D_Rap_Scholar
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I was working late when it became midnight, so I couldn't post right away. But as soon I got home, I took out my head phones, and began blasting my favorite Illmatic remixes:
before hitting the sack, I'd like to take this moment to honor what is truly, without a doubt, one of hip-hop's best albums ....a timeless, splendid and beautiful work of music.... one that, I hope, will be remembered as the album that told the story of hip hop, and what hip hop was, and is, to heads like ourselves.
This album changed how we felt about the culture of hip hop, and the stories that it could tell about our lives.
In fact, it is one of the few rap albums out there, that can be legitimately ranked along with the most acclaimed music albums in history, spanning all genres and periods. Illmatic is nothing less, than hip hop's gift to the world
And I wanna thank Nas for giving us soooo much dopeness to look back upon...
Thank you Nas, for sharing your life with us. And thank you again, for helping the world see what the essence of hip hop, is all about.
One Love, April 19 2014
before hitting the sack, I'd like to take this moment to honor what is truly, without a doubt, one of hip-hop's best albums ....a timeless, splendid and beautiful work of music.... one that, I hope, will be remembered as the album that told the story of hip hop, and what hip hop was, and is, to heads like ourselves.
This album changed how we felt about the culture of hip hop, and the stories that it could tell about our lives.
In fact, it is one of the few rap albums out there, that can be legitimately ranked along with the most acclaimed music albums in history, spanning all genres and periods. Illmatic is nothing less, than hip hop's gift to the world
And I wanna thank Nas for giving us soooo much dopeness to look back upon...Thank you Nas, for sharing your life with us. And thank you again, for helping the world see what the essence of hip hop, is all about.
One Love, April 19 2014
aladdin1978
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"I woke up early on my born day, I'm 20 it's a blessing..."
Built 4 cuban linx
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_Menace_;6965473 said:
Nigga we got like 8 threads on this
DOPEdweebz
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Nas is the only reason why we have "GOAT" and "ETHER" reactions.
If you havent listened to Illmatic yet, kys.
If you havent listened to Illmatic yet, kys.
genocidecutter
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Dammit I was gonna make this thread
Built 4 cuban linx
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_Menace_;6965809 said:
Lol aight
favorite songs
Nas - Represent:
Nas -- One Love:
Nas - The World Is Yours:
Built 4 cuban linx
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Oh and
Nas NY State of Mind:
This album seems to be a gift and a curse for nas. It's a gift for obvious reasons but a curse because everything he does since has been compared to it. Great albums have been labeled "wack or mediocre" cause it's not illmatic
Nas NY State of Mind:
This album seems to be a gift and a curse for nas. It's a gift for obvious reasons but a curse because everything he does since has been compared to it. Great albums have been labeled "wack or mediocre" cause it's not illmatic
Nas bars are so incredible sometimes that it's disgusting.. unfair to these other rap niggas. Here we are 20 years into his career and he still is spitting the best bars out. His verses on Triple Beam Dreams, Rewind, Bravehearted, Stillmatic intro(couldn't even get to Ether, I was stuck on this..listened to it 20 times straight), Lil Waynes outro, The entire Life is Good album and countless other songs have kept hip hop alive..and the fact that he's a good person makes me root for him more. Salute the king.
Trillaaaaaa
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I already got the 10th anniversary with On the Real on it
I'm thinkin bout coppin the 20th just to be part of history
I'm thinkin bout coppin the 20th just to be part of history
Idiopathic Joker
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This album will always be the standard for lyrical hip hop
rapmastermind
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1994. 20 Years ago The Year my 2 favorite Emcees changed the course of Rap Music as we know it.
ILLmatic = Old Testament
Ready To Die = New Testament
What these two albums prove is that Hip Hop hasn't evolved as both of them are still shitting on what's being released musically and lyrically. But I'm very proud and happy to be a lifelong NaS fan. It's crazy to look back at how this album just really overtook me as I was going from Middle School to High School. Crazy I had both "ILLmatic" and "Ready To Die" on cassette. Kids today probably wouldn't know what a tape was if they saw it, lol. But NaS survived the times Literally. The Skill and Knowledge he kicked will forever keep him in GOAT discussions. With that I leave you with probably one of my fav lyrics from the album:
"I Switched my motto/instead of saying f*ck tomorrow/that buck that brought a bottle could of struck the lotto"
ILLmatic = Old Testament
Ready To Die = New Testament
What these two albums prove is that Hip Hop hasn't evolved as both of them are still shitting on what's being released musically and lyrically. But I'm very proud and happy to be a lifelong NaS fan. It's crazy to look back at how this album just really overtook me as I was going from Middle School to High School. Crazy I had both "ILLmatic" and "Ready To Die" on cassette. Kids today probably wouldn't know what a tape was if they saw it, lol. But NaS survived the times Literally. The Skill and Knowledge he kicked will forever keep him in GOAT discussions. With that I leave you with probably one of my fav lyrics from the album:
"I Switched my motto/instead of saying f*ck tomorrow/that buck that brought a bottle could of struck the lotto"
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