What makes illmatic a classic..

[H.I.M.]

Listen to the music before illmatic. And when I mean listen I mean listen to every artist who was hot, go through all the old albums before Illmatic. Once you've done that listen to illmatic and you'll understand why that shyt is a classic. Listen to the albums that came out right after illmatic came out and you'll see more reasons why it's a classic. Dude changed the way people rhymed.

Nas barely had a stylistic impact on most of the top rappers in his city from that era...let alone nationwide...FOH with this shyt

 

[Taco]

Nas barely had a stylistic impact on most of the top rappers in his city from that era...let alone nationwide...FOH with this shyt

Keep telling yourself that. Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess. Hov def changed his style up after illmatic was dropped.

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

Your mom got ran through when the homies were bumpin' Illmatic. You were concieved during Halftime.

 

[H.I.M.]

Keep telling yourself that. Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess. Hov def changed his style up after illmatic was dropped.

Before he adopted a variation of Biggie's flow & delivery around the time of Reasonable Doubt...he sounded nothing like nas...and never did really.

 

[SirBiatch]

Keep telling yourself that. Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess. Hov def changed his style up after illmatic was dropped.

Iron Chin's never been outside DC where all they bump is go-go. He knows more about go-go than he does hip hop. Ignore him.

 

[ManBearPig]

Nobody gives a fukk about what you think u lil bytch

 

[mobbinfms]

Iron Chin's never been outside DC where all they bump is go-go. He knows more about go-go than he does hip hop. Ignore him.

@Iron Chin Wilder is an alias troll breh. He used to post under the name tony muthafukking Tubbs.
Click on this to see him posting about how Illmatic was better than any Pac album (he edited the post later ). You have to actually click on the post.

 

[H.I.M.]

Iron Chin's never been outside DC where all they bump is go-go. He knows more about go-go than he does hip hop. Ignore him.

There's nothing on Illmatic... content wise that a cacnadian would even be able to relate to...save for monkey flippin rappers & gunfights with megacops?

Fail to realize how your input is necessary on a subject a cacnadian has no qualifications to speak on.

 

[intilectual recipricol]

Awful lyrics and awful beats.

 

[Screwtape]

it has improved with age, even though it was mildly overlooked at the time due to the explosion of biggie etc. Jay z fans will say the same about RD






















but they are wrong

 

[intilectual recipricol]

The biggest lie in hip hop is that nikkaz started rappin like naS. 1st off naS started rappin like rakim. 2nd off naS changed his whole style, for the better, on IWW to what other nikkaz were doing. So its the exact opposite the game changed naS style because naS came out with that bullshyt and no one bought it... Left that shyt lonely on the shelf at record stores if they had it at all. Meanwhile literally everyone else in rap was going plat.

 

[B-Mint94]

The fact that people still talk about it 21 years later pretty much cements it as a hip hop classic.

 

[intilectual recipricol]

The fact that people still talk about it 21 years later pretty much cements it as a hip hop classic.

Not if they only talk about it to say its not classic...

 

[B-Mint94]

Not if they only talk about it to say its not classic...

LOL! The fact that you are so focused on trying to convince people that it's not a classic is hilarious.