When 'It Ain't Hard to Tell" dropped, I thought it was the illest sh*t ever. I was a Large Professor junkie back then too.
But then that "World is Yours" got leaked on the underground shows right before the album dropped, and it was over! That's STILL my favorite Nas track of all-time. Nas and Pete made magic with that one. No pun intended. And to this day, Paul is my dude, but Pete, Tip and Preme had better sh*t on Illmatic and I don’t understand how he let that happen when Nas was basically his artist to put on.
Between "It Ain't Hard to Tell" and "Star Wars", Large Professor was pissing me off back then. LOL!! He should have way more sh*t with Nas that's up there with Esco's sh*t with other producers.