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Originally Posted by NoteNoted.com
Thans for the kind reply. You seem to have some serious commenting as well. I just found this amazing forum and I look forward to sharing more with you guys. So expect to see a lot more from me. I also work for a Notenoted.com and you’ll be able to see more post/articles/interviews over there.
I completely agree about Illmatic, in my eyes its stands in the top 10 best hip-hop albums ever. I agree that artists usually drop their biggest bomb when they release their first album. The thing is I don’t have high expectations like my girlfriend. I’m not looking for an album to top their first one. But is it so much to ask (now I sound like my gf) that the album at least be the same calibre??? Why is it that pretty much every rapper that breaks out of the underground scene starts to lose their swagger??? The following albums get more and more “mainstream”, losing their appeal and changing their style. I’m pretty sure the answer is cash. But what they don’t understand is that they had the formula right when they started, if its not broken don’t fix it.  Ugggg I could go on and on about countless artists that have gone mainstream and lost their original style.
I felt for a while that Nas was on that boat. Then he dropped Lost Tapes, I agree totally underated. He understood the formula to his success, bring it back to the old school. Less is better. Anyways I’m excited to see what the future holds for Nasty Nas.
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In my opinion, the mainstream stuff happens because of the money. There's limited thing to rhyme about, and if you look at a lot of 1st albums, it's gritty because they aren't paid yet. Once rappers get money, it's an easy topic to rap about.
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Originally Posted by Il Duce
i just got Stillmatic but haven't heard it yet
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Stillmatic is solid. Rewind is a great song off that album. Whole song is a story in reverse. I also like Got Urself a Gun and One Mic.