*puts rhyme king on ignore*
Infinite was dope but no.
and Eminem basically swagger jacked Nas and AZ's style on that entire LP
With that said Infinite is still better than 95% of the albums released nowadays. I enjoy it more than any LP he's released since then honestly. That was before he was on that shock rap/crazy white boy gimmick and was just a rapper. There must have been something in the water back in the 90s because everyone was just on some epic shyt at that time.
Multis are just one aspect of lyricism. Imagery and metaphors are also an improtant part, which is where Illmatic excels.
Both albums are dope though.
Bust it, I let the beat commence so I can beat the sense of your elite defense
I got some meat to mince, a crew to stomp and two feet to rinse
I greet the gents and ladies, I spoil loyal fans
I foil plans and leave fluids leaking like oil pans
My coil hands around this microphone are lethal
One thought in my cerebral is deeper then a Jeep full of people
MC's are feeble, I came to cause some pandemonium
Battle a band of phony MC's and stand the lonely one
Imitator, Intimidator, Stimulator, Simulator of data, Eliminator
There's never been a greater since the burial of Jesus
fukk around and catch all of the venereal diseases
My thesis will smash a stereo to pieces
My accapella releases classic masterpieces through telekinesis
And eases you mentally, gently, sentimentally, instrumentally
With entity, dementedly meant to be Infinite