explain to me why illmatic is better than IWW

[GetRichOrDieTryin]

Take out impact.


Explain why illmatic is the better album

Lyrics
Production
Flows
Delivery, charisma etc

I see illmatic praise all the time. People say it's the best album ever but to me IWW is much better

 

[Ol’Otis]

IWW is much better

 

[Fortunate Lee]

It’s not and I’ve been saying this for 20 years now

 

[Big Dick]

I’ll never hate on Illmatic but I’ve always said IWW is the best rap album I’ve ever heard. Damn near every track is story telling, flows and rhyme schemes are next level on every track.

 

[Fortunate Lee]

I’ll never hate on Illmatic but I’ve always said IWW is the best rap album I’ve ever heard. Damn near every track is story telling, flows and rhyme schemes are next level on every track.

The creativity of



the genius of

 

[JMD]

Nas is Coming is not on Illmatic

seriously the hate for that track is the only reason I could come up with

 

[Big Dick]

The creativity of



the genius of

and that’s not even mentioning Shootouts or Suspect. Imo the best two cuts on the album.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

The production and no filler tracks.
Nas is Coming
Suspect
Affirmative Action
The Set Up aren't up to par with tracks on IWW and Illmatic.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

and that’s not even mentioning Shootouts or Suspect. Imo the best two cuts on the album.

The Suspect chorus is terrible.

 

[Fortunate Lee]

The production and no filler tracks.
Nas is Coming
Suspect
Affirmative Action
The Set Up aren't up to par with tracks on IWW and Illmatic.

Affirmative Action??? Filler??? Are you crazy breh?

 

[Fortunate Lee]

This is filler??

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Affirmative Action??? Filler??? Are you crazy breh?

What's so great about it?
'The Al Capone Fettuccine Capone' <-- Does this make sense or nah?
Then you have Foxy Brown with terrible math skills later on.

 

[The Dust King]

The Suspect chorus is terrible.

first nikka to sing a hook on some TJ Swan shyt

 

[The Dust King]

1) little to no fiction;

IWW is filled with fantasic tales of which are semi-based in reality where ILL is more auto-biographical

2) sound is more cohesive;

IWW plays like a movie where ILL is more concise like an episode or small film

3) Michael jackson and the gap band

 

[Budda]

Memory Lane.