"time is illmatic"

[Prae]

This thread backfired something awful. Yet another amazing verse on the only album that comes close to rivaling The Infamous as the GOAT.

Has there been a greater waste of raw talent and potential than Lupe Fiasco? I guess Canibus? Prodigy > Lupe

Part of me wants to say Saigon. Not a complete waste, but I feel like Saigon is a guy who didn't live up to his potential.

 

[ManBearPig]

Part of me wants to say Saigon. Not a comaste, but I feel like Saigon is a guy who didn't live up to his potential.

He is basically did what he could have done. Maybe without a club banger or 2

I always look at him as a freeway calibur rapper and not some next Jayz or Nas

 

[Danny Up]

lol @ this nonsense

I'll just end this right now.

"I put Tupac beyond Shakespeare. "
Nas

But you said Nas was a dumbass liar, now his word is golden when it applies to 1Pac

 

[villain]

Ima give you somewhat of a pass because you admitted you were pullin shyt out your ass... i respect nikkaz keepin it real...

but the bolded... this nikka is a jr high dropout, that cant write well... do you think he knows what the word "static" means in the sense you used it? Nah, he was talkin about not using Downy dryer sheets.

im fukkin dyin

you one of the last mohicans of that old SOHH humor

 

[UpAndComing]

Ima give you somewhat of a pass because you admitted you were pullin shyt out your ass... i respect nikkaz keepin it real...

but the bolded... this nikka is a jr high dropout, that cant write well... do you think he knows what the word "static" means in the sense you used it? Nah, he was talkin about not using Downy dryer sheets.

Malcolm X was a jr high school dropout... Elijah Muhammad and Billie Holiday dropped out of elementary school. So whats your point?

 

[ISO]

This nikka mad because his three gawds Lupe, Jay and Tupac are/were Nas stans

 

[Foxmulder]

So he used his poetic license to rap about shyt pac actually went through.

"You livin fantasies nikka"

Don't hate me, hate the money I see, clothes that I buy
Ice that I wear, clothes that I try, close your eyes
Picture me rollin, sixes, money foldin
bytches honies that swollen to riches, Nas get in ya
Most critically acclaimed Pulitzer, prize winner
Best storyteller thug narrator my style's greater
Model dater, big threat to a lot of you haters
Commentators ringside try watchin my paper
Almost a decade, quite impressive
Most of the best is in the essence
for this rap shyt that I stand for
Expandin more to the big screen, Bill Gates dreams
But it seems you'd rather see me in jail with state greens
Want me off the scene fast, but good things last
like your favorite MC still makin some mean cash
First rapper to bring a platinum plaque, back to the projects
but you still wanna hate, be my guest, I suggestI'm sure you and the OP understand this verse though.

 

[Piff Perkins]

I always took it as "Time is short/priceless." Shot because of the untimely death of Ill Will, priceless/valuable because the album was straight piff

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

But you said Nas was a dumbass liar, now his word is golden when it applies to 1Pac

 

[Torrential]

Time is Illmatic keep static like wool fabric
Pack a four-matic that crack your whole cabbage.


LIFES A bytch AND THEN YA DIE

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

Don't hate me, hate the money I see, clothes that I buy
Ice that I wear, clothes that I try, close your eyes
Picture me rollin, sixes, money foldin
bytches honies that swollen to riches, Nas get in ya
Most critically acclaimed Pulitzer, prize winner
Best storyteller thug narrator my style's greater
Model dater, big threat to a lot of you haters
Commentators ringside try watchin my paper
Almost a decade, quite impressive
Most of the best is in the essence
for this rap shyt that I stand for
Expandin more to the big screen, Bill Gates dreams
But it seems you'd rather see me in jail with state greens
Want me off the scene fast, but good things last
like your favorite MC still makin some mean cash
First rapper to bring a platinum plaque, back to the projects
but you still wanna hate, be my guest, I suggestI'm sure you and the OP understand this verse though.

dont waste gems on these clowns. amazing how some people can jump in the pool of hip hop and still cant get wet