It's been a while since I have posted solely on the hot music. So here it goes.

Top 10 Songs - December 2006

1. Kreuzberg - Bloc Party
2. Hip Hop is Dead - Nas
3. 9 Crimes - Damien Rice
4. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
5. Public Enemy #1 - Eminem
6. Throw Away the Book - MC Verse 
7. Tell Me - Diddy (Feat. Christina Aguilera) 
8. Set Fire to the Third Bar - Snow Patrol
9. Karma Police - Radiohead
10. Bloc Party ft Apathy Remix  - Fort Minor & DJ Green Lantern (Mixtape)

Those are the tracks that are currently in my heavy rotation. Hip Hop is Dead is definitely a genre changing track. Nas has always been one of my favorite rappers, but this puts him up another notch. He is able to express what we are all feeling. Hip Hop is dead…we need Nas to save it.

In 2003, Eminem said "Hip Hop is in a state of 911" and yet no one came to the rescue. Jay Z announced his retirement the following year. Talib has single handily tried to shoulder the burden. He can only do so much. The Roots are fighting the fight and RZA never fails. Talib gets help from Common and Mos, but those GAP commercials aren't necessarily helping revitalize Hip Hop. Can Aftermath bring back 1992? I would even settle for circa 2000. Def Jam, can you do it? RZA and the Wu have something planned but the last Meth album was far from Tical or Tical 2. Verse, I know you are ready for the challenge.  

5 of my top 10 would not technically be considered Hip Hop. Although if it's in your heart you can listen to Gregorian Chants sung by Travis Tritt and it would still be Hip Hop. I listed my 10 favorite tracks, regardless of genre. Music is music.  

I recently spoke to DJ Delinquent. He says the album should be dropping early spring 07. Can he do it?

"Hip hop just died this mornin'
And she's dead, she's dead"