre at best. Luda and NAS murked Jay. Ill give the slight edge to Luda over Nas tho. Luda > Nas > Jay
NYKing Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
NAS>LUDA>JAY
DAMn nobody shows nas the love he deserves was gewd REALTALK
T D Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
SONG IS HOTT!!! NAS WAS BEST, BUT LUDA AND JAY CAME CORRECT
ERF Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
who care about who had the best verse. the song was good, damn. thats black people problem now, always competing against one another.
Smart'n Up Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
I hadnt heard the song yet becuz im at work…but I think the line about JAZ-O is the same why he used it when he said…”plus I hit my mama wit cash from a show that I had,supposedly nobody played Jaz wack azz”…ya know thats who put him on but early on people wasnt feeling Jaz…or maybe he is just callin him a bum, but thats likie kicking a dead horse, Hov only gave him a couple bars when they had the lil beef…im hoping its more highlights from the song than that JAZ refernce tho!!
Capo Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
luda is slept on heavy he should be in most ppl top 10 and if not he definitely worth the argument luda had the best verse easy expected more from nas and jay but nas came better than jay but overall a lil disapponited with the song overall considering the line up and like most ppl said in the comments it did lack energy i mean when u got that kind of lineup u expect greatetness when the u have the great artist/legends on the track!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shout out to all the bloggers that dont ride no dick or show no bias they just keep it real!!!!
Pounce Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Song is trash…
shine95 Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
yall youngins ain’t gettin this. Hov killed it. if yall ain’t familiar with MC Shan he reflipped the MC shan flow….yadiyadiya and so forth. that’s why yall youngins won’t get it probably even yall older cats too. listen to the bridge is over…. hov put some flava to that song. flava, 90’s shit right there.
shine95 Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
excuse me “The Bridge”
WHITE BOY...................CHICAGO Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Fuck kanye with his soft emotional singing ass im coppin that luda album.

This shit sounds raw big up to Jay-z & Nas for being on this track.
ANTHONY THE SNITCH Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
nas RAPED! this track

“you calling beef to me is just a fuckin walk in the park”
snow Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
The beat sounds a lot like Dre’s “Keep their heads ringin”
ryan Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
jay- z
virtue Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
NAS
Smart'n Up Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
ok now ive heard it…and the winner is…HOV!!…No frontin i give props to other rappers when the one up Jay, even tho he is the greatest alive but on this joint Jay owned both of them even tho it wasnt a competition thing!…Jay controls every song he gets own it was like it was his track!!…his raps have so much more depth than most imo…
ANTHONY THE SNITCH Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
@#37

nas>luda>hov

you on a dEFFERent planet homie, hov avent sed much wen it comes to metaphors in a while atlease from all wat i’ve heard.

they smile in the light… hate in the dark…// you calling beef to me is just a fuckin walk in the park// NaS

hip hop it started in the park…..// hov

theatre of the mind november 24
ANTHONY THE SNITCH Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
then agen luda=nas>jayz
edgotti Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I been Bumpin this shit non stop! NaS murdered this song flat the fuck out He should Of went in Last
IamRealTalK Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
DAMN REALTALK
YA PROMOTIN LUDA ALBUM REAL HARD
A SONG PER DAY AND SHIT
GOT HIS FUCCIN ALBUM AD ON THE TOP OF THE SITE
DATS WUSUP THOU LUDA DSERV IT
DAY GOIN HARD
YA DESERVE A PEICE OF DA SALES
HARLEM KID Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
@ 38

“I used to rap to impress my friends
to pass the time while i was gettin it in!
Just so happens
Im so illegal with the pen
they didnt want me doin anything illegal again ”

-Hov

Hov always has the most quotables in any song he does wit anybody hes on a song wit!
Jay-Ace Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
LMFAO niggas dont know about lyrics.. nas compared all these raps niggas to bunch of insects lol sum are poison and sum attack lol nas went alot deeper then all these guys.. i bet you didnt get wat he said in the biggining about these mcz sayin they shootin niggas and robb ..and they aint living it.. LIL WAYNE… well listen closely…cause nas got this by far …
Forreal Forreal Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
every nigga loves to say nas went ova yall heads …he didnt I just dont like his verse betta than what hov brought to the track….nas coulda said that on any other track out there….what does have anything to do wit why he does it for hiphop????!!!

It was ill when he said the shit about mc’s who talk alot of G shit when they get rich and if they lose their shit they probably woudnt go out and do what they were braggin about in their rhymes but the insect shit was not all that …dont gas is …but all this and we are gettin off the concept of nas not bein totally on the topic of the song…..
ucantcme Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
after listening to it more id say nas and luda gor the bst verses not to say jays is wack. nas and jay z need to bring out an album whenever these 2 r on a track together its straight classic hip hop, hopefully theyll do an alum but knowing how hip hop is nowadays we’ll get a shiity autotune album or better yet another soulja boy
Yung Money$ Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Jigga killed it, He the only one who flowed according to the song. Mc Shan was a real “hip hop lyricist” and jay payed homage thru his flow. n his lyrics he explained how it was in that begining era of hip hop. all u yung headz ask ya pops about how it was back then n then youll c y hov killed it.
reed Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
im sorry but Nas was trash on this. what the fuck was he talkin bout really??? nuthin he said had anything to do with the song. n his lyrics was medieocre. Iagree with 46 jay was the only 1 who really came correct with the “hip hop” theme. his verse explained how hip hop existed back then. Luda killed too but it wasnt creative as hov.
ANTHONY THE SNITCH Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
@47

hmm… really??

wat nas sed is exactly wat he thinks, and really is irrelevant after addressin it countless of times. but he still throwin shots.. why would he do it…..?
ANTHONY THE SNITCH Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
for hip hop….
ANTHONY THE SNITCH Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
@42

yea but it still aint touchin that walk in the park line
OKAYSAYER Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
daaamn I’m disappointed at Jay for this one.

If there was ever a track for him to lay everything out on as a feature, it should’ve been this one.

“I do it for Hip-Hop” -Ludacris, Nas, Jay-Z <<-THIS SHIT JUST SCREAMS LYRICAL. Especially during a rough time for Hip-Hop when it comes to talent.

I don’t think he sucked but they definitely didn’t save the best for last.
BUT WITH ALL THAT SAID, IF YOU LIKE IT BUY IT!!!

I’m getting my copy, I love this song and I like what I’m hearing from this album.
shine95 Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 12:24 am
listen to “The Bridge” by MC Shan people. and this is why rappers today quote lines from people. it’s not a bite it’s just to pay homage plus a new way to freak new styles to lines that were said already. people who rhyme no what I’m talkin about. if yall just rap fans, I can’t blame yall, yall don’t do it.
NYKing Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 3:04 am
NAS
REALTALK=jay dickrydersssss
Young Trump Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 4:42 am
TI has swagger like us.

Jay-Z has I do it for Hip Hop.

He had me at, Hip Hop — Started Out at the Park

This song is potentialy a classic.
Yaaaada Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 5:10 am
Luda’s verse was the best.
S.W.A.G.G Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 7:04 am
nahh, non of those 3 went REALLY hard, i think they didn’t try to GO HARD! Nas was the best IMO, but all 3 have could done it better. Luda was the ”weakest”
Sin City Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Same shit me and my homegirl was talking about. New York dickride the shit out of Jay. I always read the comments before I listen to a track and with all this Jay buzz I got hype like he killed it. Shit was very lackluster at its best. Actually, all 3 of them was that.
Hazer Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Ludacris was dope on this, Nas was great, and Jay-Z was wack, why does he always have to revert back to his “drug dealing” days. How long ago was that, all the other niggas was talking about relevent things that are present he spitting about dropping packs and shittin’ on a dude that put him on. He sound like a scorned bitch bcuz Jaz provided Nas with the ammo that buried his bitchass in Ether. I mean what was so great about the flow, the other niggas were smooth with it, this nigga jumped in all hype and through the middle got all choppy and slow, sounding all shaky and nervous,. He need to call it a wrap, if you don’t sell drugs STOP rapping about it or what YOUR FRIENDS DID in 1988 not u, even niggas he hung out with said he aint put in NO WORK. he need to worry about his robotho and leave the great JAZ alone.Bitchass Camel.
Hazer Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 11:43 am
lol that nigga was a doja, they had him around for shits and giggles cause they knew he rapped. Dehaven said it, Jaz said it, Calvin Klien said it Danny Diamonds brotha said it . Damn how long will you dick riders go on. people from his own neighborhood said HE NEVER SOLD DRUGS. how are they hating on him do your research before u ride the dick so hard. some of you are worse then slutty broads.
G'zas Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Camel fucked up hip hop, he started that biting crap talking about its paying homage crap. rap is supposed to be creative and orginal back in the days if a nigga bit they were ridiculed for that. now when niggas take whole lines and snippets of verses they paying homage. gooddamn how many songs is it ok to do that shit a whole careers worth of shit. u people are stupid, Jay-z is a back biting bitch old granpa, and not every nigga in nyc loves him niggas in his own hood dont respect him or brooklyn hood niggas, yeah he have have good songs that are rocked but after biggie died and he started flagrently stealing from everybody,he fell off hard. biting is not paying homage not when u do it all the time come on.and how you gonna disrespect a dude that started your career, thats mad homo, he wasn;t saying that shit when he was wearing his tight ass shorts and dancing in Jaz-o videos like a hoe, where was the hard core drug dealer then cause that was in 89-90.
G'zas Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Camel messed up hip hop, he started that biting crap talking about its paying homage crap. rap is supposed to be creative and orginal back in the days if a nigga bit they were ridiculed for that. now when niggas take whole lines and snippets of verses they paying homage. gooddamn how many songs is it ok to do that shit a whole careers worth. u people are stupid, Jay-z is a back biting bitch old granpa, and not every nigga in nyc loves him niggas in his own hood dont respect him or brooklyn hood niggas, yeah he have have good songs that are rocked but after biggie died and he started flagrently stealing from everybody,he fell off hard. biting is not paying homage not when u do it all the time come on.and how you gonna disrespect a dude that started your career, thats mad homo, he wasn;t saying that when he was wearing his tight ass shorts and dancing in Jaz-o videos like a ho, where was the hard core drug dealer then cause that was in 89-90.
County of Kings Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
cosign #52 shine95 i feel u on that
this song had such big names and it was previewed and talked about to death so the expectation always outwieghs the actual product. they should do the song over all 3 of them, but i like the fact that these heavy hitters are getting on songs together thats a great thing. i could live wit jayz verse all day

“if it wasnt for kool herc i woulda been murked” -jay
thats real fuckin talk right there
VEST Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
HONESTLY THE TRACK WAS AVERAGE NONE OF THEM WENT IN LIKE THAT BUT YOU CANT TELL A DIE HARD HOV FAN THAT THOUGH THEY DONT WANNA HERE IT
king Says:
November 15th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
First album niggaz love me cause they thought I was poor
Guess I’m successful; industry don’t love me no more
shine95 Says:
November 16th, 2008 at 2:11 am
Hazer is the biggest Jay-Z dickrider. you see this same mothafucka on every Jay-Z related post. just lick his balls already.
Hazer Says:
November 16th, 2008 at 10:09 am
nah shine i leave that up to u, look at your name alone, u good at that shit, stop stalking me bitch i can say my opnion about this bitch ass fraud u just worry about getting the nut and pubes he leaves outta your mouth,hoe ass nicca.
County of Kings Says:
November 16th, 2008 at 11:47 am
all those people hazer named in his statement have articles and youtube videos sayin how they sold drugs wit jayz, and if the song is about hiphop and he sayin how hiphop saved him from sellin drugs why is that a bad thing? he dissed jaz but did u expect him to show him luv, he cant deny the role jaz played in his life so he had to mention him, but still let it be known that he thinks he’s a bumb. u talkin about him making a career of payin homage, 90% of these rap fans dont even know he’s payin homage cuz they are parttime rap fans that dont even listen to words they just skim thru it, but us real fans know he got that from a legend, and he has far too much music in his catalog for u to say that he’s made a career off of biting rhymes, a bar here or there does not make a 10yr career. u just sound like u mad, its cool tho
DRwriter Says:
November 16th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
hov>luda>nas….they all killed it tho
balaramesh Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 12:39 am
as a huge fan of both nas and jay, i expected much more.

i concur with the homie above, they are not killing it like slaughterhouse. but hey, these dudes been set for life years ago.
vigorous Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
best song ive heard in a minute !!!
geezyyy Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
“hip-hop, started out in the park”

joel ortiz - I am hip hop

good shit. jayz nas and luda came hard on this, luda had some nice wordplay, jayz had some nice lines but Nas’ walk in the park line was too sick. keep it up
Inspiration Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Hov is the man for me. LOVE his verse and especially how he paid an ode to hip hop with how it starts.
Smart'n Up Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
that HAZER cat is pretty ticked off at Jay…calm down my man!!…you got it all wrong but I can tell aint no Jigga fan gon make you change your perception of what he raps about…the song is a b or b- and so is Hov verse but it is the best on the song and he crossed his T’s and dotted his I’s…hov coulda dropped that same verse on LUPE’s hip hop saved my life in his normal flow and it would have been all gravy but because he went the extra mile and did the ol school flow cats aint really feelin it…I like his verse not as much as what he did on Mr. Carter but its only in the energy on the song on this joint that the shit aint mind blowing!
ERF Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
HAZER=HATER

YALL CLOWNS DONT EVEN REALIZE THAT THE DUDE ACTUALLY GAVE JAZ SOME PROPS. HE JUST CALLED HIM A BUM, THATS HOW HE FEEL.
yall_niggas_gays Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
yall need to wake up asap mayne yall dont even realize that symbol he got on the seats of his ablum cover. luda sold out to the illuminati. yall stupid ass worshipping these rappers and politicans
Young Jerz Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Videos going to be sick 80’s chain and addidas…Jay put tha forreal hip-hop on…all three killed it!
... Says:
November 17th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
“deeper than the ocean” - luda

yaaaaawn. sometimes cliche lines kill the vibe of a whole verse.
shine95 Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 12:30 am
#75 shut the fuck up you is 12 years late with your lil youngin ass. you a late gay ass nigga.
black Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 9:46 am
this shit is supa fresh!!

(i doubt kids can relate….)
Jeff Y Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Nas killed it he defiantly had the best verse yall dont be showing no love to Nas on this site yall need tp stop hating and give the best rapper alive his props Luda killed it too Jayz had the wackest verse he started off strong but then it fell of but yall be overating Jay-z like hes the greatest or something gett of his nuts he not that good
Cole's Law Says:
November 19th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I do it for hiphop… Luda delivery mad crazy, nas stung hard with the bee line, jay-z…what a rapper!
Angrybilly Says:
November 19th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Jay-Z’s was OK, but yall niggaz hyping his verse like it was really the jumpoff. It wasnt that fuckin great. “This nigga got quotables in his songs..” SHUT THAT GAY SHIT UP! Get off his nuts already you fags..
esco456 Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
u can’t be serious Luda verse was dope nas verse was Ill as always HOV verse was ass as usual lately just like on the swagger song dude stinks WTF are u hov dick riders talking about that’s y I don’t listen to ny radio because when jay come out with a song they act like it’s the best thing smoking when it’s not dude has always been overrated from blueprint 2 on to now! I look at it like this when big PAC and nas was around he was no where to be found even when dmx was popping he sold more records
Jay-z=highly overrated

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