Classic Album Review 1: Illmatic - NaS

Illmatic - NaS

D indicates songs you should download.

The Genesis
NY State Of Mind - D
Life's A Bitch - D
The World Is Yours - D
Halftime - D
Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park) - D
One Love - D
One Time For Your Mind - D
Represent - D
It Ain't Hard To Tell - D

OVERALL: 10/10

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[Jackmonster3231]

Did you undergo a massive growth spurt? Granted this video is almost a year old you look thinner now and seem taller.

[Alex703rockstar]

@Jackmonster3231 It's over a year old and in that time I have lost 15 lbs and grown about 2 inches. Not to brag or anything lol.

[catdogsnail]

What most people don't realize (including you (alex703rockstar I would assume) is that the intro (The Genesis) is a very deep intro. He samples wildstyle one of the earliest films giving regard to hip hop. The sample he uses from wildstyle also has a story in its own.

[Alex703rockstar]

@catdogsnail Yeah at the time of this review I did not know that but I have actually learned that since.

[tierryOnree]

36 chambers > illmatic

[Alex703rockstar]

@tierryOnree Alright, I can see that. 36 Chambers is pretty epic, but IMO this barely edges it out.

But I can def see why someone would like it better.

[Dnashful]

good job honky, dont hate i am white to

[starchristo22]

if a black guy made this video you guys would not do anything.....a white guy expresses his love for one of the greatest albums ever and he get dissed this world is full of dirty people.

[leckysmeck123]

lol dat nigga said ak boyy wtf lmfao

[Peetbool]

Good review. You know you're shit. But it's "AZ", not "AK" ;)

[rob2keva]

im 15 and nas is great no lil wayne shit for me

[TheGuyThatSpysOnYou]

A truly great album, that any classic hip hop fan can dive into and feel a part of, as Nas's takes you into a bunch of rememnesive memories of the past and how life really is, his smooth flow and phenomenal lyricism takes you in from the very first second to the last! and brainwashes you for almost 40 minutes, as you listen on with abseloute amazement and wonder.. 'how did anyone make an album as deep and great as this'!

[TheGuyThatSpysOnYou]

Overall the whole album just pieced together abseloutley perfectly! Nas's smooth delivery and his reminisive yet genius lyricism over every beat on the album.. the beats went perfectly with all of Nas's lyrics and his flow perfectly.. The whole album is a work of pure art, and will always be remembered as the greatest hip hop album of all time.. If you were to describe the whole album in one word then the word would just have to be 'illmatic'..

[TheGuyThatSpysOnYou]

And then the beat on It Aint Hard to tell which with the trumpets and the heavy beat in the background suggested to you without even knowing that it was the final track on the album, it seemed like the trumpet beat along with the sampled vocals suggested the end of the album for a reason i cant really explain.. meanwhile Nas remenised and reccaped over the album and his overall life experiences, and at the same time rapped about his style and anazlyzed himself.

[TheGuyThatSpysOnYou]

the beat on represent which was similar to one love but seemed more gripping and less positive and slightly darker as Nas rapped over the beat about how Queensbridge was a criminal place to live, and how he was and lived while in the projects.

[TheGuyThatSpysOnYou]

The smooth and mellow xylophone beat in memory lane which fitted perfectly with Nas's smooth, lazy but ear gripping flow (my personal fav on the album), the more gripping xylophone like beat on one love while Nas rapped on remenising on his street life and friends in Queensbridge, the smooth and slow yet very intense and grimey beat in one time 4 your mind.

[TheGuyThatSpysOnYou]

Also, the beats on every track were truly brilliant! When you have Q-Tip, DJ Premier, Large Professor and Pete Rock all producing on the same album, you know it is going to be something truly special! Even without Nas's great lyricism and smooth jazzy flow over the mastarpieces of beats.. the raw beat of NY State of mind, the smooth and slow beat of lifes a bitch, the dark and grimey piano beat in the world is yours, the uplifting base and the jazzy trumpets on Halftime.

[TheGuyThatSpysOnYou]

It really painted an image to the grimey way of life and culture that he lived, in the queensbridge projects,which he intended to do, and he deffinatley succeeded that! every metaphor, every word, every bar he rapped in all 10 tracks, had you hooked and you just wanted more and more.. it truly is a work of art, the way he rapped about the struggles and how he remenised back to his days of being a 'little shorty chilling on the bench' you felt as though you were being pulled into it yourself!