Kyle C. Barker
Migos VERZUZ Mahalia Jackson
I guess this analysis applies to reasonable doubt too since it couldn't move units either (and according to others in this thread it did worse")
Anybody ever listen to illmatic and think damn this shyt is wack
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I guess this analysis applies to reasonable doubt too since it couldn't move units either (and according to others in this thread it did worse")
JayBaldacci
All Star
Can we get rid of that guy and bring back IR? At least he was funny.
@ADemonYouKnow @ADevilYouKhow stay out of my PM's crying about getting negged you fakkit bytch
Brandon M.
City of Angels
im a nas stan , but i hate illmatic 
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
Yes you are correct. I believe RD is a much better album but no it didnt mean anything when it dropped.
Every rapper who's worth respecting has praised Illmatic. Even Jay himself couldn't shyt on it on Takeover.
"I had the Illmatic, on bootleg
The shyt was so ahead, thought we was all dead." ~ Jay Z
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im a nas stan , but i hate illmatic
that makes zero sense. If you hate Illmatic, you don't understand or like Nas at all. Lets keep it all the way real.
Oh you determine how hot an album is by it's sales? LOL are you 12?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
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
Actually HE makes perfect sense. YOU DONT.
Nas became ultra creative and subject matter based AFTER illmatic and has remained that way for the past two decades.
All his thought provoking social commentary records came after illmatic.
On illmatic he was talking circles ALOT. You could damn near swap out any verse for another and the song wouldnt change.
Nas started staying on subject in songs on IWW.
He may have revisited rappitdy rap songs but the biggest shift in his career was from illmatic to IWW and he remained more like IWW nas from then to now
I love these threads because it exposes the fakes and posers in hip-hop.
"Name a rapper that i ain't influenced"
"My first album had no famous guest appearances. The outcome: I'm crowned the best lyricist"
You fools, Illmatic is the bridge from old school to new school east coast hip-hop. From the late 80's to early 90's, West Coast music was dominating. Nas came in and laid the framework for the East to surge back in the mid 90's.
"Name a rapper that i ain't influenced"
"My first album had no famous guest appearances. The outcome: I'm crowned the best lyricist"
You fools, Illmatic is the bridge from old school to new school east coast hip-hop. From the late 80's to early 90's, West Coast music was dominating. Nas came in and laid the framework for the East to surge back in the mid 90's.
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
Well if you were told a album was hot via media,yet it wasnt flying off the shelves,then that's worth pointing out.
Sales may not determine how good an album is,however it does determine how the public reacted. And it's funny that only albums from the east coast can have less than stellar sales yet get compared to other albums with above avg to great sales.
stop inserting yourself into convos that have nothing to do with you. Do you really think I'm gonna go back and forth on your garbage?
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
Wrong,west coast kept dominating and nas wasnt a major factor till IWW. RTD brought NY back
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
What did i say that wasnt authentic fact?stop inserting yourself into convos that have nothing to do with you. Do you really think I'm gonna go back and forth on your garbage?