"It Aint Hard to Tell" is the best song on Illmatic

[JuvenileHell]

One Time 4 Your Mind is my personal fav, with Life's A bytch being runner up

For real? People always tell me that's the weakest track on Illmatic, and I agree

I dunno, like it's dope when I'm in the mood for it, but most of the time it sorta throws off the vibe a bit imo.

 

[the cac mamba]

Also? This version of It Ain't Hard To Tell is dope too

this shyt is so fukkin dope

if nas spit on the genesis intro, and rapped over that beat ^^^^ and deja vu beat on the album...

there woulda been no denyin goat album status

 

[ROFL_GUY]

one time 4 your mind has the 2nd best production on the album.. "the genesis" beat is wish we got sum verses over that

 

[JuvenileHell]

this shyt is so fukkin dope

if nas spit on the genesis intro, and rapped over that beat ^^^^ and deja vu beat on the album...

there woulda been no denyin goat album status

Swap "One Time" for "De Ja Vu" (I know That song came out after Illmatic but still...), rap over the Genesis Intro and yeah without a doubt Illmatic would've been perfect.

How you feel about Drink Away the Pain on The infamous, I feel the same way about One Time It's not terrible but it's my least fav, and it does throw off the vibe a bit.

 

[Da_Eggman]

One Time 4 Your Mind is what its pose to be just a showcase of skills its showing even when Nas is chilling he better than you

[LP] One time 4 your mind, one time
[Nas] Yeah whatever



And I'm from Queensbridge, been to many places as a kid when I would say that out of town, nikkaz chased us But now I know the time, got a older mind plus control a nine, fine, see now I represent mine

 

[JuvenileHell]

"the genesis" beat is wish we got sum verses over that

Yeah, I feel the same way about the Chronic Intro. You had a PRIME Snoop, Dre and the rest of the Dogg Pound and they didn't feel the urge to rip that beat? Snoop trash talking was hilarious but still...

Thank god Mobb Deep didn't just talk over Start Of Your Ending...I wuld be mad as fukk

 

[ROFL_GUY]

 

[Techniec]

genesis was the best beat on the album...its hard for me to pick my favourite track off the album it always changes

im on some Represent tip these days

but i dont know how influential it aint hard to tell is, i dont buy this most influential nonsense

the album as a whole was incredibly influential just because it redefined lyricism the way rakim did almost a decade before

 

[the cac mamba]

One Time 4 Your Mind is what its pose to be just a showcase of skills its showing even when Nas is chilling he better than you

 

[Da_Eggman]

Swap "One Time" for "De Ja Vu" (I know That song came out after Illmatic but still...), rap over the Genesis Intro and yeah without a doubt Illmatic would've been perfect.

How you feel about Drink Away the Pain on The infamous, I feel the same way about One Time It's not terrible but it's my least fav, and it does throw off the vibe a bit.

Drink Away the Pain was the first Mobb song i got into it does sound a lil out of place with the breezing horns but still the subject matter goes with the album

 

[ROFL_GUY]

but i dont know how influential it aint hard to tell is, i dont buy this most influential nonsense

the album as a whole was incredibly influential just because it redefined lyricism the way rakim did almost a decade before

completely agree.. i just feel that out of all the tracks the production on "it aint hard to tell" is still being mimicked today by the biggest names in hip-hop nearly 20yrs later.

while as a complete body of work illmatics influence is stil being felt and is universally accepted as one of if not the most influential albums in hip-hop history but that mainly due to the lyricism.. im just trying to point out that the production specifically from "it aint hard to tell" deserves more credit and attention for its influence

 

[THE K-MAN]

the best song is.....

 

[Heelmatic]

Halftime still my favorite song on the record, but literally every song on Illmatic is fukkin great. Halftime go the hardest though.

 

[the rhyme king]

new york state of mind is my favorite song off of illmatic.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

Halftime still my favorite song on the record, but literally every song on Illmatic is fukkin great. Halftime go the hardest though.

anyone else ever thought "blaze a 50" was kind of "halftime" part 2?