god shamgod
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Jay baldacci how old are u son?
If Illmatic is the greatest rap album ever
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JayBaldacci
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what does my age have to do with RD not being considered classic when it dropped?
I would say (as a personal ranking)
Illmatic
ATLiens
7DT
LAD
but 7DT & LAD both suffer from several weak tracks
I'm sure if I wanted to do an objective ranking I'd put in some 80s/early 90s albums but I never had the
face listening to LL Cool J or Rakim lol
edit: LL does have some bangers though
Illmatic
ATLiens
7DT
LAD
but 7DT & LAD both suffer from several weak tracks
I'm sure if I wanted to do an objective ranking I'd put in some 80s/early 90s albums but I never had the
face listening to LL Cool J or Rakim loledit: LL does have some bangers though
god shamgod
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How old are u son? Simple question
JayBaldacci
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old enough to post.
JoelB
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god shamgod
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Yea you were 6 in 96 so you cant talk about what was hot then
And reasonable doubt is a revisionist classic,it's still better than illmatic
And reasonable doubt is a revisionist classic,it's still better than illmatic
JayBaldacci
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i wasn't 6 in 96, nice guess though
and you liking rd better than illmatic wasn't my problem with your post. my problem with your post was you saying illmatic is a revisionist classic when it's not and rd is, plain and simple. don't try to change your stance now.
god shamgod
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Ok you were 8 then
In 94 Creepin on the come up,ready 2 die,Hard to earn and funkdafied had more buzz than illmatic
I never said rd wasn't a revisionist classic but 96 it wasnt some overlooked album brooklyns finest got mad play on the radio and jay had the 2 tracks wit fox plus cant knock the hustle.It didnt get the praise then cuz 96 is arguably the greatest year in hip hop history and mad classic albums dropped
This is turning into a messy topic....people talking about what had buzz in '94? C'mon son. Stop applying 2012 message board logic to a time when nobody had the internet.
If you were a hip-hop head, you were listening to "Illmatic"....or if you wasn't into NY-centric albums, at the very least you knew the album existed. Between magazines like "The Source" calling Nas the next Rakim, and his videos being on Rap City, The Box, and Yo! MTV Raps, it was kinda hard to avoid.
People acting like Nas and "Illmatic" is Cella Dwellaz or some shyt.
Fred.
If you were a hip-hop head, you were listening to "Illmatic"....or if you wasn't into NY-centric albums, at the very least you knew the album existed. Between magazines like "The Source" calling Nas the next Rakim, and his videos being on Rap City, The Box, and Yo! MTV Raps, it was kinda hard to avoid.
People acting like Nas and "Illmatic" is Cella Dwellaz or some shyt.
Fred.
JayBaldacci
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wrong again, but keep guessing.
buzz and greatness are 2 different things. ready to die is better than illmatic but the others aren't. and ready to die wasn't out until after illmatic dropped, so that doesn't conflict with me saying that at the time of it's dropping it was the best hip hop album. but that wasn't my rebuttal. you called illmatic overrated and said it was a revisionist classic and then said one of the biggest revisionist classics was better.
The albums that I go back and forth with as the GOAT hip hop albums are Illmatic and Paid In Full