one of the best hooks in hip hop history

Horrible take wtf

that song is like the perfect embodiment of the mood "man, f*** this world and the life it brought me, I'm getting drunk/high"

legit keep it in rotation here and there

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Everyone has their own opinions yet I can't help but feel this is just out of contrarianism

One Time 4 Your Mind easily

I work up early on my born day im 20 it’s a blessin the essence of adolescence leaves my body now im fresh and my physical frame is celebrated cuz I made it one quarter through life some godly like thing created

Nah man

Probably my favorite start to a verse ever

Same

First thing I listened to when I turned 20

Top 1 Hip Hop Songs

You sound like a life

The best song on the album

OTFYM if I HAD to pick

1. it aint hard to tell (favorite nas song and top 3 rap song to me)
2. memory lane
3. the world is yours
4. lifes a b****
5. one love

if i had to rank the whole illmatic its this order then

6. NY State of Mind
7. Represent
8. Halftime
9. One Time 4 Your Mind

Illmatic really aged like milk besides it ain’t hard to tell

Just kidding

OP never went through his Illmatic phase while simultaneously goin through his marijuana phase

i can’t stomach nigggas like op!

@op you are bugging, respectfully

I’d get rid of half the album before I get rid of Life’s a B****

Big yikes

Timeless music doesn’t age brother

Life's a B**** is my favorite rap song, so there.