Ready To Die vs Illmatic (Poll)
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ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Ready to Die has more filler, and a skit of BIG getting his dikk sucked 
Illmatic was better from beats to rhymes and a deeper album, Ready to Die was more commercial sounding and had more diverse production. Illmatic has stood the test of time and is the more influential album.
We really gotta stop with the Illmatic vs. threads every few days there's a one or two with the same dikkheads talking non-sense and threads going Plat between stan wars.
Illmatic was better from beats to rhymes and a deeper album, Ready to Die was more commercial sounding and had more diverse production. Illmatic has stood the test of time and is the more influential album.
We really gotta stop with the Illmatic vs. threads every few days there's a one or two with the same dikkheads talking non-sense and threads going Plat between stan wars.
Ready to Die has more filler, and a skit of BIG getting his dikk sucked
Illmatic was better from beats to rhymes and a deeper album, Ready to Die was more commercial sounding and had more diverse production. Illmatic has stood the test of time and is the more influential album.
We really gotta stop with the Illmatic vs. threads every few days there's a one or two with the same dikkheads talking non-sense and threads going Plat between stan wars.
I didn't think there was any filler on RTD. It was more commercial sounding, but in this sense I think it was a good thing, found it a more enjoyable exciting listen. Biggie was more creative/conceptual on the album I feel and was spitting better probably. I don't know, I think Ready To Die sounds much better over time sound wise.
I agree 100%
beenz
Rap Guerilla
I bought both cassettes (yes I said cassettes) on the first day. but nas's was better. no filler, no throwaway tracks. 9 songs of pure piffery 
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Didn't like One More Chance (prefer remix), the sexual skits, Respect, always found Big Poppa to be corny. To me Illmatic is more cohesive, and I don't see how it sounds better over time. I feel like Illmatic has aged better since the production is more jazz based, shyt like Respect, Friend of Mine, even Gimme the Loot sound a bit "dated". There is some absolute piff on the album that sounds great to this day though no lie, Mo Bee is underrated.
I think One Love is as conceptually genius as anything on RTD. Both great albums, classics, GOAT contenders probably both in my top 10, so if you disagree it's understandable.
Black Ball
Superstar
Depends on how you critique music:
If you listen to both 1-2 times all the way through and then evaluate the quality of the beats, rhymes, and technical aspects of the music, you probably gotta say illmatic.
If you listen to both 10-20 times over a 2-4 week period, and then evaluate your experience with the music. I think most would say RTD is far more entertaining and pleasurable to listen to. An album that you look forward to listening to each time you put it on. While illmatic is more of a trophy album that you sit on the shelf in a glass case, but don't really bother to ever take it out and actually listen to it over the years.
To me, the second way is much more important to me when I'm rating music, so I gotta go with RTD.
If you listen to both 1-2 times all the way through and then evaluate the quality of the beats, rhymes, and technical aspects of the music, you probably gotta say illmatic.
If you listen to both 10-20 times over a 2-4 week period, and then evaluate your experience with the music. I think most would say RTD is far more entertaining and pleasurable to listen to. An album that you look forward to listening to each time you put it on. While illmatic is more of a trophy album that you sit on the shelf in a glass case, but don't really bother to ever take it out and actually listen to it over the years.
To me, the second way is much more important to me when I'm rating music, so I gotta go with RTD.
BmoreGorilla
Veteran
Illmatic by a slim margin just becuz I don't skip anything on it and on RTD theres a couple I do
Oh seen, ok I guess that's personal preference as I liked those songs. I like the fact it sounded and felt more diverse, as it makes it relateable to more people while still being quality. It was still a pretty raw album if you break it down. I don't feel like everything has to be serious to be great, I feel like there's different styles, I liked Biggie's humor, in songs, the skit I didn't find amazing but wasn't bad enough to detract from the great album to me. Ilmatic is a very tight album, and is cohesive, that's 1 of the reasons I like it, and has a bunch of classic songs too. I personally just feel like RTD touched me in different ways, and I like that. Biggie as an MC probably displayed more than Nas on that album I feel. Really? Dope song, always liked it, but wasn't it just a letter? Lol. Gimmie The Loot, Warning, Suicidal Thoughts I felt were all high level concept records and quite innovative. But yeah, both classics so it's all good man.
Illmatic. To me it's like a Greatest Hits album. Only track not up to snuff is One Time 4 Your Mind.
For RTD - I never was a huge fan of Respect and Friend of Mine - especially back to back.
RTD was much more of a fleshed out concept album (with the skits and all). Illmatic had better beats. Nas reached higher heights with the pen on the album.
It could go either way.
For RTD - I never was a huge fan of Respect and Friend of Mine - especially back to back.
RTD was much more of a fleshed out concept album (with the skits and all). Illmatic had better beats. Nas reached higher heights with the pen on the album.
It could go either way.
Big Skilly Films
All Star
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But I'm biasedI found this an interesting post. More entertaining and pleasurable to listen to, that's how I feel. And that's important to me.
In regards to the first bit, I would challenge that, Biggie was spittin amazingly on the album, better than Nas to me.
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this is tough. Ready to die has a bit more storytelling creative shyt on it, illmatic is kind of short, i like the production on illmatic better as well. i obviously think nas is better but god damn ready to die is fantastic.