Nas had such a mediocre career.

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Originally Posted by Certain

A classic is not defined by a single person's opinion. It is a widely agreed-upon status. By any definition, Nas has one classic: Illmatic. It Was Written, Stillmatic, The Lost Tapes, God's Son and even Life Is Good all have groundswell support but not the developed consensus required for classic status. Classics aren't one-third shit songs.

Where do you derive your consensus from homie? We live on a computer. Hip hop fans my age tend to get irritated hearing illmatic play. Period. But now I'm just generalizing. Fuck. What is a classic except something that people from a given generation can all nod their heads at and feel like they're in on? Unless you just like the noise. Then, you know... you probably just listen.