bungalow

i was going to make a post saying "there are a couple albums you could maybe argue are greater than illmatic" and then list a couple, and after about 10 minutes of thinking the only album i had on the list was enter the 36 chambers. just to be clear you are in the minority here captain awesome, there is a pretty strong sentiment that illmatic is one of (if not the) greatest hip hop albums of all time.

Captain Awesome

I still disagree. I'd be willing to say it's one of the top five of the early-mid 90's and ONE OF the greatest of all time. But there is no way I would consider it the single greatest rap album of all time. It was a brilliant album but this has gone beyond overrating now. However Nas has always been overrated especially in the last decade or so, along with Jay-Z. They're sort of like the Tupac and Biggie for the modern rap scene in that regard.

Like I say, Illmatic was awesome. But it is not and never will be the single greatest rap album of all time.

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the problem is the script writers ain't on the same page,
I echo through the mountain when I'm singing in the air,
from my lab a lad with lavish lyrics living in his lair."


"Wake up and listen, hear what's not for the public's ears
Pinocchio poets played by profiting puppeteers"

Crowe

really? No Bizarre Ryde II the Pharcyde?

Listen to The Pharcyde... so good.

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dave1991

Lowkey - Dear Listner
Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange
Tonedeff - Archetype
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol 2
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
KRS One - Return of the Boom Bap / By all Means Necessary

i know said 5 but none of these had been mentioned so far as i can see so enjoy

LoathsomePete

Anyone who lists A Piece of Strange as an album to give to newbies is alright in my books. Seriously you'd have to start running over orphan's kittens while chain dragging their deceases parents corpses before I start marking you down.

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101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

dave1991

thanks i just feel its gets vastly overlooked because of will for for food so if i can get someone listening to this first then hopefully that wont happen again u Kno wat i mean

bungalow

poor nas. has anyone informed him?

Captain Awesome

I tried but it turns out despite rumours of "keeping it real" Nas no longer talks to anyone unless they are rich like him

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"If we're all merely players in a play on this great stage,
the problem is the script writers ain't on the same page,
I echo through the mountain when I'm singing in the air,
from my lab a lad with lavish lyrics living in his lair."


"Wake up and listen, hear what's not for the public's ears
Pinocchio poets played by profiting puppeteers"

BTown

How about Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.? I always thought that was a classic but haven't seen much of that mentioned.

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patmustard

Doggystyle
Illmatic
Stankonia
All Eyez On Me
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)