if illmatic was dropped Dec of 2007 =

[intilectual recipricol]

on the curb on garbage pickup day.

[KillaCali]

at first view everybody will make dumb comments about it has just only 10 songs

[SoufJeRZA]

Beyonce only had like ten tracks, same with Amy Winehouse.

[QHefner]

if illmatic droped dec 07 I would say hip hop is alive!

[intilectual recipricol]

landfill material by 2008...

[Puryear]

intial reaction would be :ohmy:

then you dudes would make thread after thread saying it was average and not that great and how we have to explain to you why it's so good

[KillaCali]

Beyonce only had like ten tracks, same with Amy Winehouse.

i didnt listen both of albums plus i dont give a **** about em:thumbsdow

[QHefner]

ask urself if lupe's albums came out in the periods of 93-97 it would have got 3 1/2 mics wouldn't go gold and not mentioned as one of the top 20 albums

[intilectual recipricol]

if illmatic was released in Dec of 07... it wouldnt be released, it'd be some leaked to internet canibus type bullshat...

[Major Jackson Briggs]

When I bought Illmatic back in 94 I threw it in the trash after the second listen.

[intilectual recipricol]

im sorry to hear that MJB... I did the same thing to Wyclef's Carnival... just terrible music...

[SnowmanNYC]

if illmatic was released in Dec of 07... it wouldnt be released, it'd be some leaked to internet canibus type bullshat...

exactly, it wouldn't be released

[Yoda3542]

everyone would be like, oh this is the album all the rappers have been talking about for 14 years

[LiveFromNewYork718]

albums mark time periods. if it dropped now it'd still be considered a classic hiphop album but it wouldn't have the same allure and aura. yall realize he dropped that in 94? in 1994 son was rappin like that, hahaa, thats why the sh*t is so crazy. madd n!ggas flow like that now, they aint as nice as nas of course but i'm sayin, the album wouldn't be as "OHHHHHHHH SH!T!!!!!" if it dropped today.

[Prince of Zamunda]

illmatic doesnt stand up to the test of time at all

[JUSE_HEDD]

illmatic doesnt stand up to the test of time at all

you gotta update your phrase next to your sig buddy

[Geechie Slade]

on the curb on garbage pickup day.

Young nicca wit no sense of HIP-HOP history or culture. You and your kind are what's wrong with HIP-HOP. No respect for classic material and real music. Go back to listenin to Young __________ (Fill in the name here) and yell about how he's the greatest rapper of all time when he can only eat becuz of the success of the niccas you diss.

[intilectual recipricol]

if released today, fillermatic would be refuse...

[andre patton]

i wouldnt even waste my bandwidth downloading it

[IGOD777]

on the curb on garbage pickup day.So I guess your dad would have some company.

[infamous003]

illmatic doesnt stand up to the test of time at all

:dry:

[The_GameO7™]

It would be just like OCs last album StarChild or smth. About 8 ppl would cop it.

Illmatic was dope in the 1990s but if it dropped today, it would be garbage

[gyno]

illmatic is ok nothing special. dont know why people always comparing **** to it. illmatic had like 4 good songs on it lol.

[young north]

illmatic is ok nothing special. dont know why people always comparing **** to it. illmatic had like 4 good songs on it lol.
agree. illmatic was good but yall old nigggas be going over board with that. people listen to it was written more.

[nieman]

If it dropped today the first thing people would say is "it sounds old school", "he's out dated", "cheap ass soundin beats". Only 4-5 of the tracks would stick. SO it would mostly be discarded, and would take about 5 years (the changing of the current sound/trends) for people to go backand listen to it and pay attention.

Honestly, I didn't even love Illmatic when it first dropped. I liked about 5 tracks, the problem was that if you fast forwarded (it was on cassette) for even a little bit, your at the end. So, thats when I started playing it all the way through and started to like it.

[Dakidd05]

I think people would sleep on it

[jayshiggs]

on the curb on garbage pickup day.

But it is still on yer mind even at @ 3 AM this morning. lol

[intilectual recipricol]

i couldnt sleep cuz I threw my illmatic in the trash...
its just a small collection of bad beats and ducktales...

[HiphopDude420]

Ayo Cali
Walk with me
Yeah thats what got me here
The chucks the khaki suits
All the swap meet years
The six dollar socks the five dollar rocks
Uncle Greg rest in peace he taught me how to chop
Thats why I love the hood and everything we got
From the ice cream trucks to the fourty ounce tops
All white Air Force Ones to fake Jacob watch
A few reasons why I drive the Bently hard top
Use it in my songs cause I live it on the block
Tattoo it on my face let the whole world watch
I'm that type of ***** yall made my city bigger dawg
Turn the TV off got tired of watchin Jigga boss
So we told our mom's we was lookin for jobs
When we was really in the record store lookin for Nas
Project of the ghetto, Ghetto and the project
From compton to being Dre's number one prospect so.....

[Talk of New York]

stop with this dumb ass "IF" threads, that attract these dumbass posters. Illmatic dropped in 1994 and sounds like a album from the 1990's. "IF" it dropped today it would sound different because hip hop is about beats now. Few niccas can even rap coherently.

[dtjones]

intial reaction would be :ohmy:


That's about it right there, sometimes I still do that today with Illmatic.

[nosebleed70]

it would have no sales and be irrellivant. real talk.

[StreetSweeper]

illmatic doesnt stand up to the test of time at all
Yeah I know, Thats why I've always thought Reasonable Doubt was better..

[Green Lantern]

illmatic doesnt stand up to the test of time at all


:laugh:

[gyno]

stop with this dumb ass "IF" threads, that attract these dumbass posters. Illmatic dropped in 1994 and sounds like a album from the 1990's. "IF" it dropped today it would sound different because hip hop is about beats now. Few niccas can even rap coherently.



word.

[intilectual recipricol]

the other day I used half of god's son as a hand mirror to line myself up... the other half I threw at a cat that was spazzin out on my front porch...

[jayshiggs]

the other day I used half of god's son as a hand mirror to line myself up... the other half I threw at a cat that was spazzin out on my front porch...

Wow that's interesting . . . .



















































. . . wait no it isn't.

[Anthony Yeo]

illmatic doesnt stand up to the test of time at all
in reality this is very true and Im a nas fan

[UrbanMiracle]

this is just another "I want some internet attention" thread. its impossible to determined the impact of an album that came out in the certain time. the market has changed dramatically since illmatic dropped. it would brick just as it did back then but worst since nas would never have had the chance to blow up with a second lp. I love illmatic but with all these soulja boys and bow wows and bullsh*t, nas wouldnt have a chance.

[intilectual recipricol]

this is just another "I want some internet attention" thread. its impossible to determined the impact of an album that came out in the certain time. the market has changed dramatically since illmatic dropped. it would brick just as it did back then but worst since nas would never have had the chance to blow up with a second lp. I love illmatic but with all these soulja boys and bow wows and bullsh*t, nas wouldnt have a chance.
your sig SCREAMS homo

[UrbanMiracle]

your sig SCREAMS homo

your birth mother SCREAMS for my pipe....:yes:

[BlueFire]

well he could drop his unrelased tracks and see if it sells.

if i was an artist i'd records a buch of sh!t so 10yrs down the line i can release something with the same vibe and mindset to see if it sells.

[1stCome]

if illmatic didnt come out when it did, dudes would still be rapping like

"i kicks it. i flips it. i wiggity wiggity whips it.
my flows. mad styles. i riggity rowl rips it."

[intilectual recipricol]

if illmatic didnt come out when it did, dudes would still be rapping like
"i kicks it. i flips it. i wiggity wiggity whips it.
my flows. mad styles. i riggity rowl rips it."
Im pretty sure Rakim is the reason for that... but think what you wanna... Seems to me like Nas bit Ra's style, but gnazz warriors wont see that, no they wont see that...

[BlueFire]

if illmatic didnt come out when it did, dudes would still be rapping like
"i kicks it. i flips it. i wiggity wiggity whips it.
my flows. mad styles. i riggity rowl rips it."


u mean if rakim ain't come out?

[UrbanMiracle]

u mean if rakim ain't come out?

naw phife dawg was rhyming like that in the 90s

[1stCome]

well rakim came out in 86, and das efx came out in 91...so no. i meant nas.

[1stCome]

Im pretty sure Rakim is the reason for that... but think what you wanna... Seems to me like Nas bit Ra's style, but gnazz warriors wont see that, no they wont see that...


well you just said in the other thread you didnt care about nas. make up your mind. first you dont care, now youre an nas style expert

besides - saying that nas bit rakim is an indicator you dont know what youre talking about anyway

[intilectual recipricol]

well, soulja boy came out after knarst...

[BlueFire]

well rakim came out in 86, and das efx came out in 91...so no. i meant nas.


regaurdless of u not giving rakim credit 4 da modern flow.

biggie took it to the next level with flow anyways...biggie smoothed it out so well. it really hasn't been matched to this day.