illmatic review

illmatic by the guy who beat and made up with Jay-Z

bible/10

favorite tracks (not in any order): every one except for the genesis

worst track: take a wild guess.

Undeniable classic. Across all genres, this album is in the elite upper-echelon of the greatest albums ever made. I'm not sure there's anything to say that hasn't been said extensively for decades. It's amazing that Nas started working on this at only around 16. He had a lot of the lyrics written real young, at least in rough form. Nas will prevail, just another day and i'm a villian were released when he was 17, by the way.

NY state of mind is one of the best beats ever made, and Nas absolutely murdered it. Excellent sample by Preemo, those trumpets at the start of the song set the tone perfectly. The world is yours is also one of those songs with a melancholic vibe to it, one of the highlights of this record. This album is flawless, I can't remember how many times I've heard it from start to finish.

Oh yeah, and that AZ verse is still one of the best features of all time, not just for hip-hop.

Album so good, it's in the US's library of congress💀.

(why are you reading an album review on an ai chat site? tf wrong with you)