Nas' illmatic Turns 21 Today
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Rigby.
The #1 Rated Mixtape of all Time
Masterpiece
Prince Cairo
Authentic
Great album, a rap classic.
A little ironic though how this thread pops up as another thread discusses how Nas stans might be the worst of all time.
A little ironic though how this thread pops up as another thread discusses how Nas stans might be the worst of all time.
Album release "birthdays" aren't real anniversary's 
fukking masterpiece. I always wonder if this is something the new generation can truly appreciate on its own merit. When I heard Illmatic more than a decade ago, there wasn't all this "yo this classic" talk. It was just "yo check out this album. It's really dope." I think it made it easier to enjoy because there was no pressure.
I remember hearing it for the first time. "It Aint Hard To Tell" changed my entire outlook on rap.
I remember hearing it for the first time. "It Aint Hard To Tell" changed my entire outlook on rap.
I'm more interested to know what tracks people were feeling right away, and what tracks they didn't like but eventually warmed up to:
On first listen: NY State of Mind, The World Is Yours, Halftime, One Time 4 Your Mind, It Aint Hard To Tell
Warmed up to: Genesis, Life's A bytch, Memory Lane, One Love, Represent
On first listen: NY State of Mind, The World Is Yours, Halftime, One Time 4 Your Mind, It Aint Hard To Tell
Warmed up to: Genesis, Life's A bytch, Memory Lane, One Love, Represent
Prince Cairo
Authentic
Speaking as someone who heard Illmatic for the first time long after it was released, I can say I was still very able to appreciate it musically and to see why it was so groundbreaking at the time. That's what distinguishes classics from albums that are just very good or great: classics have a way of making their mark in history but at the same time remaining timeless.
My first album had no famous guest appearances - Nas "Got Yourself A Gun" 2001.
Nas lied, Q Tip on One Love was a "famous guest appearance" on his first album
Nas lied, Q Tip on One Love was a "famous guest appearance" on his first album
Nomad1
Tupac KONY and GOAT
You were already proved wrong in your last thread about this same topic.
Proven wrong? Wasn't Q Tip on "One Love"?
the cac mamba
Veteran
the outcome, im crowned the best lyricist
no one was given a chance to spit besides az
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
I felt everything off rip, only thing was I was always like "yo why ain't Nas spit on The Genesis, that shyt would have been ill". But after years of jamming the album and understanding everything it stands for it's perfect that he didn't spit over it.
G.O.A.T. album top to bottom, short and sweet. I could never choose what's the best track on here...
'Lando
"My team in the marine-blue, Six Coupe"
better than anything pac ever came out with 
RBJ is back 
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RBJ is back ....