- Hip Hop is dead
One of Nas worst single. Well the song wasn't bad to be honest, but first how retarded is it to come for your first single with the same sample as your previous album first single. Not only it was disrepectuf to Salaam Remi, producer of Thief's theme, but for the fans it stopped us for having a feeling of new for the first single. The chorus was average, at first I tought the will I am version was better but Thief's theme was grimier and better and the clip was better. Because Hip hop is dead is one of Nas worst clip, generic at best. With that kind of beat we could pull of a clip a la Eminem a funny one for change on a haunted castle for example but he kept it simple, too simple, but I guess that's not Nas.
Some would have think of putting Who killed it first, but I actually like the song, weird at first but the song has a deep meanig to it and a great atmosphere
im gonna get hate for this because the song is about his mom but i think Dance is one of his worst..
i think the hook is cringe worthy, the beat is corny, and his dad Olu Dara playing the Cornet at the end sounds like a 8 year old Stevie Wonder learning how to play the Harmonica
I might be over analyzing this shyt and giving Nas too much credit, but I personally always thought that he purposely reused the same sample, to sort of tie in the theme of Hip-Hop being dead.
fukkOUTTAHEREWITHTHATBULLshyt!!!!!10. Stay Scheming- I ain't tryna hear you sing nikka.
9. Poison- That shyt was zzzzzzzzz
8. Big Girl- That hook was so corny
7. Mr. President- Wack beat, corny message.
6. The Cross- Wack Eminem beat
5. Braveheart Party- Awful
4. I Can- Corny, SOFT.
3. Suicide Bounce- Dumb, weak ass beat
2. When Thugs Cry- KaySlay hollering all ova tha track like some gorilla, cheesy wack beat
1. Nas Is Coming- Sound like Dr. Dre sat his fat ass on a piano and recorded it.

So One Love, The World is Yours, Memory Lane, Represent, One Time 4 Your Mind, It Aint Hard to Tell were all wackMost of Illmatic. Outside of NY State of Mind and Life's a bytch (where he got washed on his own shyt) it was wack.
Yall nikkas retardedIllmatic and that one track where he's talkin like dikk Tracy characters...
done.
Yeah that shyt was trash. Listen to I Gave You Power, then listen to trashmatic and try to act like that garbage is profound. whenever anyone says illmatic was great or even good I lose respect for them as a person.So One Love, The World is Yours, Memory Lane, Represent, One Time 4 Your Mind, It Aint Hard to Tell were all wack
You're talking about an album that is widely considered to be the best album and definitely top 5
Yall nikkas retarded
The worst Nas track is "Nas Is Coming"
There must be mad dudes that you don't respect, Illmatic is critically and universally acclaimed. Heralded as Nas' best work and one of hip hop's best works.Yeah that shyt was trash. Listen to I Gave You Power, then listen to trashmatic and try to act like that garbage is profound. whenever anyone says illmatic was great or even good I lose respect for them as a person.
Anything as good as I Gave You Power or "If I Ruled the World" or damn near any track on IWW... that whole album shyts on illmatic. No one really likes illmatic they never even heard it, but somewhere along the line it became cool to praise it, so like sheep.......There must be mad dudes that you don't respect, Illmatic is critically and universally acclaimed. Heralded as Nas' best work and one of hip hop's best works.
It Was Written is dope, but it ain't better than Illmatic.
One Love and NY State of Mind are better than I Gave You Power. It Ain't Hard to Tell>If I Ruled the World.Anything as good as I Gave You Power or "If I Ruled the World" or damn near any track on IWW... that whole album shyts on illmatic. No one really likes illmatic they never even heard it, but somewhere along the line it became cool to praise it, so like sheep.......
Illmatic is a platinum selling album with over 1.5 million copies sold, plenty of people got it. Nas almost won lyricist of the year in '95 based on Illmatic.im gonna get hate for this because the song is about his mom but i think Dance is one of his worst..
i think the hook is cringe worthy, the beat is corny, and his dad Olu Dara playing the Cornet at the end sounds like a 8 year old Stevie Wonder learning how to play the Harmonica
