Stillmatic was a wack album besides The Intro, and two or three songs. The only reason it gets hype was because of Ether, and the title of the album alluding to it being an Illmatic resurgence. If it was called something else, people would care less of this album, and the sales would have been less. Brave heart Party is the worst song of all time, and corny songs like Rule ruined the album.
Meanwhile The Blueprint was rebirth of Hov, reintroduced the world to Kanye and Just Blaze, and you know the rest.