Illmatic or Ready to Die?

[Ibex]

How the fuck u gonna skip anything on Illmatic, and Ready to Die deffff don't shit on it, its just longer

One time 4 your mind was wack, and represent sounds dated as fuck. Illmatic was good but it's not the holy grail you niggas portray it to be. Stop letting The Source and Internet hiphop sites formulate your opinion on music.

 

[stealthbomber]

One time 4 your mind was wack, and represent sounds dated as fuck. Illmatic was good but it's not the holy grail you niggas portray it to be. Stop letting The Source and Internet hiphop sites formulate your opinion on music.

Nothing's formulating shit, it's just one of the best rap albums of all time, and that's that. If you just can't respect good rap thats ok, it only makes you a terrible person.

 

[Ibex]

Nothing's formulating shit, it's just one of the best rap albums of all time, and that's that. If you just can't respect good rap thats ok, it only makes you a terrible person.

Lol at me being a terrible person because I don't suck Illmatic's dick like the rest of you lemmings. I'm sorry but a 9 track album with at least 2 suspect songs can't be the greatest. Its not even NaS best album, IWW and Lost Tapes are far superior.

 

[verbal juke]

I enjoy both Albums but I have to go with Illmatic. Someone posted earlier they don't get what's the hype behind Illmatic. Well in my opinion Nas was the first artist to take street commentary and align it with the tactful narrative and keen analysis often found in conscious rap music. It was not aggressive as most of the Gansta/Street music out at the time, it was a different perspective. The album was simple, to the point, no skits just filled with a breakdown of a time period in one neighborhood.

 

[rip.dilla]

Illmatic is the greatest ALBUM in hiphop history

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[Cabana_Da_Don]

Illmatic is like getting high with a nigga from Queensbridge.

Ready To Die is like getting drunk with a nigga from Brooklyn.

Nahmsayin?

There's more to it, though. Illmatic is about being immersed in the worldview of the artist without being setup to understand it first. You're diving headlong into these themes without preparation and you're not necessarily expected to adapt, either. You just swim through it and if you have a good time, that's great! If you don't enjoy it, that's okay. Come back another time.

Read to Die is presented from start to finish in crystal clear terms that any English-speaking adult can understand. We can attribute this to the fact that BIG was formally educated and Nas was not. That's not a knock on either guy. It's just history. Biggie learned cross-cultural clarity and Nas never did.

Anyway, as far as pitting the authorial emcees against each other goes: AZ has the best verse on Illmatic. Biggie obviously has the best verse on RTD. Take that (take that take that) for what you will.

Interesting.It's obvious that Nas didn't give a fuck about the people that wouldnt understand him I guess it has to do with that underground real rap aura back in the days.Big was on some hardshit but he knew that everyone needed to understand him and needed everyone to think that he ws hot.

Shit I guess for the loe of the art Nas takes it for being himself.

 

[Cabana_Da_Don]

I enjoy both Albums but I have to go with Illmatic. Someone posted earlier they don't get what's the hype behind Illmatic. Well in my opinion Nas was the first artist to take street commentary and align it with the tactful narrative and keen analysis often found in conscious rap music. It was not aggressive as most of the Gansta/Street music out at the time, it was a different perspective. The album was simple, to the point, no skits just filled with a breakdown of a time period in one neighborhood.

Word.You hit it on the nose.He was looking it from a diferent point of view.Instead of ''I do this'' or ''I do that'' rap that young nigga was on some author shit.

 

[musicology1985]

Illmatic>>>>>>>>Ready to Die

 

[juelz21]

easily illmatic besides it being lyrically it had better musically.

 

[Str8Skippin]

Illmatic.

I loved Ready to Die too, but Illmatic is the greatest hip-hop album of all time. That album IS hip-hop.

 

[deathrowzorrow]

Illmatic.

I loved Ready to Die too, but Illmatic is the greatest hip-hop album of all time. That album IS hip-hop.

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[b.c.o.dcru]

Illmatic has more of a rawness to it. Ready to die tells a more realistic story.

I like illmatic by a nose.

 

[nineties]

easily illmatic besides it being lyrically it had better musically.

No it isn't.