Complex Magazine: ASAP Yams 42 Favorite Albums

[prophecypro]

A$AP Yams: “This is always my argument for people. I always argue this shyt right here. I always prefer Stillmatic over Illmatic for one specific reason. I lived through Stillmatic. I lived through that era to actually appreciate it, as opposed to Illmatic, because I wasn’t able to feel the impact that it had, because I was in fukking kindergarten or 1st grade or some shyt like that. I ain’t know what was going on.

“Stillmatic, that was right after the fukking Towers fell, the whole shyt, the city was divided. You were either a Jay fan or you was a Nas fan, and like that time was so crazy. And when he dropped this shyt, like I remember, it was December 17th. I got that shyt for Christmas, with the Sean Jean velour and all of that. I remember that like a motherfukker. That shyt changed my whole—that album made me appreciate lyrics more. That was the album that made me go back. Like I got Stillmatic, I got to buy Illmatic now. Okay, I got to buy, you know, all the other classic albums.

“That was when I started listening to more conscious rappers like that, because I didn’t know nothing about that. A lot of people did drawback and start appreciate lyrics more for a like, a little short period of time that it was.. I definitely put Stillmatic over Illmatic any day. Oh, and that’s ‘Ether’ over ‘Takeover’ any day.

“The city made a decision, the fans put their vote into Hot 97. You can’t reverse a decision to fight five years later.

“He was smart too—he did it right before his album dropped.”

Yams described perfectly Stillmatic perfectly to a tee as to why it gained Nas new fans and extended him into the 2000s imo

 

[stealthbomber]

this nikka got jeezy trap or die

asap mob doing big things in 2014

 

[the rhyme king]

Some terrible albums on that list, can't respect someone who considers :fif: massacre on of their favorites

that album was trash to me glad to know im not the only one that thinks that.

 

[Poitier]

Yams is such a poser.

 

[FreshAIG]

It's a real list and not one of those fake ass cliche ass lists with a bunch of shyt he didn't listen to like that trying to score "real hip hop" points...so I fukk with it off tops

 

[nieman]

can't really question that reasoning

Stillmatic isn't really that great of an album. I'd put like 4 Nas albums over it

 

[Flex Kavana]

Stillmatic isn't really that great of an album. I'd put like 4 Nas albums over it

 

[nieman]

And I think it's weird that he doesn't list Illmatic for reasons given, but lists Infamous, Cuban Linx, Amerikkka's Most

 

[NSSVO]

RIP

 

[HendriX]

lol he kept it personal..so i cant knock him for that..a lot of bullshyt on the list tho

rip to dude

 

[jaguar paw]

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