Will Reasonable Doubt ever get the same treatment as Illmatic?

[genocidecutter]

No because its not as good

 

[tompetrez3]

The main reason why it hasnt been remade or talked about as an legit classic because the album is fuckin wack. Boring production, off beat flow, generic mid 90s mafioso big willie rap lyrics. Nobody was bumping the shit in 96. I cant name 1 person who bought that album besides myself in 1996. 99% of niggas didnt even know RD existed until 2001. No it will never get the same treatment. RD isnt a classic. Never was and never will be

 

[moedays]

I don't remember "It Was Written" dropping a week after "Reasonable Doubt", but apparently it did. Probably why it gets overlooked.

 

[DMTxTHC]

 

[BobOblah]

I never heard any 'Ode to Illmatic’ or ‘Elmatic'. I don't think anyone needs to try to remake Reasonable Doubt either.

 

[andre_1024]

Probably not...does it deserve to?? Probably not..I respect what RD stands for tho..

 

[loch121]

Both classics but, Illmatic was first and groundbreaking.

Nas made pen games improve

 

[Disciplined InSight]

No...and I agree @loch121's post.

Illmatic made muthafuckas up their pen game.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Both classics but, Illmatic was first and groundbreaking.

Nas made pen games improve

Far from ground breaking.You can hear how amateur Nas sounds compared to RD where Jay master the art of rapping on his debut.Granted he was older when he recorded the album.Nas did not master rap until IWW.The legendary producers carried Nas on Illmatic.

 

[YamoleySensei]

Nope, event though Reasonable Doubt is clearly the better album

 

[jono]

Nah there's no point. Illmatic is a standard bearer just like Paid In Full or Straight Outta Compton. Those joints exploded on the scene and never went away. RD was released to little or no fanfare and was rediscovered only because Jay-Z was successful later on.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm not like that other cat who said RD was wack, I'm jussayin it had no initial impact. Perhaps it was ahead of its time, there is plenty of evidence that it might have been but also there is the fact that RD was released on a small label with little or no marketing. Could be any number of reasons.

In any event Illmatic is a hip-hop jewel. Dudes like to pay homage, that's fine. Elmatic was raw too by the way. Elzhi is a good rapper. Fashawn is straight too.

 

[juan travolta]

always thought RD was dope. Jay-z was spitting like a motherfucker.

 

[Trockm]

In my book their both great classic albums.. You can make an argument over which one is better but, there both dope

 

[rip.dilla]

A song from Reasonable Doubt sampled vocals off Illmatic

LOL

 

[DMTxTHC]

A song from Reasonable Doubt sampled vocals off Illmatic

LOL

 

[real_hh_rep]

What's the point of this thread? To discredit Reasonable Doubt again? It's best Jay album and one of the most important mafioso-style albums of era. Although it's not as influential as Illmatic, it's classic anyway.

 

[LUClEN]

*prepares self to catch wacks*

I like the black album better personally, so no.

 

[nineties]

The main reason why it hasnt been remade or talked about as an legit classic because the album is fuckin wack. Boring production, off beat flow, generic mid 90s mafioso big willie rap lyrics. Nobody was bumping the shit in 96. I cant name 1 person who bought that album besides myself in 1996. 99% of niggas didnt even know RD existed until 2001. No it will never get the same treatment. RD isnt a classic. Never was and never will be

it isn't a classic but it isn't wack.

 

[Black Boy King]

No because Jay has better work than Reasonable Doubt

 

[nawledge_god]

Reasonable Doubt Is A Revisionist Classic....Hov's Best Album Yes But Not An Instant Classic..Nobody Was Bumpin RD When That Shit Dropped....Niggaz Didn't Know Who Jay-Z Was Til Vol.2