nas - illmatic

[Phaded]

best rap album ever and will never be touched..

 

[Gambino]

co-sign

 

[seizer]

holy rap threads batman!

 

[EnderJE]

Licensed to Ill - Beasties
Fear Of A Black Planet - PE
Welcome To The Terrordome - PE

Nas - illmatic = the 2000 version of the archies

 

[hotzie]

disagreed

 

[Gambino]

but check this out...when i listen to music, i look at the roots to make sure it's authentic...country for example. i dig country when it's real country singers, not slickers from california. with nas i dunno, i just don't see him living the life he raps about in illmatic. from what his peers said he was a quiet boy who stayed inside as a youngster...not the slang-banger he claims to have been

 

[eat big]

Seriously. Seems like people have had the desire to talk about good rap lately since most of the new shit sucks.

Every song on that CD is above average.

 

[seizer]

best rap album ever and will never be touched..

It's up there, but I gotta say that it CAN be touched. People will compare it to other albums and say that from the first track to the last, it's stellar. And it is. But dont forget it's a 10 track album. It's compared with longer albums, ones that may or may not have filler. If you subtract the filler or skits or whatever, many cd's have a solid 10 track lineup.

Just my take. It's good, but people overlook other albums too fast because nobody will despute that this album is in fact awesome.

 

[Gambino]

reasonable doubt edges it out for suggity

 

[seizer]

reasonable doubt edges it out for suggity

That is also a great album. Thing is, you gotta like the HOV's voice. I honestly believe he's an aquired taste.

 

[Gambino]

That is also a great album. Thing is, you gotta like the HOV's voice. I honestly believe he's an aquired taste.

i got a weird taste, i never really liked jay outside freestyles and reasonable...i just don't relate to bling.

 

[gjohnson5]

Is it true that NAS sign with Jay-Z at Def jam?

 

[Phaded]

reasonable doubt edges it out for suggity

haha buy the camron cd.. you wont like jay z anymore..

 

[Gambino]

Is it true that NAS sign with Jay-Z at Def jam?

just heard it on xm

 

[seizer]

i got a weird taste, i never really liked jay outside freestyles and reasonable...i just don't relate to bling.

Atleast he justifies his thug.

Sick verse:

Music business hate me cause the industry ain't make me
Hustlers and boosters embrace me and the music I be makin
I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars
They criticized me for it yet they all yell "HOLLA!"
If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be
lyrically, Talib Kweli
Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
But I did five mill' - I ain't been rhymin like Common since
When your cents got that much in common
And you been hustlin since, your inception
Fuck perception go with what makes sense
Since I know what I'm up against
We as rappers must decide what's most impor-tant
And I can't help the poor if I'm one of them
So I got rich and gave back, to me that's the win/win

 

[seizer]

Is it true that NAS sign with Jay-Z at Def jam?

It's true. They also do 69 on each other now, too.

 

[Phaded]

jay z is prob. the biggest biter ever..

 

[TheAssholeFomerlyKnownAsDBBT]

best rap album ever and will never be touched..

bwaahahaahah

 

[wootoom]

fuck NAS ill fuckin chainsaw him

 

[Phaded]

fuck NAS ill fuckin chainsaw him

burn in hell..

 

[wootoom]

burn in hell..

i still love u though. i would never chainsaw u

 

[Phaded]

i still love u though. i would never chainsaw u

 

[markshark]

reasonable doubt edges it out for suggity

stil think hard knock and blueprint is better. and illmatic = classic

 

[Jack Fredwreck]

I agree its untouchable, never got sick of illmatic and dont think i ever will

 

[needtogetaas]

2-pac made about 5 albums that were better then this.

 

[camshaft]

eminem- marshall mathers LP is the best rap CD ever IMO. genious lyrics and stellar production.

 

[Phaded]

2-pac made about 5 albums that were better then this.

riiighttt..

 

[wootoom]

rap music is so fuckin lame