So Illmatic Got Bootlegged And Nas Had to Re-do the Album, Wheres the Bootleg Version at?

Good Kid Maad city
Ready to die
The chronic
Doggystyle
Life After death
Let's Get Free
OB4CL
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The Blueprint
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400 Degreez
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Southernplayalistic...
ATLiens
Aquemini
Devin The Dude
Chronic 2001
Stillmatic
College Dropout
MyBeautiful dark twisted fantasy
It's dark and hell is hot
Ridin Dirty
Trap or die
And more.....

 

And I don't give a fukk about no negs.

 

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Tracklist
1 Intro (Original Version With Uncleared Samples)
2 Things Done Changed (Original Version)
3 Gimme The Loot (Never Before Heard Uncensored Version)
4 Machine Gun Funk (DJ Premier's Version)Remix – DJ Premier
5 Warning (Original Version)
6 Ready To Die (Original Version With Different Beat)
7 One More Chance (Original Version With Uncleared Sample)
8 fukk Me (Interlude)
9 The What (Original Version With Unheard Lyrics)Featuring – Method Man
10 Juicy (Pete Rock's Version)Remix – Pete Rock
11 Everyday Struggle (Original Demo Mix)
12 Me & My bytch (Original Version With Different Beat)
13 Respect (Original Extended Edition)
14 Friend Of Mine (Original Demo Version)
15 Whatchu Want (Unreleased Original Version)
16 Suicidal Thoughts (Pete Rock's Version)Remix – Pete Rock
17 Come On (Unreleased Original Version)Featuring – Sadat X
18 Who Shot Ya? (Original Demo Mix)
19 For The Macs & Dons (Unreleased Track)
20 Pepsi Freestyle (Unreleased Track)
21 Biggie Got The Hype shyt (Unreleased 1991 Demo Track)

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Cause nas had more hype coming in, still just as much hype as the rest while they were popping... yet still sold far slower/less with the so called “greatest album ever”?

Hence the correlation to the bootlegs negative impact on the albums sales....




I really gotta stop replying to people who just wanna argue semantics all day cause they cant see the forest for the trees.

 

the bolded no but the non bolded to me imo yes

 

No to every single one.
There’s only 4 albums on there even on the same level as Illmatic.
Trap or Die

 

None of this has anything to do with what I said.
Illmatic went gold in its initial album run. Fact.
It sold well. Fact.
Is a billionaire not rich because Jeff Bezos has more money?

 

i had a copy on cassette. copied from my friends older brother. was too young to be buying shyt with my own money then like that. was able to cop IWW legitimately when it dropped though.

i remember it aint hard to tell dominated rap city's saturday top 10 for a long time at the number 1 slot. not sure how the sales were bc i wasnt following that shyt when i was a kid but for almost a year straight i heard the album everywhere

 

Eric Sermon says he has an unreleased illmatic he did for Nas that Nas spit on. He says he holdin on to it.

 

I agree that to me this isn't the holy trinity of rap albums..

But if you reflect at Nas's age, the rhymes he was kicking etc vs the rappers today at his age...

 

Wasn’t it recorded after Illmatic tho? More in early IWW sessions? Or more likely in that Mo Murder, Verbal Intercourse phase.

 

Oh he is a great rapper.....I like and own the album. Bought it in the stores when it came out. Just being real it ain't the end all be all like it's made out to be

 

Honestly, it didn't become the greatest album ever until years later. It definitely was a slow burn of an album. Doesn't take anything away from Nas or the album.

 

I believe it was early IWW
“Chris Winston - Yes I produced Deja Vu. It was well after Illmatic when Nas started working on It Was Written. He wrote the lyrics to Deja Vuwith me then ended up using the 1st Verse on Raekwon's joint.”

THE ILLER REGIME: Through the Lights, Camera and Action...

 

It can be mf 4 am in the morning and ‘It ain’t hard to tell’ can stay on repeat I gives a fukk!