The Saga of the Legend Known as Dretox/Shadyteam/Wonderland/HazeNAlize/Bigavelli/Piff

[krow132]

Naw never heard of them niggaz

run- dmc or jam master jay

LMAO!!!! funniest shit I read all day

 

[nyst8ofmin]

t/s is clueless

 

[edutained_by_hh]

How does someone who isn't from or live in the NY or the US for that matter, have such a strong opinion on Hip-Hop in the US? I don't understand this.

 

[ShadyTeam]

An amazing classic Album that is Lyrically ill but the Album lacks replay value

 

[bull6599]

1 of the basic requirements of a classic is high replay value so I wold say no...it does sound a lil dated though and hasn't aged as well as some other classics imo.

 

[5th Letter]

I think albums like Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP and Eminem Show are better examples.

See we can play these games all day.

 

[5th Letter]

1 of the basic requirements of a classic is high replay value so I wold say no...it does sound a lil dated though and hasn't aged as well as some other classics imo.

I dont think an album replay value can be judged by how well it aged?

You have albums like Paid in Full that sounds VERY 80's but is still considered classic. Yes I agree Illmatic didn't age well but it's still a classic.

 

[bull6599]

I dont think an album replay value can be judged by how well it aged?

You have albums like Paid in Full that sounds VERY 80's but is still considered classic. Yes I agree Illmatic didn't age well but it's still a classic.

I agree w/ the bolded. 2 clear any misunderstanding i dont think that either. I believe a classic can either perfectly capture the sound/feeling of the era it was made in or sounds like it was released yesterday years after its release.

 

[5th Letter]

I agree w/ the bolded. 2 clear any misunderstanding i dont think that either. I believe a classic can either perfectly capture the sound/feeling of the era it was made in or sounds like it was released yesterday years after its release.

Good point.

 

[lamontbdc]

I dont think an album replay value can be judged by how well it aged?

You have albums like Paid in Full that sounds VERY 80's but is still considered classic. Yes I agree Illmatic didn't age well but it's still a classic.

tht's one thinga i use to make sure it really was a classic if you can listen to an album 10 years later and it doesn't sound dated then it is true in my opinion though i agree illmatic is a classic but it didn't age well and sounds dated besides a few songs like to me all of onyx music sounds dated though at the time it was the shit

 

[5th Letter]

tht's one thinga i use to make sure it really was a classic if you can listen to an album 10 years later and it doesn't sound dated then it is true in my opinion though i agree illmatic is a classic but it didn't age well and sounds dated besides a few songs like to me all of onyx music sounds dated though at the time it was the shit

That's one of the knocks on Illmatic but it did capture the feel of that era though.

On another note bull6599 saved this thread from being locked.

 

[sickbizzle]

replay value is one of Illmatic's greatest attributes.

 

[Ibex]

Replay value on It Was Written is better...

 

[doobster]

I find that the way illmatic sounds is the reason that I still play it. I still love this album

 

[Steeler]

Lame as nigga. Illmatic is and will always be the GREATEST RAP ALBUM OF ALL TIME.

 

[ShadyTeam]

It's a culture

A kid wearing an Adidas top like this with shell toes, a Fitted Cap, hanging out at a basketball court in Harlem, listening to The Slim Shady LP on his I-Pod, sagging his jean's, with his shoe laces tied a certain way, body covered with tattoos, earrings and a chain

That's Hip-Hop culture and even if the Music never existed anymore the culture will always live on a group of kid's hanging out in the project staircase just listening to Music and smoking weed as silly as it sounds that is Inner City street culture and as long as poor people exist that culture will never go away even if Rap Music stopped existing

 

[Age187]

People who think Illmatic doesn't have replay value just don't really get it. I've had that album for almost 10 years, and I still have a great time listening to it. One of the purest hip hop albums ever.

 

[ShadyTeam]

The last classic Album to come outta New York is Life After Death by Biggie in 1997

 

[ShadyTeam]

Swagger is apart of the culture

 

[5th Letter]

NY fell off because people from NY aren't wearing Adidas? That might be one of the dumbest shit I ever read.