Or

Disrespectful to illmatic and gkmc

GKMC but

Putting joey up there is heinous

Idk but this was the 2000s Illmatic without question

Die a Legend

I mean GKMC obviously wayyyy better but sonically though 1999 really was that quintessential boom bap 2010s debut, and Joey was young as s***, reminded me of a young Nas… am I buggin?

The 10s illmatic should be something that sounds like the 10s. Illmatic didn’t sound like the 80s

Contextually theyre way different

1999 was a throwback project whereas illmatic actually propelled the artform forward in a meaningful way

Totally agree not saying 1999 is in the same weight class at all…
But as a spiritual successor…. Strictly from a sonic standpoint and a young nigga that’s nice beyond his years standpoint… bruh was 17

Totally, by that metric it’s GKMC all day

But 1999 might be the most illmatic SOUNDING project of the 2010s, for whatever that is worth lol

GKMC. No other rap debut in the 10s was at that level

Literally GKMC

Or maybe Care For Me by Saba

Good Kid Maad City easily

If you were tapped in when it dropped it was literally being compared to Illmatic on day 1. Never seen another debut album do that in the 2000s aside from maybe Food and Liquor

Saba has such a great discography.

its gkmc point blank lets not set joey up

This and Almighty So

Almighty So was It Was Written

Yeah it’s GKMC no debate imo