Is Illmatic really Nas's best Album? part 1

Illmatic is a classic in every since of the word...It's one of Hip-hops greatest albums ever, but is it Nas's best album?

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[sagittariusarrow]

It's ridiculous to compare every Nas album 2 illmatic. No one makes a better album than their 1st. It's like asking Jay 2 make every album like Reasonable Doubt, impossible!! Each album represents a moment in time

[disipha]

@sagittariusarrow I think many artists have overcome their first album. I think Jay topped RD with Black Album and I think Em topped his first with his second two and recovery.

[sagittariusarrow]

It was Written was a beast!! The message, I gave u power, take it in blood, street dreams, black girl lost, etc how could that only b 41/2? Those were some of the most lyrical songs ever

[disipha]

@sagittariusarrow I think all and all the album was great but the rest of the un mentioned tracks weren't all great

[ChimaTheKilla]

@disipha did you get the Nas and Daimen Marley and if you have it can you review it

[disipha]

@ChimaTheKilla I love the album. I should be able to do a better review now since it has been out for a minute.

[manohar567]

I LOVE NAS. His worst album is probably better than most rappers best album.

[catdogsnail]

Personally I prefer, "It Was Written". However my opinion is not valid, and most of ours isn't since our first impressions with illmatic/our first time hearing it, compared to our impression when listening to it now, is very different. After you've heard an album 100 times it gets old and loses a little bit of its persona (to yourself). Really the only way to really find out if it is his best album, is if we got a person with "fresh ears," someone who hasn't heard a nas album, or nas himself.

[rappingfoinspiration]

God's Son deserves more attention....

[Eziokilla9595]

1. Illmatic

2. Stillmatic

3. It Was Written

4. Demo Tape '91

5. Nigger / The Lost Tapes

[MyChris2105]

i believe the saying that your best doesnt make you your worst doesnt break you but the alnum afterthe best/worst album is what creates you and with that being said i think stillmatic is the best album

[sagittariusarrow]

@disipha the unmentioned ones were hot 2, I didn't mention them bcuz I thought it was obvious. Nas has continued to adapt & evolve through out his career.

[Icarnkthat]

Listening to Illmatic now it sounds Date, but till timeless at the same time..

[Icarnkthat]

Street disciples is my Favorite Nas Album. All the albums are great in their own right

[sagittariusarrow]

@disipha the unmentioned tracks from it was written were fire too I didn't feel the need 2 mention them bcuz I thought it was obvious. RD was waaaayy better than the black album, Not commercially but lyrically. "can I live" & "dead presidents" r 2 examples of lyrical slaughters. Eminems album the Recovery is considered 2 b his worst

[Primal141]

List of mcees NAS album "Illmatic influenced" eminem jay-z jada kiss sheik looch fat joe cannubis royce the 5'9 joell ortiz elzhi black thought mos def PR Terrorist raekwon these are some of the biggest names in rap...the proof is...dont believe me...go back and listen to anyone of them dudes pre-illmatic illmatic with just 9 songs...revolutionized rap

[Eziokilla9595]

@disipha Tome, Infinite was fantastic, so was Eminem Show, SSLP, and MMLP. Recovery was his most complex and while not topping hi effors, he did a wonderful job with it

[yoedgar17]

i like it was written more imo\