Doris>Illmatic

[Albert Rhymestein]

im just keepin it gudda gudda

[Certain]

http://i.imgur.com/1V0qT7N.gif

[Untold]

...

can't say that i agree

[Inno]

I hate kids

[Diode]

kill yourself

[Albert Rhymestein]

keeping it honest.
I've really been all over this album, studying it from beginning to end just like i did with illmatic when i first heard it.
I mean lyrically YOU KNOW INYO SOUL Earl raised the bar higher than Nas did, and the imagery throughout both these albums where amazing but Earl in my opinion paints one even better and more detailed but being more detail can come off as being complex and when its more complex its more of a little xtra hassle to really pay 100% of your attentipn to it. but c'mon god damn.. centurion. it really was an amazing album.

[Witty]

No.

Stop right now before you get hurt.

[Diode]

hi my name is albert rhymestein and i am 12 and what is this?

[Inno]

keeping it honest.
I've really been all over this album, studying it from beginning to end just like i did with illmatic when i first heard it.
I mean lyrically YOU KNOW INYO SOUL Earl raised the bar higher than Nas did, and the imagery throughout both these albums where amazing but Earl in my opinion paints one even better and more detailed but being more detail can come off as being complex and when its more complex its more of a little xtra hassle to really pay 100% of your attentipn to it. but c'mon god damn.. centurion. it really was an amazing album.

solid.

[Certain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-DRbf_AZk

Greatest song in rap history.

[Detective Mike Hunt, NCPD]

ALBERT RHYMESTIEN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY BOARDING IN PUBLIC

HE WILL BE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN JAIL

[Malachi]

lol man you wylin
not even close

[Diode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-DRbf_AZk

Greatest song in rap history.

ny state of mind is the best song on that album.

//biased given where i spent the first 28 years of my life

[Malachi]

World is Yours is my favorite on the album

[KennyCerealBowl]

hell yea

[Witty]

This guy is like a virus.

[Certain]

ny state of mind is the best song on that album.

//biased given where i spent the first 28 years of my life

That's my morning alarm, the part with "I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death." I'm also from New York City (Queens, even), but the lyricism level on "It Ain't Hard to Tell" is just insane. "The World is Yours" probably has the best hook and beat on the album. I'd probably rank the songs:

1. "It Ain't Hard to Tell"
2. "The World is Yours"
3. "Memory Lane (Sittin' in the Park)"
4. "New York State of Mind"
5. "Represent"
6. "Life's a Bitch"
7. "Halftime"
8. "One Love"
9. "One Time 4 Your Mind"

So yeah, the worst track on Illmatic was Nas in his prime rapping over a Large Professor beat, including these lines:

Go get your crew, Hobbes, I'm prepared to bomb troops
Y'all niggas was born, I shot my way out my mom dukes
When I was ten, I was a hip-hoppin' shorty wop
Known for rocking microphones and twisting off a 40 top

Yeah, Illmatic is the best end-to-end album ever in any genre.

[Wise Wiggles]

Illmatic dope as fucking fuck

[Malachi]

one time 4 yo mind has the dopest flow on the album imo

[PancakeBrah]

I remember being a young Pancake listening to illmatic not knowing what was happening to my ears.

It's one of those albums I wish I could listen to for the first time again.

[Wise Wiggles]

Life's a bitch and then you die
That's why I get high
Cuz ya neva know when ya gonna go

[Certain]

I remember being a young Pancake listening to illmatic not knowing what was happening to my ears.

It's one of those albums I wish I could listen to for the first time again.

This. I went through a phase when I was 13 where I listened to it every single day. Then eventually once a week. Then once a month. I'm still at about once every other month now. I go back and forth on Illmatic vs. Ready to Die pretty much depending on which I listened to more recently.