I give it 10.........that's the best album I ever heard in my life........
best album ever 10/10 truely classic, end of discussion
yeah, its 10/10
one of the purest hip-hop albums of all time, inspiration for a lot of artist
and has 'The world is yours' and 'One love' on it...how can't you LOVE it?
Only thing i don't like about Illmatic is that there's only 9 songs. This album should've had at least 15-16 songs. After listening to only 9 songs, he made me want more music from him. Illmatic is a classic album because of the hardcore beats and rhymes. Nas hasn't made a tight album since Illmatic. I know a lot of ya'll will disagree with me about that but that's my opinion and everybody has their own opinion. I just think Nas should've stayed hardcore and underground because when It Was Written came out, he changed and became mainstream. I think that's what made him lose some fans. I wish The World Is Yours remix was on the album. That remix is the shit. I like at the end of the remix when he's talking and he says i wanna give a shoutout to the whole fucking Queens. My man Tipster on the boards, keeping it real lord. The Queensbridge nation getting it on. Faking no fucking jacks. Fuck around and get your wig pushed back LOL. The video was hard too. LOL@white dude getting robbed in the alley by 2 black girls. Didn't QTip produce the remix?
You don't know that the album wouldn't have been good if it had more songs.
i liked the album alot...a classic in my opnion...most people say the production is "lack luster" or not very good, but that's because "nas" outhshines the beats (and it would be no better with any others) i LOVE this album!
1. The Genesis
2. N.Y. State of Mind 10/10 Timeless classic
3. Life's A Bitch 9/10 Lyrics was on point but the hook was annoying imo
4. The World Is Yours 10/10
5. Halftime 10/10
6. Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park) 10/10
7. One Love 10/10
8. One Time 4 Your Mind 10/10
9. Represent 10/10
10. It Ain't Hard To Tell 10/10
89/90
Classic album.
"Da Mysteries of Chessboxin', first of all the word "mystery" means "unknown", you know, and the game of chess is like life, so in reality there is no mysteries to chess, it's just to those who don't understand life"- The GZA
one time 4 yo mind one time... that shit is the shit... bassline is chillin killin my braincells...
I C.R.E.A.M
Albums I'm currently bumpin:
1. Method Man- 4:21...The Day After
2. Jeru the Damaja- Wrath of the Math
3. Nas- The World is Yours (original remix)
There's only one thing y'all missed... Whole album is as one big song, every track matches the one before and the one after. Nas was talking a big tale - listen to the lyrics and it sounds whole time he's talking to the listener what did he see and feel.
Top 1 album of hip-hop ever from "Street's disciple, my mind is triflin'" till "It ain't hard to tell".
BTW who produced Genesis?
"The Devil is not the Prince of Matter; the Devil is the arrogance of the spirit, faith without smile, truth that is never seized by doubt. The Devil is grim because he knows where he is going, and, in moving, he always returns whence he came."
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