actually he's right. Illmatic meant nothingWhen an album gets hype has nothing to do with quality. Your assertion about when Illmatic was hyped is wrong, but that's besides the point.

Revisionist History. Album was hyped into being more than it was. Both had no big guests. Quik's singles charted higher and more importantly his album and songs were hotter in the streets.illmatic is arguably the greatest hip hop album of all time while quik is the name is a cool debut album![]()
Revisionist History. Album was hyped into being more than it was. Both had no big guests. Quik's singles charted higher and more importantly his album and songs were hotter in the streets.
Song's like
Were waaaaaaaaaaaaaay hotter than them illmatic songs in the streets. And for the record,i had illmatic (when it came out) and didnt even own quik is the name when it came out. (No bias) from me and i'm in Ohio. Closer to the east than west.
Nas is a better "mc" but no it's not.quik is the name is a nice album and all but illmatic is the better album, easily. without question
Nas is a better "mc" but no it's not.

If someone likes illmatic,i dont have a problem. I listen to a few songs off there regularly myself. But all that "best album" talk is nonsense. It's not nas best album,not the best album of 94' and not a great album at all. For a nikka that really remembers illmatic's impact or lack there of,it's disgusting to watch the brainwash revisionist history of it. Why,because it's nikkas out here that really put it down and nikkas out here lying as if shyt happened differently. I remember 94' like yesterday. I was 14,everybody had walk mans and would ask each other what they were bumpin. Illmatic was not in the conversation ever.Readt to die, Da brat funkadafied,southernplayalistic,the diary,creepin on ah come up,thuglife,regulate g-funk era,8ball & mjg on the outside lookin in etc etc were al hotter than illmatic out in the neighborhoods and schoolok, i think it is. but we are entitled to our own opinions. so i'll agree to disagree![]()
If someone likes illmatic,i dont have a problem. I listen to a few songs off there regularly myself. But all that "best album" talk is nonsense. It's not nas best album,not the best album of 94' and not a great album at all. For a nikka that really remembers illmatic's impact or lack there of,it's disgusting to watch the brainwash revisionist history of it. Why,because it's nikkas out here that really put it down and nikkas out here lying as if shyt happened differently. I remember 94' like yesterday. I was 14,everybody had walk mans and would ask each other what they were bumpin. Illmatic was not in the conversation ever.Readt to die, Da brat funkadafied,southernplayalistic,the diary,creepin on ah come up,thuglife,regulate g-funk era,8ball & mjg on the outside lookin in etc etc were al hotter than illmatic out in the neighborhoods and school
You from the east?right, ok. i was there in 1994 too. i remember vividly.
lemme just end it like this. i like illmatic more and i think it's the better album. however, quik is the name is still a good album in my book.
Illmatic is that funk