How would you judge Nas' career without illmatic

[Alexander Wiggin]

So just imagine Nas would have started his career with It was written, eye 4 an eye being his first appearance on a track.

How would you judge his career and aura

 

[BNT]

Laaaaaaaaaaameeee!

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

This thread is dumb because IWW was an artistic evolution from Illmatic. You can't say what if his career started with IWW because IWW couldn't exist without Illmatic.

 

[Zero]

It wouldn't be as revered, I can tell you that

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

I'd be fine. Never was impressed with illmatic

 

[Farrinto]

Then one would be ahhhhh and the other would be It Was Written

 

[KEEPITTRILLA]

Ehhh still pretty good but not in GOAT talk. Like low key busta rhymes status

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

This thread is dumb because IWW was an artistic evolution from Illmatic. You can't say what if his career started with IWW because IWW couldn't exist without Illmatic.

I'm deeply agree but

First

It's a what if thread, so no need to find rationalization to this. That's like asking what if Nadal wasn't there to play against Federer or what if the nazis had won the war. It's funny to ask the question

Second

A lot of criticism that came along with the drop of iww was mainly due to the fact that it was completely different from illmatic style wise, beat wise and concept wise.
Hell on earth was a natural evolution from infamous. Midnight marauders was a natural evolution from low end theory. Life after death from ready to die and so on.
Iww is nothing alike illmatic (though they both classics in my eyes)

 

[tuckgod]

IWW and that Eye For An Eye verse are both legendary in their own right. His jersey would still be in the rafters

 

[T.H.E.GOD]

Would be the same as it is now especially with ether and we wouldn't have had a Nostradamus in that case. Cuz he would still have a lot to prove.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Legendary. He'd be a GOAT without Illmatic to me, he's done a lot of great work.

 

[Deltron]

still one of the GOATs, he possibly wouldn't be criticized as he was from illmatic to IWW if it were IWW to I Am

 

[Dixon Cider]

Stillmatic is my fav nas album anyway

 

[Randy Marsh]

Still the GOAT.

 

[SirBiatch]

How would you judge white yahweh without the resurrection?