Nas Illmatic
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LambsBread
February 5th 2015


6522 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

thats good and all but



I'm stuck inside the future and life is chaotic

The government is psychotically racist and robotic

The matrix of entrapment is socio-economic

Erotic conspiracy theory becomes reality

Life is war, and every day's a battle to me

I'm on the brink of insanity, between extreme intelligence and split personalities

But I elevate to the point of reversing gravity

Revolutionary conceptuality spitting out of me

Even the dead people in my family tell me they proud of me



and



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg_bJQ6irnA







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XajYnqGh-c0

iamamanfromspace
February 5th 2015


1030 Comments


It's funny cos you have the album rated lower than him

LambsBread
February 5th 2015


6522 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

um ok but Nas is rhyming less syllables than Tech, and rhyming about self-discovery is more

narcissistic than rhyming about the government. Plus you just picked one single line and called it

generic, after you just posted a 16 bar quote that is like half about 'getting money'...beat it

buster.

HalfManHalfAmazing
February 5th 2015


2795 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

this review would make a lot more sense if you didn't give Illmatic a perfect score, it's really hard for me to wrap my head around the idea an album one would consider a 5/5 could be overrated

HalfManHalfAmazing
February 5th 2015


2795 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Elmatic is pretty much better than this

Keyblade
February 5th 2015


30810 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

man, i aint jammed elmatic or elzhi for that matter in a good minute

granitenotebook
Emeritus
February 5th 2015


1312 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

solid review, better than people are saying. it could do with a bit less comparison, and it definitely comes across as a lot lower than a 5. (it's not like you say the album is awful, just that you talk a lot about how it's not -that- good for how short your review is.) but well-written, good points, etc. out of curiosity what would be your rating if you could do 4.6, 4.7, etc

LepreCon
February 5th 2015


5482 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

ElZhi and Elmatic better than Nas and Illmatic? Bro give me whatever it is you're smoking

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
February 5th 2015


29710 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

thats the wrongest thing ive ever heard nas' flow on this album is second to none



and if you're going off what was written instead of whats said then youre doing it wrong.

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
February 5th 2015


29710 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

agreed, hiphop is all about the flow and the way nas spits on this album is like nothing was even written down, sounds like he just went to the studio and did it on the spot.

Keyblade
February 5th 2015


30810 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

word. right off the bat on NY State of Mind he goes "I don't even know how to start this shit yo"

VaxXi
February 5th 2015


4418 Comments


I only picked up this album because World Is Yours was one of my favorite tracks from Tony Hawk's Underground.

DikkoZinner
February 5th 2015


5370 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Lambs, you prefer It Was Written to this?



I mean it has some good tracks but this eats it.

PappyMason
February 5th 2015


5702 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@VaxXi, then your in for a treat.



I can't believe the dude was like 17 when he did this. I mean the way he spits it, everything is so vivid. That's one of the reasons I like it so much, 'NY State of Mind' is just crazy for me.



NeroCorleone80
February 5th 2015


34618 Comments


If anything I find 36 Chambers to be an "overrated classic". Never dug it nearly as much as this, Ready to Die, The Infamous, Liquid Swords or other 90s classics.

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
February 5th 2015


29710 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i sort of agree with that, 36 chambers always felt like a compilation of singles moreso than a fully realized album



liquid swords is still the best wu tang lp

DikkoZinner
February 5th 2015


5370 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"liquid swords is still the best wu tang lp"



ob4cl not far behind.

PappyMason
February 5th 2015


5702 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I agree with what you guys said about 36 Chambers.



OB4CL is actually my favourite WU album.

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
February 5th 2015


29710 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

deck always had my favorite flow of the bunch, wish he had done a killer solo album

VaxXi
February 5th 2015


4418 Comments


Never was a fan of 36 Chambers nor Ready To Die to be honest, neither are bad albums but they were never my cup of tea.

I do think Pharaohe Monch's debut album was pretty killer though.



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