Dj Vlad tells Charlamagne that "Illmatic" is Nas only good album

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

Didn't watch but it doesn't surprise me. Most hip hop heads (white or black) over the age of like 37 have hated Nas for years.

Even Tax said it on his last podcast, the industry was trying to bury him before Ether. Stillmatic is when Nas became a favorite artist for "younger" fans

Post the data to back up this claim.

 

[Pop123]

back in 96' it was written was viewed as a sell out album however with that said, it still was a great album and has some of nas' best songs on it

- the message
- take it in blood
- nas is coming
- suspect
- i gave you power
- watch dem nikkas
- black girl lost
- affirmative action
- if i ruled the world
- street dreams


no one ever wants to say this but i will, fukk it. nas stepped it up lyrically on it was written. now, i ain't sayin' it was written was better than illmatic because it's not, but it is a great album in it's own right and it's a classic in my book

a lot of nikkas don't think it was written is a classic because back in 96' and for some old nikkas today, it's viewed as nas' "sell out" album. he went commercial with that album however it's still a great album. but that album was like a slap in the face to nikkas who was on the nas illmatic wave/ wu shyt, mobb shyt strictly back then

remember, nas had the trackmasters do the most of the production on it was written. and, trackmasters back then alongside puffy was about as commercial you could get for production. now of course nas still had had hhavoc, dre and premier on there, but the trackmasters did the majority of it. i think the most thought that lyrically, nas was at his peak, but as far as the beats went and then nas's more extravagant flow is what produced the critics of him still to this day haven forgiven him for; makin' another illmatic

but on the real, nas really do got a solid catalog

illmatic, it was written, stillmatic, the lost tapes, god's son, street's disciple (this was good, fukk the hate), distant relatives, hip hop is dead, and life is good

oh yeah, untitled was good too

fukk the hate, nas really do got a good ass catalog. it's just illmatic set the bar so high that a lot of nikkas ain't never been able to get pass that shyt of him exactly like it again but most artist don't. but for what it's worth, nas' catalog is the shyt

Cosign everything except Watch Dem nikkas and Nas is Coming being some of Nas best songs, I think they're solid album cuts but I can't see them making a "Best of Nas" album tho. And how you leave off "Shootouts" bruh bruh? That ish is

 

[45123]

What's with the misleading title @FreshAIG ? The video title says "only classic album"

 

[I love Latina women]

Cosign everything except Watch Dem nikkas and Nas is Coming being some of Nas best songs, I think they're solid album cuts but I can't see them making a "Best of Nas" album tho. And how you leave off "Shootouts" bruh bruh? That ish is

i liked nas is coming but that era takes me back to when i still really liked dre's work as a producer though

and i forgot all about "shootouts" but forgive me, there were so many great songs on there

 

[jilla82]

i don't care what anybody says, iww was a classic. the only reason people were hating on it back in the day was because nas went "commercial" with it and it wasn't what they expected from him at the time. but looking back at it, that album and it's polished sound layed the blueprint for all the other big cinematic records released in the mid to late 90's. biggie and jay took the formula and ran with it. there wouldn't have been a life after death if it wasn't for it was written and vol. 1 - 3 would have sounded different too. i am was mediocre and nastradamus was trash, but the original album he envisioned back then would have been a classic too, so fukk what a dj vlad thinks, illmatic isn't nas only good album.

he wasnt saying illmatic is nas only good album...he was saying its Nas only GREAT album.
I assume when we say GREAT, we are meaning classic, or damn near it.

 

[AAKing23]

If I could slap this fakkit Vlad thru the screen I swear to God


How dare this cac

 

[FreshAIG]

What's with the misleading title @FreshAIG ? The video title says "only classic album"

He actually said its Nas only "great" album. Both our titles are wrong.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Cosign everything except Watch Dem nikkas and Nas is Coming being some of Nas best songs, I think they're solid album cuts but I can't see them making a "Best of Nas" album tho. And how you leave off "Shootouts" bruh bruh? That ish is

Watch Dem is heat rocks

 

[FreshAIG]

Cosign everything except Watch Dem nikkas and Nas is Coming being some of Nas best songs, I think they're solid album cuts but I can't see them making a "Best of Nas" album tho. And how you leave off "Shootouts" bruh bruh? That ish is

Watch Dem nikkas is one of his best songs easily. I like it much better than Shootiuts personally

 

[Piff Perkins]

CTG called I Am an incredible body of work...

That being said I dap him for putting it simply: "you don't become a Nas by making one good album." Best way to say it. Does his album list have some duds? Sure. But IWW, Stillmatic, and Life Is Good? Even God's Son is good.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Does Nas himself even believe iww is a classic,pretty sure I've heard him call Illmatic a classic,why not IWW.?

Her weakness was shine yo
But that's her, I ain't mad baby, it made me stronger
Now I get my paper longer
Illmatic I was boss, It Was Written I flossed
One of the most creative LPs ever to hit stores

 

[Pop123]

Watch Dem nikkas is one of his best songs easily. I like it much better than Shootiuts personally

Hell naw kid, but it's all g, I love Watch Dem Nigs but not enough to put it on a top 25 Nas list. This is Nas we're talking about, I can name like 25-30 undeniable classic jawns that I'm sure most would say they'd rank above Watch Dem. Watch Dem isn't even top 5 on THAT album, imo of course

 

[Pop123]

i liked nas is coming but that era takes me back to when i still really liked dre's work as a producer though

and i forgot all about "shootouts" but forgive me, there were so many great songs on there

No doubt, there's really nothing on there that's not fire so it's all preference after that, which joint we personally think is more fire than some other fire

 

[I love Latina women]

No doubt, there's really nothing on there that's not fire so it's all preference after that, which joint we personally think is more fire than some other fire

yup

 

[FreshAIG]

Hell naw kid, but it's all g, I love Watch Dem Nigs but not enough to put it on a top 25 Nas list. This is Nas we're talking about, I can name like 25-30 undeniable classic jawns that I'm sure most would say they'd rank above Watch Dem. Watch Dem isn't even top 5 on THAT album, imo of course

Nas catalog so fire you can legit ask two people to list of their top 20 Nas songs and not have any repeats.