- May 22, 2007
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Illmatic >
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- Dec 21, 2002
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Makes this post any different from the other 100 Illmatic appreciation posts?
A promo for your blog?
A promo for your blog?
- May 22, 2007
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yep. exactly.
- Dec 21, 2002
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thx for demo link, though.
- Nov 27, 2007
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This is true and this is why Nas>your favorite rapper. That's at the end of the day.
- May 22, 2007
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I dont know why. The album is just TOO perfect.
- Mar 3, 2009
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The album can't get enough praise, but "It Was Written" is alot closer than people think, it has to be like half a notch under "Illmatic"
- May 22, 2007
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Hell no.
IWW was had too much commerical elements to me. "I Gave You Power", "Shootouts","The Message" and "Live N___ Rap" are standout songs but the album fails to live up to Illmatic.
I understand artistic growth and that he's no longer a kid from the PJs who's wary of industry folks...but IWW was too forced and manufactured....on Illmatic he's a street poet with a high talent for narration and verbal dexterity...on IWW he's a Mafioso/Save A Ho...come on.
IWW was had too much commerical elements to me. "I Gave You Power", "Shootouts","The Message" and "Live N___ Rap" are standout songs but the album fails to live up to Illmatic.
I understand artistic growth and that he's no longer a kid from the PJs who's wary of industry folks...but IWW was too forced and manufactured....on Illmatic he's a street poet with a high talent for narration and verbal dexterity...on IWW he's a Mafioso/Save A Ho...come on.
- Feb 5, 2009
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Good read Black.ANYTHING about Illmatic is a good read for me though.The thing that pisses me off about Nas is that he has the POTENTIAL to make another masterpiece AT WILL (Stillmatic came veeeeeeeeery close) yet chooses not to tap into that ****!
- May 22, 2007
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I dont think Stillmatic was anything near Illmatic either...it was a masterpiece in itself but it wasnt really that raw street lyricism.
It was like his career came full circle....Stillmatic is probably the album that captures mature Nas the best.
It was like his career came full circle....Stillmatic is probably the album that captures mature Nas the best.
- Jan 2, 2007
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Illmatic is superb. I just think IWW was way more of a complete album. The into was classic on IWW, just seemlessly blended into the theme of the album...
But I can see the love and appreciation for Illmatic. It was the street poetic narrative, but it felt more like a mixtape of great songs than an album to me. But it still is one of my all-time favorites.
But I can see the love and appreciation for Illmatic. It was the street poetic narrative, but it felt more like a mixtape of great songs than an album to me. But it still is one of my all-time favorites.
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Illmatic > *
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Basically
My favorite album of all time.
My favorite album of all time.
- Jan 14, 2007
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Always
larryindiana219
Banned
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I disagree though
- Jul 6, 2008
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no doubt
- Mar 24, 2008
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I love this album..im not tryna start a argument but i always felt purple tapes > Illmatic tho
- May 22, 2007
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Sam you're wildin...
and lol
and lol
- May 22, 2007
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Sam you're wildin...
and lol
and lol
- Sep 30, 2008
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I started reading that Michael Eric Dyson book about Illmatic, "Born to Use Mics" and I been back on my Illmatic s_ hardbody recently.
Its crazy how good this album is.
Is still feels fresh and perfect after all of these years.
Its crazy how good this album is.
Is still feels fresh and perfect after all of these years.
- May 22, 2007
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My old professor contributed to it. Kyra Gaunt. How is that book?
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Street Dreams
Watch Dem N_
Take It In Blood
Black Girl Lost
Affirmative Action
Are commercial to you? "It Was Written" was a amazing dude, Nas had a back-to-back forreal
- Sep 30, 2008
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I just started but so far so good.
- May 22, 2007
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Im referring to the fake Mafiaso direction that IWW took. It was too blatant to ignore.
- Feb 21, 2006
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Just finished it today... it's excellent.
Some of the essays are better than others, naturally. My favorites were probably One Love, Represent, and It Ain't Hard To Tell. Honestly, I thought that Gaunt's essay on One Time 4 Your Mind was the weakest... she just didn't really analyze, interpret, or discuss the song at all and it was a pretty weak springboard for her essay on gender stratification in hip-hop. I almost feel bad for even feeling that way being that she's one of only two female authors in the book... but it is what it is. She is a very good writer, though.
That's really my only complaint of the book- that some of the essays strayed too far from the songs they were supposedly analyzing into whatever the author's agenda was. Like Mark Anthony Neal discusses a good topic in the essay on Memory Lane... but it really has very little to do with the song itself and nothing to do with analyzing or interpreting the lyrics and their meanings. I just don't understand how you're writing a piece on Memory Lane and you don't talk at all about the content of the song!!! This happens to lesser degrees on all the other essays besides the three I listed as being my favorites.
The Bobbito interview at the end was a definite highlight as well... that cat is a walking encyclopedia of hip-hop, basketball, and sneakers. I already had the "Street's Disciple" interview he did with Nas back in 94 for Rap Pages but that's a great inclusion as well for those that didn't have it.
