Seriously though how is Illmatic better than Reasonable Doubt

[Choboy]

Memory Lane and One Luv. Thats why nikka!!!!

 

[Ineedmoney504]

yo @SirBiatch stop frontin like u some tried and true hip hop nikka that knows old heads and shyt. U from the UK and all that "hip hop knowledge and experience" you act like you have is a front. U a hip hop head and Asap Rocky is the one that impacted you the most???

U aint as bad as the 6stans but almost as bad B. U posted a video of yourself when u was hurt on some Joe Budden shyt. Real ones know u a fake hip hop fan and that's word.

man that faggit ass nikka is like 28, talking like he knew what was going on around illmatic came out.

 

[vaudevillevillain]

ok since nikkas wanna act dumb talkin that it just is bullshyt. let's get down to the nitty gritty. to all u nikkas talking flow, name a song on illmatic where nas flow's like jay first verse on can't knock the hustle.

 

[vaudevillevillain]

Memory Lane and One Luv. Thats why nikka!!!!

two of my fav songs off illmatic.. but come on bruv.. what about can i live and dead presidents II

 

[mr.africa]

best song on both albums!!!

 

[Guy Incognito]

illmatic, Stillmatic, God Son, HHID >> Reasonable doubt

Nas >> Camel

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

I'm never like Damn I gotta hear Brooklyn finest coming of age ain't no...

Illmatic perfect front to back

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

I need answers..

Politics As Usual just came up in my shuffle and my god



Illmatic is one of my fav's but Nas just wasn't on that fly shyt.. I'm a fly nikka so I relate more to Hov I guess

Reasonable doubt is better in every possible way. Production,lyrics.flows,subject matter and hooks

 

[JayBaldacci]

Reasonable doubt is better in every possible way. Production,lyrics.flows,subject matter and hooks

Nah, to many low points.

 

[vino]

They were made 2 years apart and give two totally different experiences. There's not a decision to be made on which is better. I don't know how you compare the two on which is better

 

[infamousred]

Illmatic>rd
Rd>any other nas album

 

[Danie84]

Cuz, just recently Reasonable Doubt got lauded as a Classic

...of course parts of the album makes the cypher complete

But, don't act like Ain't No nikka and the other half of the album wasn't a struggle

 

[BXKingPin82]

corny ass 22 two's makes that shyt fail to qualify

 

[Mike the Executioner]

Reasonable Doubt was the album that sold me on Jay-Z. When I first heard it, I realized that he deserved to be put in that class of elite emcees. Anyone who denies the album its praise is fooling themselves. Both "Dead Presidents" versions, "Can't Knock the Hustle," "Politics As Usual," "D'Evils," "Feelin' It," "Can I Live," "22 Two's," "Brooklyn's Finest." Even "Ain't No" was a decent song but Foxy threw it off to be honest. There are too many great tracks on this album not to call it a classic.

The problem is that when it came out, RD really did nothing to make Jay-Z pop like other artists. It just fit in with stuff like Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, The Infamous, and It Was Written. It was a great mafioso rap album, but it was a style everybody was using at the time. Nas really did end up making Jay a better rapper. Plus, there are some Reasonable Doubt tracks that could have been shaved off.

Illmatic sounds more cohesive, the lyricism is undoubtedly more advanced, and the production still holds up to this day. This album captured the absolute essence of what it was like to live in New York City at the time. Nas took hip hop in a completely different direction with Illmatic and made others follow suit. Jay-Z ended up being one of those people. I will say that Reasonable Doubt is a flashier, smoother version of Illmatic, and "Dead Presidents" is one of the greatest rap songs I have ever heard off the production alone.

 

[vaudevillevillain]

Nah, to many low points.

but the high points higher than nas high points