illmatic: lyrical masterpiece or fraud?

[MINT]

I agree with the op.

Nas is a great lyricist on illmatic, manages to say so much with less words. His imagery is fantastic and he really does paint a picture lyrically and put you into the song with his descriptions but how is illmatic the most lyrical album of all time ?

illmatic is a classic, illmatic is very lyrical, but fukk outta here, it has been topped many times. Eminem albums are even more lyrical than Illmatic

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

lol

 

[MINT]

nikkas living in the past

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Trying way too hard with this one.

 

[Houston911]

Threadstarter is a fa*got and he spent an hour of his life typing some dumb sh*t for a couple of daps

 

[MINT]

illmatic is overrated, deal with it

 

[MINT]

but it's still a masterpiece

 

[Online User]

Fraud?

 

[MINT]

 

[ManBearPig]

Lol @ the op wasted hours making this thread for 5 daps

 

[Truality]

i think Large Pro coached Nas on Illmatic lyrically

 

[Whitty Hutton]

Why do nikkas get so defensive when a ''classic'' album/song is broken down and the result isn't the popular opinion?

This nikka has Big's alleged killer in his avi with the words "killing fake hip-hop"...Forget a popular opinion, dude is obviously a troll and should be treated as such

 

[intilectual recipricol]

Terrible album

 

[intilectual recipricol]

You're missing out if you haven't sat and listened to Doe or Die all the way through. Doe or Die + Ready to Die + OB4CL = IWW.

And I could see how you'd be a Lupe stan. I know he says IWW is his favorite album, but a lot of Lu's raps sound like RD on steroids; puns and double entendres.

Word... I'm about lyricism... if we talkin about what naS was doin with internal rhymes and what not, theres just a lot of nikkaz that do it better. For nas i check for his stories, and that about it. But Lu is like a RD Jay on roids... but RD Jay is a top 5 rapper.

 

[yo moms]

Word... I'm about lyricism... if we talkin about what naS was doin with internal rhymes and what not, theres just a lot of nikkaz that do it better. For nas i check for his stories, and that about it. But Lu is like a RD Jay on roids... but RD Jay is a top 5 rapper.

im listening to illmatic now.