Is Stillmatic a classic ?
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Stllmatic is easily a...
Definitely a classic
sometimes i think its better than illmatic
stillmatic is a top 5 hip-hop album of the last 14yrs
in my top 10 all time
in my top 10 all time
Sex with death, indulge in these women
Vision my own skeleton swimmin
in eternal fire
Broads play with pentagrams in they vagina
Like the Exorcist, then they gave birth to my seeds
I beg for God's help, why they love hurtin me?
Forty-five in my waist, starin at my reflection
In the mirror, sittin still in the chair like my conception
When everything around me got cloudy, the chair became a king's throne
My destiny found me
It was clear why the struggle was so painful
Metamorphosis, this is what I changed to
And God, I'm so thankful
B-Rock Odrama
Banned
this..i listened to illmatic the 1st time years ago(in college) to see why do hip hop nerds put it on such a pedestal and was disappointed by it's lack of substance....the beats put me to sleep and half the time I wasn't aware wtf nas was rapping about though I suspect it was the typical NY backpack rap themes(i'm the illest yo, sucker mcs, etc) type ish...where as while i'm not sure I consider it classic stilmatic was solid and atleast was one of the few mainstream rap albums relatively recently to have black conscious message.
the cac mamba
Veteran
imo its one of those 4.5 mic classics
Scientific
Bacdafucup
Like fine wine made with the best of grapes, its aged better with time.
Yea that's kind of how I feel. It's a 4.5 type of album, and I wouldn't have a problem with people considering it a classic. I just can't say for sure to me, it's close, but I generally try to put the "classic" label on 5/5 type albums.
And it's still only his 4th best album imo (behind illmatic, iww, lost tapes) - and that's why Nas is GOAT, his best 3 (or 4) albums are better than anyone else's best 3 imo.