It Was Written 19 years old

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Nas and the Mobb :wow:

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my shyt right here:banderas:
 

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19!? :ohhh:bruh so nas was like 15/16 when he made illmatic ?! When I was that age I was playing ps3 n lyin on my dikk :to:
 

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album was trash compared to what it shoudlve been

this was the 1st track recorded for the album before the label stepped in and forced him to commercalze the project.




The song sounds like a true and natural progression from lllmatic, none of the songs on the album carried the same spirit. IWW felt manufactured and souless
 
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Jay Z made a similar departure after Reasonable Doubt. Vol 1 showed the drecton his style was heading but it was still listenable. Vol 2 was when he said fukk it and sold out completely and never looked back
 

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Not to beat a dead horse but the same thng happened wth Bggie on his sophmore, I can see from a mle away where that dude was headng.Im not saying he wouldve been a sellout if he contnued to lve but :mjpls:
 

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Nas best album easily. One of the GOAT's and much better than Illmatic :manny:


I liked it better than illmatic too

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illmatic was dope for different reasons.

IWW on the other hand was the most cinematic mafioso album ever. Sometimes it's kind of hard for me to label it as a pure mafioso album because the topics/stories he put out on this album were more about the aspirations of a low level dealer and overall the stories were allegorical to the gambino lifestyle. It's a lowkey masterpiece because if you listen to the album in it's entirety from start to finish you'll realize that it's one big chronological story of a street level thug who just happens to be a big dreamer.

Just a brilliant album
 

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IWW on the other hand was the most cinematic mafioso album ever. Sometimes it's kind of hard for me to label it as a pure mafioso album because the topics/stories he put out on this album were more about the aspirations of a low level dealer and overall the stories were allegorical to the gambino lifestyle. It's a lowkey masterpiece because if you listen to the album in it's entirety from start to finish you'll realize that it's one big chronological story of a street level thug who just happens to be a big dreamer.

Just a brilliant album

:blessed:
 
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