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

[Soundbwoy]

I honestly still don't get how people say IWW is better than Illmatic

Illmatic is pretty much flawless

I'll always prefer IWW over illmatic because it's one of the first album I got and probably my most played too I got love for illmatic too but IWW has a sentimental value

 

[ISO]

This is blasphemy

IWW has some faults:
- it tried to follow a precedent from OB4CL and was never able to live up to it
- one or two tracks could disappear from the tracklist no harm done e.g. Watch Dem nikkas & Nas is Coming

Illmatic is a near flawless piece of work.

But lyrically IWW was a vast improvement you can't deny that.

Illmatic >>> IWW any day.

You are taking out Watch Dem nikkas, what?

 

[pointproven214]

At no point was pac lyrically better then Nas

fukk out of here lmao.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Illmatic was a young hungry Nas showing out for the world for the first time. IWW was clearly the result of Nas being affected from not winning that Lyricist of the Year from the Source in 95. While lyrically it was better than Illmatic you could tell he was trying to make a RTD or OBFCL

 

[spliz]

Believe it or not A LOT of Nas fans feel this way. Most Nas fans started with IWW and went back.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I heard IWW first so I always liked it more than Illmatic. Anyways, Nas was at his most confident as a rapper on that album . He was the best in the world and he knew it.

Nah Nas spent 3 straight album after Illmatic trying to keep up with the game. Jay lit that fire back in him

 

[spliz]

Illmatic was a young hungry Nas showing out for the world for the first time. IWW was clearly the result of Nas being affected from not winning that Lyricist of the Year from the Source in 95. While lyrically it was better than Illmatic you could tell he was trying to make a RTD or OBFCL

Sounds nothing like RTD or OBFCL. The shyt went the direction he was going in the whole year prior to release. When everybody was praising all his guest spots n features n all that. nikka makes an album full of dope shyt like that and it's a problem. Yet everyone else around was able to do wtf they want and get praise for it.

 

[spliz]

Nah Nas spent 3 straight album after Illmatic trying to keep up with the game. Jay lit that fire back in him

Don't agree.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Sounds nothing like RTD or OBFCL. The shyt went the direction he was going in the whole year prior to release. When everybody was praising all his guest spots n features n all that. nikka makes an album full of dope shyt like that and it's a problem. Yet everyone else around was able to do wtf they want and get praise for it.

The sound wasn't quite the same but he was trying to go in that same cinematic direction. You can hear it in the very first skit. Dude had maybe the best debut ever but saw everyone else getting all the accolades

 

[lutha]

it's blasphemy?....doesnt make you a 'real' hip hop head?...lol if yall say so...i think it was written is better...and no, i didnt hear it first and go back...i heard and owned illmatic when it first dropped....

 

[spliz]

The sound wasn't quite the same but he was trying to go in that same cinematic direction. You can hear it in the very first skit. Dude had maybe the best debut ever but saw everyone else getting all the accolades

Everyone gets the accolades. nikkas sell records. People bootlegged his shyt. Dude was on the complete LOSING end of things and the people who helped him lose had the damn nerve and audacity to complain. nikka made a dope,creative and versatile album without sacrificing his lyrical integrity and he gets shytted on by the same people who didn't support him the first time around. IWW saved Nas' life and career.

 

[Supreme HD]

Iww >>>>> illmatic

 

[Supreme HD]

Actually illmatic >>>>>> iww

 

[B-Mint94]

I personally enjoy IWW more, but it's more flawed than Illmatic. Illmatic was pretty much perfect. One Time 4 Your Mind is the weakest track and it's still a good song. IWW has a few stinkers that I can skip.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Everyone gets the accolades. nikkas sell records. People bootlegged his shyt. Dude was on the complete LOSING end of things and the people who helped him lose had the damn nerve and audacity to complain. nikka made a dope,creative and versatile album without sacrificing his lyrical integrity and he gets shytted on by the same people who didn't support him the first time around. IWW saved Nas' life and career.

Stillmatic saved Nas' life and career. Illmatic didn't have the sales but everybody knew it was a classic the moment they heard it. The anticipation for IWW was like nothing Id seen before it for that reason. He was clearly affected by not winning one Source award and you could hear it in his approach to the album