illmatic: lyrical masterpiece or fraud?
- Thread starter intilectual recipricol
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"JayZ wasn't even trying to bring it lyrically on RD"
"JayZ dumbed down his lyrics after RD to double his dollars"
Camel stans make me laugh
intilectual recipricol
Killin fake hip hop
you naS stans are dumb as fukk. This thread is about the shytty bars on illmatic. As you can see its mad deep with shytty bars. If you want to discuss "D'evils" there are threads made specifically for that...
beat it cac
Xbox One X
the kufi smacker
:xzgrin: classic
intilectual recipricol
Killin fake hip hop
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
The myth of illmatic being great is one of the biggest lies in hip hop. Forgettable flows and beats, NOT ALL but mostly
Nobodyknows
All Star
you naS stans are dumb as fukk. This thread is about the shytty bars on illmatic. As you can see its mad deep with shytty bars. If you want to discuss "D'evils" there are threads made specifically for that...
beat it cac
It's like that, you know it's like that
I got it hemmed, now you never get the mic back
When I attack, there ain't an army that could strike back
So I react never calmly on a hype track
I set it off with my own rhyme
Cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time
I'm max like cassettes, I flex like sex
in your stereo sets, Nas will catch wreck
I used to hustle, now all I do is relax and strive
When I was young, I was a fan of the Jackson 5
I drop jewels, wear jewels, hope to never run it
With more kicks than a baby in a mother's stomach
Nasty Nas has to rise cause I'm wise
This is exercise 'til the microphone dies
Back in eighty-three I was an MC sparking
But I was too scared to grab the mic's in the park and
kick my little raps cause I thought nikkaz wouldn't understand
And now in every jam I'm the fukkin man
I rap in front of more nikkaz than in the slave ships
I used to watch C.H.I.P.S., now I load glock clips
I got to have it, I miss Mr. Magic
Versatile, my style switches like a fakkit
But not bisexual, I'm an intellectual
Of rap, I'm a professional and that's no question, yo
These are the lyrics of the man, you can't near it, understand
Cuz in the streets, I'm well known like the number man
In my place wit the bass and format
Explore rap, and tell me Nas ain't all that
And next time I rhyme, I be foul
Whenever I freestyle I see trial nikkaz say I'm wow
I hate a rhymebiter's rhyme
Stay tuned, Nas, soon the real rap comes at halftime
I got it hemmed, now you never get the mic back
When I attack, there ain't an army that could strike back
So I react never calmly on a hype track
I set it off with my own rhyme
Cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time
I'm max like cassettes, I flex like sex
in your stereo sets, Nas will catch wreck
I used to hustle, now all I do is relax and strive
When I was young, I was a fan of the Jackson 5
I drop jewels, wear jewels, hope to never run it
With more kicks than a baby in a mother's stomach
Nasty Nas has to rise cause I'm wise
This is exercise 'til the microphone dies
Back in eighty-three I was an MC sparking
But I was too scared to grab the mic's in the park and
kick my little raps cause I thought nikkaz wouldn't understand
And now in every jam I'm the fukkin man
I rap in front of more nikkaz than in the slave ships
I used to watch C.H.I.P.S., now I load glock clips
I got to have it, I miss Mr. Magic
Versatile, my style switches like a fakkit
But not bisexual, I'm an intellectual
Of rap, I'm a professional and that's no question, yo
These are the lyrics of the man, you can't near it, understand
Cuz in the streets, I'm well known like the number man
In my place wit the bass and format
Explore rap, and tell me Nas ain't all that
And next time I rhyme, I be foul
Whenever I freestyle I see trial nikkaz say I'm wow
I hate a rhymebiter's rhyme
Stay tuned, Nas, soon the real rap comes at halftime
Highlighted are the bars that made me go
and still do
it's just lauded out of East Coast bias, right?
Typical Source fukkry, right? 
Every beat and flow on that album is stellar. You say "mostly forgettable". Which is about 75%. Name the 7 forgettable tracks.
Entertain me.
WuDatWuDat
All Star
Reading OP's first breakdown where he called everything incoherent reminded me of (I think it was ghost) one Wu Tang Member's comments..
"I don't give a fukk if you know what I'm rapping about, I do, and that's all that matters."
Ain't Nas fault you grew up in the suburbs and don't understand street slang breh.
"I don't give a fukk if you know what I'm rapping about, I do, and that's all that matters."
Ain't Nas fault you grew up in the suburbs and don't understand street slang breh.
Nobodyknows
All Star
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
I'll do what's easy for me. I'll name the 3 good ones. It aint hard to tell,Life's a bytch and world is yours.
it's just lauded out of East Coast bias, right?
Every beat and flow on that album is stellar. You say "mostly forgettable". Which is about 75%. Name the 7 forgettable tracks.
Entertain me.
to each his own. I don't know how anyone hears "One Love", "Memory Lane" and "Represent", and thinks: 'forgettable'.
intilectual recipricol
Killin fake hip hop
the lyrics are ass.