NAS TIRED OF CELEBRATING illmatic

[Metal Face]

Will he stop performing tracks off of Illmatic?

He should.

I can't find him ever performing heat like "N.Y State of Mind Pt. 2" live on YouTube at all

 

[TripleAgent]

Will he stop performing tracks off of Illmatic?

Probably never. The blowback would be off the wall.

 

[Flav]

I feel what he’s saying. If I went to a Nas show I would want to hear more songs off of Stillmatic and It Was Written than Illmatic.

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

Nas' Illmatic was a complete shift in the quality of Hip-Hop. It set a brand new bar that most artists even with their best effort could not dream of getting close to. And looking back over the decades since.. Nas can count himself with those artists who could not ever reach that bar.

Yes, he had some great songs since - Ether being one that comes to mind as one of the harshest disses of all time and many more great SONGS - BUT he has only 1 album that took our culture and music as a whole to a totally different level and it's: Illmatic. And I was a huge west coast Hip-Hop fan at the time of the release, but NOBODY not a single listener could deny the genius of Illmatic. He simply never had that hunger again.

I'm just going to go ahead and assume what you wrote is sarcasm breh

EDIT: IWW was fire. But there are many fire albums. Some people would say French Montana's first album was fire. Or a random Rick Ross album is fire. But CLASSIC? Nah. Illmatic is a classic. Doggystyle is a classic. The Chronic. All Eyez On Me. Enter The 36 Chambers. Ready To Die. Reasonable Doubt. I'd even go so far as to say Get Rich Or Die Tryin' is a classic, but the least classic of this list. IWW is not any of those albums brehs, whether this hurts your feelings or not - it is what it is. Nobody can say IWW is equal to The Chronic or Enter The 36 Chambers, ever.

Come on breh. You posting with a bib on? Wipe the drool from your face. This the type of shyt nas probably sick of hearing cause even he don't believe it. Illmatic has taken on a life of its own over the years because of fans like you. Jesus christ.

 

[Big Mark]

He has done all that can be done will Illmatic. There are two anniversary releases and a symphony orchestra concert album. I’d say that enough. I like IWW to get some love. Maybe an anniversary release, maybe a live concert album. If IWW and Stillmatic received the anniversary treatment, I’d be satisfied. After that, I’d want a nice box set covering material from his entire catalog and I’d be good.

 

[Abstract83]

Illmatic is one of those ground breaking albums in hip-hop history. But honestly he did it to his self by constantly celebrating that album. Kinda ignored the rest of his catalog for the 3rd half of his career.

 

[kes929]

He shoulda made a better album than Illmatic then

He has several actually that I listen to way more than illmatic and his unreleased catalog is goat status

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

Spend the last 30 years of your career promoting and performing the same old 'Remember When I Did This' tour then get mad when that's all people wanna hear.

Nas is the only artist that barely performs songs post-Illmatic.

 

[Kogami]

He shoulda made a better album than Illmatic then

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

He got a whole classic that he's not even acknowledging

Imagine a concert of just this album

 

[Ziggiy]

Spend the last 30 years of your career promoting and performing the same old 'Remember When I Did This' tour then get mad when that's all people wanna hear.

Nas is the only artist that barely performs songs post-Illmatic.

You haven’t been to a Nas show if thats what you think.

I’ve been to SEVERAL Nas shows and even when he was on the Illmatic 20 Year tour he would always perform his hits after He did illmatic. He usually closes his shows with either One Mic or Stay. Not It Ain’t Hard To Tell

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

You haven’t been to a Nas show if thats what you think.

I’ve been to SEVERAL Nas shows and even when he was on the Illmatic 20 Year tour he would always perform his hits after He did illmatic. He usually closes his shows with either One Mic or Stay. Not It Ain’t Hard To Tell

 

[kes929]

Yea you completely made that up. I went to the nas and mary j show this year and he only did 3 tracks off illmatic. The rest was songs from his catalogue.

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

Yea you completely made that up. I went to the nas and mary j show this year and he only did 3 tracks off illmatic. The rest was songs from his catalogue.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

I agree with him. IWW didn’t get the celebration it deserves because c*nts are too focused on Illmatic. I love that album too but it’s had its time to shine. It got 10 year anniversary and now for at least the last 5-7 years it’s been the lead up to 20 and then 20 and it’s been the 20/25 celebration ever since. Constant touring, performing, the orchestral version, the documentary. there’s nothing left to milk from Illmatic.

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