If Illmatic was released today...

[MINT]

it would be wack, production is already outdated

 

[Truth200]

This thread is stupid because you can't compare what was once innovative to an era 20 years later where hip hop is played out.

Same could be said about other genres of music.

 

[Truth200]

it would STILL be the GOAT...while completely embarrassing this era of rap music...when it dropped you had a lot of dope music floating around by rappers that were really dope at their craft making music they wanted to make...speaking to the ppl they wanted to speak to..instead of following trends and formulas created by the next man...now we got shyt like young thug and dj mustard....

It was never the GOAT it's not better than IWW or Infamous.

 

[blackslash]

These Nas stans talm bout it would still blow ppl mind

These Nas stans are delusional as fck

 

[Danie84]

These Dr.Seus-simple-minded fructose kids would be bewildered

 

[criminology]

Production aside, his flow would seem lightyears ahead of everyone in the game right now. Whether people would care since it's not all glossed and swagged out is another question. The listeners would be happy though.

 

[JuvenileHell]

This is dumb, Illmatic wouldn't sound like Illmatic if it dropped today

 

[intilectual recipricol]

he did drop it a few months ago... 12k people thought it was worth a purchase