Souljaboytellem.com is arguably relatively equal to Illmatic in some ways

Album Rating: 5.0

best rap album ever soooooo

Album Rating: 3.5

Really good review, especially the mini history lesson on gangster rap in the first paragraph. This IS one of the only rap albums I can listen to; smooth and to the point.

oh man wiz your metal creditiablity just plummeted on sputnik, for liking a rap album, the shame of it!

Album Rating: 5.0

a classic scoffs at the test of time and this simply can’t

Album Rating: 3.5

I was listening to this album before I was into metal. Plus, his lyrics and the way he puts his words together is just smooth.



But ya, I'm not so metal afterall.

Album Rating: 3.5

The two songs I mentioned specifically sound better today than they ever did but the rest of the album is so, so 90's.

Album Rating: 5.0

i mean, practically nothing sounds BETTER 15 years after it was made, but regardless, that isn't my understanding of the "test of time."

but the 90s are cool dawg

Album Rating: 3.5

It's not mine either. The test of time is how well an older album holds its weight next to a newer one, and this is pretty emotionally, thematically and technically vacant compared to what rap turned into.



Take this for example, compare this sound to Illmatic and tell me it isn't dated:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ykw0hQehxw

Album Rating: 4.5

i need moar rap liek dis

Album Rating: 5.0

"this is pretty emotionally, thematically and technically vacant compared to what mainstreamrap turned into"



fixed. i'd agree with that, but i think your idea of the test of time is a little off. I'd say if 15 years later, a majority of people are still calling the record "one of the greatest," then it has stood the test of time.

Album Rating: 3.5

That majority are comparing it to mainstream hip-hop. I mean if radio-hop was all I heard of rap I'd probably rate Illmatic a 7/5 but even the underground these days has progressed far beyond what Illmatic accomplished.

Album Rating: 5.0

a natural progression that built of what this album established. a lot of underground hip-hop still sounds a lot like this imo.



well, like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSHZmwgx5xs

I rarely ever say this but this review should be longer. It really sounds like you're on to something in your second paragraph but you abruptly drop it to wrap up. It's well written stylistically, but it needs a little bit more in terms of concrete examples to back up your thesis because as of right now I'm not buying what you're saying. And I havent heard this album

Album Rating: 3.5

Some rap is bound to sound like Illmatic to this day, but as a whole the genre took it way past Nas' own comprehension. He can't record anything these days without filler songs and his flow seems to get progressively worse.



I would have made this longer but I really just wanted to discuss the album with people and use the review as an ice breaker or whatever.

id be really interested in seeing what this review would look like if you expanded on your opinion a little bit

Album Rating: 3.5

I still have it saved on my computer, I'll re-write it soon.

Album Rating: 5.0

Nas took the underground into the mainstream and he is a legend for doing so; the rap game’s Kurt Cobain

Album Rating: 3.5

Well thats subjective, but you could say that Nas made the underground radio-worthy like Kurt did.