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Originally Posted by Barbarian_Dros
ahah good call, but i agree, Illmatic destroys reasonable doubt as far as i'm concerned. It was a landmark in that illmatic was backed by sony so it was one of the first (non-poppy-vanilla-ice-ish) albums with multiple big name hiphop producers (usually it would be one or two producers and a rapper). Pete rock's "the world is yours" is a timeless beat in my opinion, the premo track is nice and halftime's a great song.
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Welcome mate.
Illmatic is clearly better agreed, there's no argument. Illmatic when it first came out was an undeniable, instant classic (first 5 mic album from a debut artist). Reasonable Doubt when it came out was just good, it didn't become a classic until later on when Jay-Z claimed it was.
So it's a classic because Jay-Z said it was
. A lot Jay-Z's acclaim just comes from him telling you he is the greatest.