That the era he grew up on, it's his opinion the same way for me you can't tell me shyt about IWW because it's a personal classic
Nah.
Statement 1 said:
HFM is one of the greatest hip-hop debuts EVER!!
Statement 2 said:
HFM is one of the greatest hip-hop debuts I EVER HEARD.
These statements are not alike. At all.
Statement 1 is what this crazy nikka just actually said. Mafukka said "ever" meaning of all-time meaning better than or just as good as illmatic, The Chronic, Reasonable Doubt, Doggystyle, OBFCL, Ready to Die, and other actual classic debuts. Kind of statement that you instantly have to give the

because HFM is crazy out of place if you try mentioning in a conversation about what are hip-hop's greatest debuts.
Statement 2 is what you somehow heard. You tryna make this sound more reasonable. If he said what you're suggesting he meant, it would get more of an

because that would make more sense since this generation's music is very different compared to past eras.