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  • How the fuck does a song like "lollipop" like Lil Gay .. oops i meant wayne... anyways, how does that shit get considered hip hop.. let alone music!? Shit is stupid now-a-days..

  • "unofficials that more woolie thai, i dropped outta coolie high, gassed up by some coke head cutie pie""

  • this reminds me of the ride to skool in the mornin freshmen year.

  • this reminds me of paris, out of the glacière metro station, lovin dis song

  • this reminds me of big l in the start

  • Word to Christ, a disciple of streets, trifle on beats

    I decipher prophecies through a mic and say peace.

  • people may not really know who he is but he is up there with the rap gods

  • Ohhhhhhhh the classics!

  • PUN EATS ALL MC'S LITERALLY...LOL

  • @crich06355 True, Big Pun brings metaphors I never coulda fathomed by myself, but you can't deny Nas brought a rugged sound that hip hop never heard before... Definitely one of the greats, up there with Pun...

  • PUN EATS ALL MC LITERALLY...LOL

  • I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners

    Henessey holders and old school niggaz

  • Who did he sampled "Comin outta Queensbridge", from? Cant figure it out?

  • @trademark1874 droppin science- craig g

  • CLASSIC SHIT! i miss the 90's hip hop

  • illmatic is the greatest rap album of all time and one of the greatest albums of all time period.

  • yea theirs a "greater power" thats filtering out real hip hop -.- and it sucks were left with wack s***

  • i cant listen to tadays hip hop. turn on the radio and its annoying. isnt it time to make an oldy station for hip hop?

  • illmatic iz 1 of da best things tha eva happend 2 hip hop word tuh motha n dem niggas lyk fat cat,alpo,az,rich,n preme team need tuh b on ''American Gangster'' lol. nas is da ILLEST though

  • straight up New York joint. 

  • haha, Nas aint changed a bit.

    best lyricist, not only alive. Ever!

    Fuck Lil' Gayne, his shit should be banned!

  • 6 WORDS, SIMPLY THA BEST ALBUM EVER MADE

  • @DJ4000VOLT tha isnt a word.. with how good this is he deserves IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER MADE

  • @TheOnelastcast does it look like i care people kno wut i mean thats why im onna tha top comments so quit complainin and enjoy tha music

  • I know almost every lyrics site has the phrase "chocolate blunts make me see him.." but i thinks its "childhood lesson makes me see him..", like losing someone close to him as a kid was a metaphorical lesson to help shape him into who he is. Good call on "interact" instead of "into rap".

    The line "grew up in trife life, did times and white lines, the hype vice, muderous nighttimes and knife fights and blight crimes is the best flowing line EVER.

    The second verse is my favorite rap verse ever.

  • I was born when this song came out. In year 1994. This song is the shit!!!

  • YOU GUYS ARE ALL GAY AND TO WHITE GET OVER IT, ITS JUST FUCKING SONG AND NOT ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

  • I was in high school when this came out , it was dope then , it is dope now . REAL HIPHOP !

  • for real a nickle plateds my fate.. my medicine is the ganja***************.... this is probably one f my top 3 fav nas songs

  • for real a nickle plateds my fate.. my medicine is the ganja***************.... this is probably one f my top 3 fav nas songs

  • my nickle plateds my fate.... my medicine if the ganja

  • man my first language isn't english and he is SO hard to understand

  • I'm listening to this shit right now 15 years deep; and this lyrcism is even deeper than I ever thought.

  • Best Track On This Album.

  • its too tru

  • man its funny how people say fuck hip hop and nas is wack and soulja boy and lil wayne and newboyz is better its just that these ppl dnt understand real shit and real muzic they to busy thinking about dances and wannabe gangster shit nas is a lyrical poet super talented and these people dont understand him cuz they stupid and lost real folks like us understand the lyrics and da feel of the muzic and that means we like steps ahead of these fake ppl

  • I'm feelin this man, not many people understand what real hip hop sounds like.

  • @Omiwan236 i know just check those rap instrumentals on youtube

  • @Omiwan236 Faggot trying to be special? FOOL.

  • @Omiwan236 Word, I understand everything hes saying and its amazing.

  • the guys unreal

  • how old waz nas when he 1 came out.great track.

  • About 20 years old. Maybe 19 when he recorded the original demo version.

  • Best cut of Illmatic in my opinion

  • this song is badass.

  • I think its safe to say that Nas IS the best lyricist there has been.

  • behind Big L of course

  • Sentence begins indented.. with formality

    My duration's infinite, moneywise or physiology

    Can someone explain what does he mean by sentence begins indented? an indentation is to start the first line of a paragraph inwards to the right...so how can a sentence begin inwards to the right? :S also his durations infinite, moneywise or physiology...physiology is the study of how systems and organs etc function...how can his duration be physiology? someone break it down 4 me plz...thanks

  • @R9biggestfan

    his duration is infinite moneywise meaning he'll have money forever, and live forever as well, thus physiology.

  • @401reppintime Im the only kid at my school who knows Illmatic

  • Man that dude Daniel keeps talkin about Nas Why

  • Pete Rock & Deda - Nothing More

  • sickest intro verse!!!

  • Okay time to confess I'm a 12 yr old and I hate Wayne for too many reasons but i gotta a friend named Daniel who says Nas is weak and Wayne is best but he hasn't heard any nas album. This is my 2nd fav track on dis album after Halftime

  • @kgnappyboy ur friends fuckin retarded then

    but do u and let him do him

  • its fuckin terrible how a kid today only knows albums like tha carter 3 and have no clue about illmatic

  • @401reppintime true that we need some1 to boost hip hop where it belongs none of the garbage they put out today under the title of hip hop... but its the generation that makes the trend i guess they choose to make bullshit

  • tells u there is sumtin wrong wif our kids of 2day

  • I dont have a list 1-10 or watever buuut i would include.. Nas, Biggie, Big L, Tupac probably Wu Tang or atleast GZA, Maybe bone thugs, Maybe NWA, maybe immortal Technique. But this album is definately the best of all time (well so far and probably forever)...

  • tru, well said

  • yo man nas is a lyrical genius

  • man, the instant picture that comes to me when i listen these songs, is the picture of new york even though i`ve never been there X) Nas a real represent ...

  • A LYRICALLY BEAST!!

  • fuck dmx man , nas is one of the most original mc's u can hav , hes the guy these modern rapstars aspire to be like, and isnt it ironik hes from new york which is the home to rap and hip hop

  • no order.....

    2pac, biggie, method man, q tip, big l, big pun, kool g rap, jay z, rakim, talib kweli, mos def, nas, dmx, eminem, krs one, scarface, ill bill, q- unique, gza

  • Now Atleast Today Its Still Guys Like Nas Who Keep HipHop/Rap Alive

  • mine revised (lyricist[S]) 1.a tribe called quest 2.nasty nas 3.big l 4.rakim 5.biggie 6.jay-z 7.mos def 8.andre 3000 9.common 10.talib kweli 11.eminem 12.meth man
  • whaa? no tupac? ha knew how to rhyme...

    RIP 2pac!

  • i kno its cliche to put tupac at number one for a lot of people, but to forget about him all together?? nah nah, hes gotta be there somwhere man

  • i didnt forget. dont get me wrong he is one of the greatest rappers of all time but, lyrically i dont think he is up there

  • not everyone thinks 2pac is god, he wasnt as lyrically talented as many rappers wen it came to rapping skills. a lot of his shit didnt even rhyme

  • 2pac style is what makes him. hes poetic, metaphorical, yet his message is so clear. He puts soul n emotion into the music. He doesn't give a fuck about what ppl think of him. While most rappers rap about money n riches he raps about the stuff that needs ppls attention like the hood, the poor, n all other ppl that have fucked up lives. if u dont like him its clearly bcuz u dont understand him

  • ur wrong all the way. i love his music, i used to be a very big fan of his. i just didnt like some of the choices he made and also i seen a lot of rappers that i think are better, and pac also rapped about bitches and money so dont make him mr saint

  • fuck u for that shitty comment

  • fuck your life for not staying outta what dont concern u

  • True, except that Tupac did rap about riches, fame, and thug life in a couple of his albums. He got more aggressive as a rapper with time and produced more explicit, rage filled tracks, along with songs that addressed socio-economic issues.

  • thats wrong

    go listen to pac properly

  • @abeyysmart How am I wrong? Clearly it is you who needs to "listen to pac properly" and listen to what he is actually saying in his songs.

  • best mc's ever no order Rakim Allah Nasty Nas Biggie Tupac Shakur Krs-one Big L Kool G Rap commom enimem mos def
  • mobb deep?

  • only one great album couldnt place them in that list there good tho

  • hahaha listen to some Jayz,Nas,MosDEf,Imortal Technique,Talib kweli,Icecube,and wooh! many more!

  • @EasternSuburbs1 this is the only list so far i agree with everyone of them

  • @EasternSuburbs1 NO KOOL KEITH??? No GZA??? NO GURU???NO Masta ACE???NO Kweli??? hmmmm

  • i take back my comment about food & liquor cause i didnt rele listen to that album. but he refrained from cursin and talkin about controversial shit in food & liquor, so he was fully expressed in The Cool.. thats a good ass cd

  • kanye west and lupe fiasco are rele good too.. lupe on 'the cool' not so much food & liquor

  • food & Liquor was a really intellegent album and it went over a lotta people's heads like american terrorist was an amazing song but a lotta people didn't get the album

  • i don't think ice cube is all that much of a lyricist

  • lil wayne raps abou the same thing in every song...it gets old.

    Not putting Nas in th etop 5 lyricists of all time is laughable.

  • i dont know nas' music well enough to put him up there

  • wtf? Lil Wayne is not a fucking lyricists.

    And Em fell of after he started doing all those pop songs wit 50

  • also common sense

  • top ten lyricist 1.biggie 2.nasty nas 3.rakim 4.jay-z 5.big l 6.mos def 7.eminem 8.andre 3000 9.krs one 10.talib kweli
  • common?? AZ?? gang starr??

  • yea i know illmatic was prob one of the best albums made an big had 3, ready to die, life after death an born again still not that many but i still think he was one of the illist mcs in the game n nas is ill but i dont think he could comapre to big or big l on a freestyle level listen to the wickedest freestyle prop one of the best made

  • back then like i could listen to bigs albums without changing the song cause there were all classic nowadays mad mcs have alot of gay songs tell me whos cd u can listen to know with out skipping a song like mad people dont like em but i think hes pretty ill if u listen to some of his songs an here what he is saying u could understand some shit more like 2pac all his songs he spoke the truth about shit in the world or whatever an nas 2 u hear his lyrics basically telling stories in most of them

  • theres only ever been one album iv heard that i listened to the wholething without skipping a song and thats illmatic NaS has had some terrible songs and nastradamus was just awful but listen to illmatic and tell me hes not at least on bigs level I mean NY State of mind, actually pretty much all of the songs iv posted - theyre amazing. Like i said its not about who had the most albums but if your gonna say bigs the best 2 is not enough I could name you 50 nas songs that are just as good as bigs

  • very tru..u hv the whole illmatic album posted here?

  • yea that is true but nas really wasnt on the same level as big at the time i mean he only came out with 2 cds its the way he delevired his lines like listen to party an bullshit .but he had much more respect back then when he was alive even thought nas already had a few cds out then. i mean nas is fucking ill i think prob best rapper alive an i can name many other mcs that have came out wiht alot more cds then nas but there not lyrically on the same level

  • when i say top mcs i dont mean by how many albums they sell /made all great lyricist like u can say soulja boy cause of all the lot he mad of the crank that shit but fact he cant rap worth shit hip hop is dead u hear all this new shit coming out there dead but there music lives on u see people still listing to there music cause there shit never gets old straight up classic shit ill admit that shit like big said it u aint nobody till someone kills u see how much they blew up once they got killed

  • i dont really know where soulja boy came from but anyway Youre right if a rapper broght out 9albums nd the other only brings out 6 it doesnt mean theyre the better rapper But 2 is nowhere near enough. Its like a footballer having two great seasons and retiring. Noone would say he was the best no matter how good he played cause its not a long enough career. His two albums were great, classics but if you compare him to nas, nas's had more great songs. Biggie could have burned out for all you know

  • Also I think this year could be very good for rap. Eminems bringing out 2 albums, Dre's supposed to be bringing out a new one although weve been told that quite a few times, NaS has got a new one and Blueprint 3's coming out as well. I know not everyones a fan of eminem but I think when he does serious rap he amazing - Stan, Lose Yourself, Sing for the moment?

    Jay-Z? If he could do Reasonable Doubt again that would be a godsend

  • go listen 2 Em's new album, let me just say this, it wasnt all dat gr8, only good songs were the serious ones..only eminem stans say it was a classic..they r funny

  • fuck gayz hes a fucking rhyme bitter listen to ether tell the truth about that motherfuker he aint shit sahing hes better than big fuck that an tupac is overrated idk wtf ur on

    1 biggie

    2 2pac

    3 big l

    4 big pun

    5 nasty nas

    mcs that wernt on it wutang a group but still fucking ill bonethugs classic shit an Kadafi was a member of the outlawz he got killed execution style 2pacs half brother idk how u think 2pac overrated the has the most selling albums in the history of fucking rap 70 million

  • take it its just by chance your top 4rappers are all dead and the top 3 were murdered? Admit it, the second a rapper is murdered their abilities are doubled. Don't get me wrong theyre all very talented and Pac probably is the best but the others aren't as good as everyone thinks. How can you call biggie the best rapper ever when he only had two albums?

  • ur last line..ive been sayin the same thn my whole life..

  • my list goes like this

    1. nas

    2. big l

    3. eminem

    4. biggie

    5. big pun

    6. rakim

    7. jay-z

    8. tupac

  • DOG NAS KILLED THIS TRACK NO LIE NOTHING HE SAID WAS A LIE

    "hung around the older crews while they sling smack to dingbats. They spoke of fat cat that niggas name made bells ring back"

  • stop rating rappers by what you heard!!!!

  • mines is

    1. Biggie

    2. Nas

    3. Pun

    4.Big L

    5.Pac

    6.Rakim

    7. Jay-z

    8. Wu-tang

  • 1. Lupe Fiasco

    2. NaS

    3. Kanye

    4. Jay-z

    5. Q-Tip

    these our my personal top five, not saying there the best

  • Your list the same as mine, except

    1Nas

    2 Q-tip

    3.Pun

    4.2Pac

    5.Mos Def

  • Stop making lists you cant compare good artists for the same reason they are good. They are to UNIQUE, i like plenty of different aritists depending on my mood. Yall cant rate true lyricism so stop trying it. And your retarded if you attempt it, and your garbage if Technique isnt in the top 3 or if LiL Wayne is on the list.But most of all just drop that whack nonsense. Pac is a bit overrated but still crazy ill, i think he dumbed shit down a lil to much. And 50 dont belong in a top 5 anything.

  • yo nas should be on the top

    50 cent may be in the top 10 but not on #2

  • serously GTFO NAO!...first off 50 cent is garbage...2nd 2pac is overrated...yes i said it..BIGGIE,BIG L,BIG PUN had better flow and lyrics then him! 3rd..who da fuck is Kadafi?...JAy Z shud be #1...for what he does to the game...opened so many dooors...THE NETS...ROCA WEAR...ect....

  • Broseph has a valid point, but than again these are the "forums" of youtube, there will always be ignorant kids, escpaily there opinions being posted...

  • Peace god now this shit is explained I'm taking niggas on a trip straight through memory lane...

    Nasty Nasir in your area bitch

  • as if everyone on that list isn't really important

    stop hatin

  • my sentiments exactly broseph127

    CHURCH

  • dude this is so unique but damn this beat is just ill man

  • LISTEN UP to all you dumb ass young motherfuckers puttin lists on here, rating rappers 1 to 10 and shit, thats bullshit, most of you clearly dont even know anything other than big names, ignorant assed fucks, no one gives a shit about who you listen to

    fucks sake

  • my favorite nas song

    Queens New York home of the best rappers

    One love

  • Illmatic,wu tang enter the 36 cambers,ready to die,all eyez on me best albums of all time

  • busta rhymes?!

    wtf

  • he used o have some fly ish...but nevertheless, that list could have been way better

  • Jungle survivor, fuck who's the liver

    My man put the battery in my back, a difference from Energizer

    Sentence begins indented.. with formality

    My duration's infinite, moneywise or physiology

    Poetry, that's a part of me, retardedly bop

    I drop the ancient manifested hip-hop, straight off the block

    I reminisce on park jams, my man was shot for his sheep coat

    Chocolate blunts make him see I'm droppin' my weed smoke

    ...thats perfection

  • I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners

    Henessey holders and old school niggaz, then I be dissin a

    unofficial that smoke woolie thai

    I dropped out of Cooley High, gassed up by a cokehead cutie pie

  • you are completely wrong man wrong jay z is totally overrated

  • how is Jay-z over rated??

  • 1.Nas

    2.Big L

    3.Jay-Z

    4.2pac

    5.Busta Rhymes

  • 1.Nas

    2.Rakim

    3.Big L

    4.KRS1

    5.Kool G Rap

    6.Big Daddy Kane

    7.GZA

    8.Big Pun

    9.Biggie

    10.Eminem

  • best album ever illmatic

  • a remarkable acheivement, exhcellent beat, flow, rhymes, just perfect

  • not much to say about this track really...

    i listen to alot of hip hop but this tune is allways repeting on my mp3...

    PURE HIP HOP...

  • fav. nas song

  • dis song defines the tru essence of Hip-Hop

  • legend

  • this is one of the best nas record of all time to me lyrically

  • The second verse on here is one of his best

    If I can remember correctly the second verse got "Hip Hop Quotable" in The Source back in 1994.

  • Probably the best song on the GREATEST HIP-HOP ALBUM EVER.

  • Agreed.

  • yeah this is by far my favorite song off illmatic.

  • you are all fucking stupid TOO!

  • Classic!!!!!

  • look at this

    Illmatic = Nas 1994

    911 = 2001

    now how the fuck can u say that

    7 year difference

  • immortal technique is overrated. and apparently he's also a fucking moron. 9/11 wasn't an inside job. fucking retard.

  • Oh yeah then research who was in charge of security of the WTC months before 9/11..yeah Bush little brother and cousin..DO YOUR RESEARCH. 9/11 self inflicted wound.

  • all u people complaining about pac , big l and nas comparing should stfu cause there all good , there all legends mostly all rappers are all good besides the crappy ones now adays

  • WTF are you talking bout? NaS doesnt spit about real issues? Get to fuck maybe you should actually listen to some of his lyrics

  • I have, he dont say shit about 911 being an inside job cuz he scared listen to Immortal Tec he spits on REAL issues!

  • not everyone who comes in the game has to spit about the "real issues" including Nas, everyone does them differently

  • lol, immortal technique ain't seeing Nas. just because he raps about the NWO doesn't make him better. plus Nas been spittin about real issues since day one.

  • immortal technique!? Mamma said to never argue wit' fools...

  • i don't think IT is better than Nas

  • NAH i KNOW. THAT WAS FOR THE CLOWN THAT SAID IT...

  • You have to be stupid, number one this song is very old. Two how about you listen to the album untitled and when you get to a song called We're Not Alone tell me he doesn't speak of what your talking about. Three he isn't a hard headed mother fucker like you, he doesn't hold a grudge all his life. Grow up you idiot, you must be really really stupid. Number four he doesn't have to rap about conspiracy theorists to be good and on top of that HE ALREADY HAS YOU FOOL.

  • This was directed towards NWOpartycrasher.

  • Care to elaborate on how I am a sell out OR is it you like to throw out general and baseless insults? Here is the million dollar question though. Have you realized you are an idiot for insulting Nas for not talking about the real issues like Immortal Technique when he has touched on very similar subjects? On another note, do you know that Nas influenced Immortal Technique to rap. Why don't you go find out the first album Immortal Technique picked up. I'll give you a hint, this track is on it.

  • Pac is a real dude, nas is a smart dude, big L is a raw dude... don't compare em, I love em all, I hate the new cats with their wack shit nowadays(last 8years or so)=> personally I dont give a shit which one you favour... but those retarded pac haters out here better STFU

  • Different people listen to hip hop for different reasons. For me it's about the mind. And no one has more intelligence and vocab than Nas.

    "My duration's infinite, moneywise or physiology

    Poetry, that's a part of me, retardedly bop

    I drop the ancient manifested hip-hop, straight off the block"

    just a quick example of something Pac could never come up with. Nas' vocab is on another level.

  • I miss real shit like this

  • me to

  • WHO`S #1, i`M ROLLIN WITH 2 PAC

  • hes up there but theres no way hes number 1 he didnt flow well enough

  • u crazy?1 have u listened to his "R U still down" album. He killed it in disc 1 with his flow, listen to Definition of a thug nigga" Hellrazor" "nothing to lose"

  • Flow was different than a Slick Rick, true. But flow fast or slow, do lyrical acrobatics, if that`s what you like. Bottom line, get your point across. Sometimes sayin less is more, depending on what your talkin about. Why Pac #1 to me? Because we didn`t get to see the best from Pac. He was in a zone near the end. I guess content is worth a little more than style to me. Peace.

  • but then again you dont know if he would have kept pumping out classics....who to you are the most overrated MCs of all time