Doris>Illmatic

Albert Rhymestein · 09-02-2013, 12:02 AM

im just keepin it gudda gudda

Certain · 09-02-2013, 12:04 AM

Untold · 09-02-2013, 12:06 AM

...

can't say that i agree

Inno · 09-02-2013, 12:07 AM

I hate kids

Diode · 09-02-2013, 12:07 AM

kill yourself

Albert Rhymestein · 09-02-2013, 12:17 AM

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 · 09-02-2013, 12:18 AM

No.

Stop right now before you get hurt.

Diode · 09-02-2013, 12:19 AM

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

Inno · 09-02-2013, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

solid.

Certain · 09-02-2013, 12:24 AM

Greatest song in rap history.

Detective Mike Hunt, NCPD · 09-02-2013, 12:25 AM

ALBERT RHYMESTIEN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY BOARDING IN PUBLIC

HE WILL BE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN JAIL

Malachi · 09-02-2013, 12:25 AM

lol man you wylin
not even close

Diode · 09-02-2013, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Certain

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 · 09-02-2013, 12:27 AM

World is Yours is my favorite on the album

KennyCerealBowl · 09-02-2013, 12:37 AM

hell yea

Witty · 09-02-2013, 12:38 AM

This guy is like a virus.

Certain · 09-02-2013, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diode

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:

Quote:

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 · 09-02-2013, 01:10 AM

Illmatic dope as fucking fuck

Malachi · 09-02-2013, 01:22 AM

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

PancakeBrah · 09-02-2013, 01:23 AM

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.

09-02-2013, 12:02 AM	#1
Albert Rhymestein no games. Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 190 Rep Power: 33	Doris>Illmatic im just keepin it gudda gudda

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Certain Mad fucking dangerous. Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 12,072 Battle Record: 40-19 Champed - AOWL Season 3 - Art of Writing League (2x) Rep Power: 85899402	__________________ I'm just swinging swords strictly based on keyboards, unbalanced like elephants and ants on seesaws.

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Untold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 865 Battle Record: 10-7 Rep Power: 0	... can't say that i agree __________________ MT

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Inno Ad mini tator Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 10,005 Battle Record: 26-54 Champed - Lime Green Poetry Association - Black August - 1-2 Punch League Rep Power: 85899400	I hate kids

09-02-2013, 12:17 AM	#6
Albert Rhymestein no games. Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 190 Rep Power: 33	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.

09-02-2013, 12:19 AM	#8
Diode PR's Finest Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 14,156 Battle Record: 12-7 Rep Power: 85899406	hi my name is albert rhymestein and i am 12 and what is this? __________________

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Detective Mike Hunt, NCPD Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 40 Rep Power: 5116054	ALBERT RHYMESTIEN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY BOARDING IN PUBLIC HE WILL BE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN JAIL

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Malachi Negus Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,530 Battle Record: 5-10 Champed - Newbie Tourney VI Rep Power: 82877407	lol man you wylin not even close __________________ Seen the spectrum through the prisms

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Malachi Negus Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,530 Battle Record: 5-10 Champed - Newbie Tourney VI Rep Power: 82877407	World is Yours is my favorite on the album __________________ Seen the spectrum through the prisms

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Witty Lime Life Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 16,794 Battle Record: 30-41 Accomplishments - Only Slightly Retarded Champed - Lyric Olympics - Summer Classic Rep Power: 82986458	This guy is like a virus. __________________ He listens to voices inside of his mind Explicit and poisonous violent crime.

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Wise Wiggles nok Su kow Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,507 Battle Record: 1-1 Rep Power: 51788019	Illmatic dope as fucking fuck __________________ "black as midnight..black as pitch blacker than the soul of the foulest witch"

09-02-2013, 01:22 AM	#19
Malachi Negus Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,530 Battle Record: 5-10 Champed - Newbie Tourney VI Rep Power: 82877407	one time 4 yo mind has the dopest flow on the album imo __________________ Seen the spectrum through the prisms

09-02-2013, 01:23 AM	#20
PancakeBrah SOBER Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 13,052 Battle Record: 2-5 Champed - AOWL Season 2 Rep Power: 85899406	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. __________________ If I ventured in the slipstream Between the viaducts of your dreams Where immobil steel rims crack And the ditch in the back road stop Could you find me?