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Exactly the way I feel. It is so cinematic. So vivid like it's an hour long movie. Sometimes I play the first 7 songs, and I'm already exhausted
Lyrically, IWW >>> RD
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Exactly the way I feel. It is so cinematic. So vivid like it's an hour long movie. Sometimes I play the first 7 songs, and I'm already exhausted
Now IWW is the best Nas album 
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D'Evils alone is better than anything on IWW, and I love both albums.
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Exactly the way I feel. It is so cinematic. So vivid like it's an hour long movie. Sometimes I play the first 7 songs, and I'm already exhausted
Cinematic is the perfect word for that album.
And it's exhausting in a good way because the brotha is dropping short stories on us like it's nothing. The stories move at a natural pace and It's just straight up good writing in general. Not even just on some hip hop shyt but good writing from a literary perspective. You gotta be an active listener to appreciate IWW
#blackexcellence
Is that song even better than suspect?
Nah, it legit might be. I listen to IWW way more than any of his others and lyrically its tier zeroNow IWW is the best Nas album
That's all fine and dandy sir. But, you as well as I, know this is a recent (past 3-4 years) phenomenon--I personally can't rock with it.
Wow it's so funny to see dudes on here saying IWW was so great and even the GOAT album...because I was around when it dropped and general consensus was that it was that although it was really good, it was a disappointment compared to Illmatic.
And RD>>>>>>IWW
And RD>>>>>>IWW
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Nas imo is the G.O.A.T. lyricists
But RD is the G.O.A.T lyrical album imo
Hov wordplay on RD is crazy. I'm mad he changed after his style after that album.
But RD is the G.O.A.T lyrical album imo
Hov wordplay on RD is crazy. I'm mad he changed after his style after that album.
Nah, it's something people in my age group early to mid 20s generally feel. When Schoolboy Q said it, and when Cole said that's he got put on it was nothing new to me. I have said that forever.
Then again, RD and IWW are my two favorite rap albums.
UpAndComing
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First impressions aren't always the best. You know RD was thought of as a disappointment too when it came out right?
Depends on what you like. Jay is far more clever with wordplay but Nas is more descriptive and better at the compound rhyme schemes.
RD is right behind SOI personally as the most lyrical album. Jay was a
Monster lyrically. Sauce Money and Clark Kent said and even Reasonable Doubt is watered down compared to what Jay was spitting back then. He could've went even crazier if he wanted to
A disappointment? Not really...just a style that we weren't really used to. With IWW, we felt like Nas was falling into the mainstream trap...now he's Escobar, drug dealin, blah, blah, when Illmatic wasn't even about that.First impressions aren't always the best. You know RD was thought of as a disappointment too when it came out right?
