Its Dark & Hell Is Hot vs It Was Written

[JayBaldacci]

smh no it don't i just highlighted the multis i did'nt even highlight

the inner patterns if u think it has more multis and inners and overall syllable usage post the verse and highlight the rhymes for more i would love to see this.

you're crazy. the first verse of the street dreams remix is more technical than anything x has ever done alone. x isn't even that great technically or lyrically, he just had passion.

 

[the rhyme king]

you're crazy. the first verse of the street dreams remix is more technical than anything x has ever done alone. x isn't even that great technically or lyrically, he just had passion.

fukk OUT OF HERE X WOULD RAP CIRCLES AROUND NAS.

 

[newarkhiphop]

idc what anybody says DMX first album is top 5 album all times

lyrics
flow
concept

it was all there in a perfect combination i must have listened to that album everyday for two years straight

 

[kp404]

it's Dark and Hell Is Hot....X brought NY back to the grimey roots that you heard on Enta The Stage and The Infamous...none of that mafioso dreaming and godfather mess...straight street shyt...fukking love this album to death...

 

[Black Ant]

It's Dark.

Bigger impact and actually a great album.

 

[CapFromMCU]

fukk OUT OF HERE X WOULD RAP CIRCLES AROUND NAS.

 

[havoc00]

Dmx all day

 

[↓R↑LYB]

idc what anybody says DMX first album is top 5 album all times

lyrics
flow
concept

it was all there in a perfect combination i must have listened to that album everyday for two years straight

I gotta cosign this. My top 3 albums of all time is Illmatic, It's Dark, and Reasonable Doubt.

It's Dark, in my opinion, is the only perfect album ever made. That shyt is just

 

[HARLEM AL]

Much as I loved IWW X alum was better IMO. I use to listen that shyt everyday. shyt was to ill. It's still is to.

To much Nas dikk riding on the net.

 

[DaveyDave]

dmx's it's dark and hell is hot easily

Burning in hell, but don't deserved to be
Got nikkas I don't even know that wanna murder me
It's because they heard of me
And they know that the Dark is for real
The bark is for real, when you see that spark it'll kill
Be poppin, robbin and chill, take it over there bark wit' it
From Ohio to Calito Baltimore back to New York wit' it
Come through flyin', a 129
Up the school street cuz i come through mine
Barking my dogs, get at me nikka
arf arf arf
Get at me nikka
What the deal is, never forget what real is
Them cats that used to say X is the best know he still is
Can't help but feel this, putting goosebumps on your arms
Take you there if you want but I lose chunks with the bomb
Then come for the star
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and it's getting warm
Feel me yo

dmx was great rhyming on this album

comparing X's "multis" to Nas on IWW wtf are you smoking

i don't see the comparison here tho, like someone said they are pretty much polar opposites

 

[kp404]

Much as I loved IWW X alum was better IMO. I use to listen that shyt everyday. shyt was to ill. It's still is to.

To much Nas dikk riding on the net.

Way too much; Nas is a legend but his legend has been exaggerated greatly; I remember that thread when some were trying to defend that shyt-plate Nastradamus.. and now people are forgetting how serious it was when Its Dark and hell is Hot dropped? X killed it in a way that very few have done when he debuted...

 

[JayBaldacci]

fukk OUT OF HERE X WOULD RAP CIRCLES AROUND NAS.

he hasn't ever though. he has a lot of passion, but comparing him technically/lyrically to nas is a joke.

 

[stealthbomber]

damn i didnt know people were feeling dmx like that

ima go with it was written but its dark was a great album too

im an admitted nas stan tho

 

[Rapmastermind]

Lyrically it's an easy choice "It Was Written" but there is no way I can put it above X's debut. "It's Dark and Hell is Hot" Changed the Game. Had a huge Impact on Hip Hop. It's one of the greatest debut rap albums of all time along with "ILLmatic and Ready To Die" for New York hip hop. "It Was Written" was a soild 4-4.5 Mics easy but it was a step down from "ILLmatic". NaS went in though but the production was a little glossy though still amazing. But X's debut was so hard body, I'm sure he will lose this poll but fans aren't being honest about it. X's debut had more success, impact and got better reviews than "It Was Written". X for the win.

 

[MMM]

Lyrically it's an easy choice "It Was Written" but there is no way I can put it above X's debut. "It's Dark and Hell is Hot" Changed the Game. Had a huge Impact on Hip Hop. It's one of the greatest debut rap albums of all time along with "ILLmatic and Ready To Die" for New York hip hop. "It Was Written" was a soild 4-4.5 Mics easy but it was a step down from "ILLmatic". NaS went in though but the production was a little glossy though still amazing. But X's debut was so hard body, I'm sure he will lose this poll but fans aren't being honest about it. X's debut had more success, impact and got better reviews than "It Was Written". X for the win.

DMX - Stop Being Greedy - YouTube

tbh I might go with x even though I'm a nas stan. very close though