Basically before Hip-Hop is Dead, Nas was supposed to release an album called "Nasdaq Dow Jones", it never came to be because he considered the condition of hip-hop to be a big issue (I agree).

Evidence of the album can be found in his diss to 50, "Don't Body Yourself" where he says the album title at the end of the first verse.

I loved Hip-Hop is Dead, I just wish the original album came to be.