Definitely classic to me. No weak tracks or skippables, great content, dope flows, great lyrics, great production. Not much more someone could want other than maybe more tracks. If Nas had made this people would be going CRAZY and debating whether he surpassed Illmatic. Not popular statement but it's true.
Eh, Im a Nas stan.. Nas has 3 classics and a bunch of really good ass albums. I def never say a album is classic until at least a year later.. never