24th Anniversary of Stillmatic
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When that beat dropped on the Stillmatic Intro, I was like "uh oh
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Perfect way to describe it was after Jordan lost to the Magic in the 95 playoffs and proceeded to sweep them the very next season
"Perfect way to describe it was after Jordan lost to the Magic in the 95 playoffs and proceeded to sweep them the very next season
Y'all know Nas my goat, but sometimes I forget how great this album is and I don't know why. I'll be like "nah Gods Son or Life is Good were much better" but then when I go back and listen again...
...this is really really great.
This era of Nas made him my undisputed GOAT, I was wavering between him and Pac for years until he went from Stillmatic to Lost Tapes to Gods Son.
It's been a wrap ever since and he just keeps adding on.
...this is really really great.
This era of Nas made him my undisputed GOAT, I was wavering between him and Pac for years until he went from Stillmatic to Lost Tapes to Gods Son.
It's been a wrap ever since and he just keeps adding on.
TrapHouse Rock
All Star
Stillmatic and I AM were on the same level to me 4.5 mic near classic
God Son is a flat out better album...IMO
the best part was the classic Mega diss responses that had me and my nikkas dying laughing
God Son is a flat out better album...IMO
the best part was the classic Mega diss responses that had me and my nikkas dying laughing
Artfull Dodger
All Star
Always preferred God's Son.
The highs are incredible but the lows are Nastradamus level
i took all my stannery effort to listen to Zone Out and The cross. But the highs on the album thoughMy friend who was a Hovenger converted, after that Stillmatic - Lost Tapes - GodsSon tri-factor.
Controversy
Superstar
Dropping Stillmatic, Lost Tapes & God's Son in a 12-month timeframe is more impressive than ppl realize
Lost Tapes was incredible, and God's Son was really good, but Stillmatic set the tone
No one could question Nas after Stillmatic bc it was a return to form and he reminded the world he had the best pen
Lost Tapes was incredible, and God's Son was really good, but Stillmatic set the tone
No one could question Nas after Stillmatic bc it was a return to form and he reminded the world he had the best pen
I lived this out in 2001, this was 10th grade for me. I remember walking to Target to buy The Blueprint on 9/11, and my Mom driving me to Circuit City so i could buy the bonus track version of Stillmatic. You can never truly appreciate those moments as you live them, because it was just normal life back then. Now, I look back like how grateful I am to have been in that era.
Stillmatic was mixed to me. I loved it, but as an album, even back then Got Yourself a Gun was never fire to me. Smokin was a miss. Braveheart Party. My Country. There were some weaker tracks, or bad hooks, but playing it now? It feels like a classic. The maturity of Nas lyrics. The production. Back then, you had to judge it more harshly, because of the era. Now, it's so much further ahead of what anyone is doing currently.
A song like Every Ghetto, where Nas just loses it on the last verse. The lessons of 2nd Childhood. The intensity of the intro. The reflection in You Da Man. Even something like Rule, which was criticized for being too commercial. Can we imagine a rapper now making a semi coherent political song like this? It was a great time for me, a great time for the game.
The way Nas casually and gently wiped out Nature. Like a samaurai sword cut.
Stillmatic was mixed to me. I loved it, but as an album, even back then Got Yourself a Gun was never fire to me. Smokin was a miss. Braveheart Party. My Country. There were some weaker tracks, or bad hooks, but playing it now? It feels like a classic. The maturity of Nas lyrics. The production. Back then, you had to judge it more harshly, because of the era. Now, it's so much further ahead of what anyone is doing currently.
A song like Every Ghetto, where Nas just loses it on the last verse. The lessons of 2nd Childhood. The intensity of the intro. The reflection in You Da Man. Even something like Rule, which was criticized for being too commercial. Can we imagine a rapper now making a semi coherent political song like this? It was a great time for me, a great time for the game.
The way Nas casually and gently wiped out Nature. Like a samaurai sword cut.
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Tommy Gibbs
Superstar
that beat was probably the only reason the album got 5 mics. Yall know the Source was very stingy on 5 mic albums back then. Jay Z got 5 mics for Blueprint(deservingly), then a few months later Nas gets it as well(I have no complaints). But when you open the cd inserts to see who made that hot ass intro, you see that it's the Hangmen 3. Now if you don't know who the Hangmen 3 were, google it....When that beat dropped on the Stillmatic Intro, I was like "uh oh
Perfect way to describe it was after Jordan lost to the Magic in the 95 playoffs and proceeded to sweep them the very next season
Classic album that has aged well.
In real time I was so obsessed with “Got Yourself A…” I slept on “One Mic” when it dropped… but now I definitely prefer “One Mic”…. Especially the “look back at all of the hatred against me, fukk all of them” line
The beat to "Stillmatic Intro" damn near had me
It was like a coming of age tale and at the end "Blood of a slave, heart of a King"
"Ether" lol I never really picked sides cause I fukk with Jay but I felt like Nas won because of the impact of Ether becoming a verb and that call in
“You’re Da Man” is my shyt just so chill
“Rewind” is a record that should be studied … the imagery on it, especially since I grew up to have days like those
… minus the murder
"Destroy & Rebuild" nothing like some QB fukkery lol I'm here for a discussion about which record yall think is better between this and Ether. I remember Mega going off about the smd line and I always laugh when Prodigy would call it Build and Destroy lol
"My Country" is definitely still relavent to this day, I liked "Rule" the beat felt uplifting and Amerie was sexy to me lol
I've always tried to be careful about karma since I heard "What Goes Around"
Spinning it back now Nasbeen dropping gems 
In real time I was so obsessed with “Got Yourself A…” I slept on “One Mic” when it dropped… but now I definitely prefer “One Mic”…. Especially the “look back at all of the hatred against me, fukk all of them” line
The beat to "Stillmatic Intro" damn near had me
It was like a coming of age tale and at the end "Blood of a slave, heart of a King""Ether" lol I never really picked sides cause I fukk with Jay but I felt like Nas won because of the impact of Ether becoming a verb and that call in
“You’re Da Man” is my shyt just so chill
“Rewind” is a record that should be studied … the imagery on it, especially since I grew up to have days like those
… minus the murder"Destroy & Rebuild" nothing like some QB fukkery lol I'm here for a discussion about which record yall think is better between this and Ether. I remember Mega going off about the smd line and I always laugh when Prodigy would call it Build and Destroy lol
"My Country" is definitely still relavent to this day, I liked "Rule" the beat felt uplifting and Amerie was sexy to me lol
I've always tried to be careful about karma since I heard "What Goes Around"
Spinning it back now
Nasbeen dropping gems 
classic
Artfull Dodger
All Star
Destroy and Rebuild is a classic beef track....
The Slick rick style
, The background vocals on tha chorus
the back handed compliments
Track was just
The Slick rick style
, The background vocals on tha chorus the back handed complimentsTrack was just
HandyWithTheSteel
Superstar
Ether
Rewind
One Mic
Destroy and Rebuild
2nd childhood
You’re da Man
Some of Nasir’s best work.
Rewind
One Mic
Destroy and Rebuild
2nd childhood
You’re da Man
Some of Nasir’s best work.
Was just bumpin the intro today, after listening to the dynasty intro. I still can't decide which one is the better one.
Today I'm going with Stillmatic
Ayo, the brother's Stillmatic
I crawled up out of that grave, wipin' the dirt, cleanin' my shirt
They thought I'd make another Illmatic
But it's always forward, I'm movin'
Never backwards, stupid, here's another classic
C-notes is fallin' from the sky, by now, the credits roll
They're starrin' Nas, executive poet, produced, directed by
The Kid slash Escobar, narration describes
The lives of lost tribes in the ghetto tryin' to survive
The feature opens with this young black child, fingers scratched
Cigarette burns on the sofa, turnin' the TV down
While Mary Jane Girls, 45's playin', soft in the background
Food from C-Town's, mornings was hash browns
Stepped over - fiends, walkin' out the door, all of us poor
I learned the difference 'tween the snitches
The real ones, and who's soft, and the -, hungriest crews
People jumpin' from roofs
Pumpin', made it through my youth
Walkin' very thin lines, ages seven and nine
That's the age I was on my album cover, this is the rebirth
I know the streets thirst water like Moses
Walkin' through the hot desert searchin' to be free
This is my ending and my new beginning, nostalgia
Alpha and Omega places, it's like a glitch in The Matrix
I seen it all, did it all, most of y'all will pop for a minute
Spit a sentence, then, the game'll get rid of y'all
Y'all got there, but y'all ain't get it all, I want my style back
Hate to cease y'all plan, it's the rap–repo man
To them double up hustlers, bidders, - who real
Professional - kids dreamin' for mils
Let my words guide you, get inside you
From Crips to Pirus, this is survival
The imagery
Today I'm going with Stillmatic
Ayo, the brother's Stillmatic
I crawled up out of that grave, wipin' the dirt, cleanin' my shirt
They thought I'd make another Illmatic
But it's always forward, I'm movin'
Never backwards, stupid, here's another classic
C-notes is fallin' from the sky, by now, the credits roll
They're starrin' Nas, executive poet, produced, directed by
The Kid slash Escobar, narration describes
The lives of lost tribes in the ghetto tryin' to survive
The feature opens with this young black child, fingers scratched
Cigarette burns on the sofa, turnin' the TV down
While Mary Jane Girls, 45's playin', soft in the background
Food from C-Town's, mornings was hash browns
Stepped over - fiends, walkin' out the door, all of us poor
I learned the difference 'tween the snitches
The real ones, and who's soft, and the -, hungriest crews
People jumpin' from roofs
Pumpin', made it through my youth
Walkin' very thin lines, ages seven and nine
That's the age I was on my album cover, this is the rebirth
I know the streets thirst water like Moses
Walkin' through the hot desert searchin' to be free
This is my ending and my new beginning, nostalgia
Alpha and Omega places, it's like a glitch in The Matrix
I seen it all, did it all, most of y'all will pop for a minute
Spit a sentence, then, the game'll get rid of y'all
Y'all got there, but y'all ain't get it all, I want my style back
Hate to cease y'all plan, it's the rap–repo man
To them double up hustlers, bidders, - who real
Professional - kids dreamin' for mils
Let my words guide you, get inside you
From Crips to Pirus, this is survival
The imagery
It will forever be a most important album in Hip Hop History.
Controversy
Superstar
His top 3 albums are Illmatic, IWW & Stillmatic...and I'm in the minority, but Stillmatic is my #1
I love LIG more than most, but it's not touching Stillmatic...too many high moments on Stillmatic
Nas flows and vocal performance was so sharp on Stillmatic, it was like a knife cutting through butter
The only Nas album I like over Stillmatic, lyrically, is IWW
The production was a return to form...much better beats than Nastradamus
The 3 closing tracks My Country, What Goes Around & Every Ghetto was quintessential Nas
I got a 20x20 handpainted Stillmatic cover hanging in my mancave...that's how much that album means to me