Hip-Hop Blasphemy: It Was Written Is Better Than Illmatic (Episode 2)

[MidnightMercenary]

What happened to this thread

 

[MidnightMercenary]

and how many genuine 5* standouts does IWW have?

Not for me but I'd say only The Message and I Gave You Power at the very least. Maybe Take It In Blood and Shootouts.

 

[spliz]

yeah but not comparable....Nas is Coming is a genuine weak link

and how many genuine 5* standouts does IWW have?

The Message, I Gave You Power, Take It In Blood, The Set Up, Shootouts, Street Dreams, Affirmative Action, Silent Murder if u had the cassette, If I Ruled The World, etc etc.

 

[spliz]

This shyt is literally like Off The Wall vs Thriller. No wrong answer.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

The Message, I Gave You Power, Take It In Blood, The Set Up, Shootouts, Street Dreams, Affirmative Action, Silent Murder if u had the cassette, If I Ruled The World, etc etc.

what the fukk bro...just no

The Message, I Gave You Power, Take it in Blood...and I'll accept If I Ruled the World (or alternative)

so let's say 4...that's 4/13

Illmatic has: NY State of Mind, The World is Yours, Memory Lane, Represent, It Ain't Hard to Tell at the very LEAST in a 9 track album...5/9

and the Illmatic tracks are more certified, not even mentioning One Love or Life's a bytch

 

[MidnightMercenary]

This shyt is literally like Off The Wall vs Thriller. No wrong answer.

The gap between It Was Written & Illmatic is quite bigger than Off the Wall & Thriller personally.

 

[spliz]

what the fukk bro...just no

The Message, I Gave You Power, Take it in Blood...and I'll accept If I Ruled the World (or alternative)

so let's say 4...that's 4/13

Illmatic has: NY State of Mind, The World is Yours, Memory Lane, Represent, It Ain't Hard to Tell at the very LEAST in a 9 track album...5/9

and the Illmatic tracks are more certified, not even mentioning One Love or Life's a bytch

Ur opinion. There's people who feel every one of those tracks I mentioned are 5* tracks.

 

[ISO]

yeah but not comparable....Nas is Coming is a genuine weak link

and how many genuine 5* standouts does IWW have?

The Message
Take It In Blood (god level rhyming)
I Gave You Power (one of the best concept songs executed in hip-hop history)
Affirmative Action (super classic)
If I Ruled The World (super classic)
Shootouts
Street Dreams (remix is better though)
Watch Dem

Are all at least 5 mics to me...

Even the lesser talked about tracks are getting a lot of appreciation two decades later...

 

[spliz]

The gap between It Was Written & Illmatic is quite bigger than Off the Wall & Thriller personally.

For u. and in ur opinion. But there's people who feel that same way about Off The Wall v's Thriller. There's people who would laugh if u say u prefer Off The Wall to Thriller. and vice versa. But true Mike fans get it. Same wit this shyt.

 

[spliz]

The Message
Take It In Blood (god level rhyming)
I Gave You Power (one of the best concept songs executed in hip-hop history)
Affirmative Action (super classic)
If I Ruled The World (super classic)
Shootouts
Street Dreams (remix is better though)
Watch Dem

Are all at least 5 mics to me...

Even the lesser talked about tracks are getting a lot of appreciation two decades later...

Suspect is one of my favorite Nas tracks ever but I know not alotta people feel that way so I didn't list it.

 

[MidnightMercenary]

For u. and in ur opinion. But there's pepole who feel that same way about Off The Wall v's Thriller. There's people who would laugh of u say u prefer Off The Wall to Thriller. and vice versa. But true Mike fans get it. Same wit this shyt.

That's true bro

Personally I'd say Thriller is better without a doubt but Off the Wall is insanely good as well

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

@ISO yep well I respectfully disagree

tbh I think people are eager to put another album up there with Illmatic in Nas' discography because of the fear of him just failing to live up to his first album

the best tracks on IWW very much belong but as I said it has one or two weak tracks....Illmatic doesn't have that issue

I don't think it's crazy talk if you put IWW above Illmatic tho...it's all preference

I was just responding to the video title

 

[MidnightMercenary]

@Inspect Her Deck How do you feel about Illmatic and IWW comparing to MJ's Thriller and Off the Wall?

I think @spliz made a great comparison there

 

[spliz]

That's true bro

Personally I'd say Thriller is better without a doubt but Off the Wall is insanely good as well

Yup. I'm one of those people who prefer Off The Wall.

 

[Menelik II]

I almost forgot IWW CD, they had decided to have all the lyrics printed inside too, to help the cacs decipher the slanguage

Illmatic they were stuck rewinding the tapes over again