Anybody ever listen to illmatic and think damn this shyt is wack

[Standing on business]

i mean its only hyped up by Internet nerds but no one bumps that shyt it real life. Nothing stands out about that album like a reasonable doubt, not to mention its filled with basic ass rhymes (some that don't make sense) whereas reasonable doubt is filled with metaphors, double meanings, and just overall vibes better.

 

[It is a mystery]

I love the booth
nikkas just say anything here and don't give any fukks about whether they are being real or not

 

[Professor Polo]

Continue to try to rewrite history bruh

 

[PIFF101]

i mean its only hyped up by Internet nerds but no one bumps that shyt it real life. Nothing stands out about that album like a reasonable doubt, not to mention its filled with basic ass rhymes (some that don't make sense) whereas reasonable doubt is filled with metaphors, double meanings, and just overall vibes better.

Negged

 

[RandomDudeOnColi]

 

[str8up]

Never

But I have always wished I could listen to all these albums for the first time again and see what I thought without reading any best of lists, or hearing people talk about them and then see what i think is the best album

 

[Billy Ocean]

 

[Standing on business]

Continue to try to rewrite history bruh

Rewrite history????) that wack shyt sold 59k albums the first week. nikka did ace hood numbers.

Wasn't nobody tryna hear him monkey flipem with the funky rhythm

nikka had to do a song with Lauryn hill for people to pay attention

 

[Deltron]

 

[Standing on business]

Yea that was my reaction when I was playing it too

 

[DeuceCypherUno]

nope.

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

Rewrite history????) that wack shyt sold 59k albums the first week. nikka did ace hood numbers.

Wasn't nobody tryna hear him monkey flipem with the funky rhythm

nikka had to do a song with Lauryn hill for people to pay attention

Ya wack ass thread bout to do ace hood numbers:lmaonas:

 

[Big Mark]

In 94, when it came out, I was playing Minor league baseball and I remember buying it and liking it a lot. One of my teammates, who was from Alabama also bought it because of the hype. He ended up giving me his cassette tape and asking me if he could listen to my MC eith and CMW "We Come Strapped " instead. LOL Don;t get me wrong, that was a dope album too. One that I love but it just told me that although Illmatic was classic and a masterpiece, It was not universal. LOL

 

[SirBiatch]

Why is Illmatic on your mind 20+ years later?

 

[Farrinto]

i mean its only hyped up by Internet nerds

Every rapper who's worth respecting has praised Illmatic. Even Jay himself couldn't shyt on it on Takeover.