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It Was Written is a classic album.
There's no debating that.
There's no debating that.
Fact or Fiction: from 1996 till now It Was Written> Reasonable Doubt
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I want to agree but I have to call it even.
IWW is my favorite nas cd and take it in blood my favorite nas song, but RD can hang with just about anything.
IWW is my favorite nas cd and take it in blood my favorite nas song, but RD can hang with just about anything.
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All I know is Street Dreams is an American Classic that needs to be studied at universities worldwide.
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Bruh.
On my wedding day, I'm going to walk down the aisle to Street Dreams, then I'm gonna tell everyone the wedding's off and then I'm gonna take all the gifts and money and use them to buy huge amounts of cocaine to sell up and down the East Coast.
On my wedding day, I'm going to walk down the aisle to Street Dreams, then I'm gonna tell everyone the wedding's off and then I'm gonna take all the gifts and money and use them to buy huge amounts of cocaine to sell up and down the East Coast.
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That's like the dopest set of lines ever to me
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It was Written is better.
But both albums appreciated
But both albums appreciated
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I prefer listening to Reasonable Doubt..
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interesting points here
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HELL NO.
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Yeah I don't even know the last time I listened to RD.
IWW gets played on most roadtrips.
Take It In Blood = Best song on either album. idc.
IWW gets played on most roadtrips.
Take It In Blood = Best song on either album. idc.
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Fact.
Reasonable Doubt was never even mentioned until Jay claimed it was a classic and slept on around the time The Blueprint came out.
The Blueprint >>> Reasonable Doubt
Reasonable Doubt was never even mentioned until Jay claimed it was a classic and slept on around the time The Blueprint came out.
The Blueprint >>> Reasonable Doubt
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I agree with this, but all this means is that both of these albums are better than the Nas one because RD and BP1 are almost identical in quality
They're really 1A and 1B
Currently listening to RD because of this thread
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Take it in Blood is one of the best rap songs of all time, though.
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This.
RD wasn't even the best album in the year of 96. Go take a look at what got released in that year. It only went gold, and didn't go platinum until it got re-released later.
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This logic baffles me. So because an album wasn't recognized as a great until years later (i.e. slept on when it dropped), and didn't go plat right away, it has a negative impact on the quality of the music?
And what does better albums releasing in 96 have to do with RD vs IWW? Neither were the best album of 96.
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How are you inferring this? Please, please, please point out to me where I posted that RD was wack. Where did I say that a gold record was a failure? I posted that to put it's original release in perspective. People's hindsight vision is always perfect. I clearly remember RD had it's fans upon it's original release, but through revisionist history, it was the album of the year, when it wasn't. I can tell what side of the fence you're on from your response.This logic baffles me. So because an album wasn't recognized as a great until years later (i.e. slept on when it dropped), and didn't go plat right away, it has a negative impact on the quality of the music?
And what does better albums releasing in 96 have to do with RD vs IWW? Neither were the best album of 96.
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I think the main point here is that one should never use sales/money as a measuring tool for an artwork's quality.
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we say that NOW, but at the time of release, that was the measuring stick.
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LOLWUT? I didn't say you said it was whack. I didn't say you said gold was a failure. I'm not aware of anyone who thinks RD is album of the year in 1996, so I can't comment on that. Point is... the fact RD wasn't originally recognized by the masses as a classic and didn't go platinum right away, are not good reasons why IWW > RD.
As far was where I am on the subject at hand, I think IWW is a better album, but I actually find myself listening to RD more. 95% of the time I listen to Nas, it's Illmatic.
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Ok, then I misunderstood, and I wouldn't even say RD was slept on, it's the fact that so many good albums came out that year it just kind of got pushed aside. Back to the subject at hand, I like WWW>RD, but I'll take illmatic over both. I still bump illmatic to this day.
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You're not speaking to me but the point I was making was in 96, this wasn't a popular album. In 2000, this wasn't a popular album. When Jay Z called it a classic and his best album, then it became a classic and everyone started listening to this album
There's so many songs on here to skip but some of his greatest songs on here also. IWW came out and everyone was rocking to it. NY was killing this album that year :x
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IWW>rd by an inch
Rd has the more popular hits but everything else goes to it was written
Rd has the more popular hits but everything else goes to it was written