If you think Illmatic is a top 10 Hiphop album of all time and/or think it is Nas' best album, let us know why you think that.

bro shut up

No u

Real rap

trash

Excellent timeless rap music

What is the definition of "real rap" according to you?

its vivid af

Example?

I’m playing, I think it’s overrated but the story telling is immaculate.

Example?

Based on what critics and forums say or do you concrete, personal reasons for that, and if so, what are they? Did you grow up listening to it or listen to it after you were told about it in recent years?

Couldn’t this be applied to basically every album considered to be a classic

just listen to it lmfao

Well I am asking him specifically, and specifically about Illmatic. What is classic and what is good is 100% subjective. Just beause someone says it is classic doesnt make it so.

Pretty much every song lol, have you listened to it?

One Love is amazing.

1 hot album ever ten year average

I've listened to it. Some tracks many, many times. That's not the point of my question. You are making claims without backing it up. That's not the point of this thread. The point is to give reasons. Too many people list this as the "best" album, and my hypothesis is that they do so because critics and "hiphop heads" do so as well. They simply follow and fit in.

Sure

It’s just great rapping and beats all the way through without a wasted moment

It was written is better tho

almost the entirity of NY state of mind and other various lines throughout the record on every song like this one on memory lane: "my window faces shootouts, d*** overdoses, live amongst no roses, only the drama". there's a bunch of other examples but that line sticks out a lot to me

basically lol

Did you grow up in the ghetto or something similar? Can you relate to that about which Nas is rapping?

Ok dis virginity

excellent production in the classic NY boom bap style

no i didn't and i cannot, but the s*** feels like a movie they way he tells s***