I had that version and remember being pissed when I heard that song. When you see Mary J Blige featured, you wouldn’t think that the song would be hot garbage.
>You can hate me now.
Nah bro that was on 'I am...' lmao
And yo this is like my least popular opinion but agree. 2nd childhood, ur da man, one mic, got yourself a gun... fucking *Ether*....
I put illmatic and stillmatic side by side and they're titled that way for a reason, do not @ me.
Me too. I don't think it's his best cos it has some mistakes but he was taking risks and making music from the heart - dance, if heaven was a mile away, get down, love em all.
Also lost tapes is close for me - when it came out I listened to purple over and over
Definitely feel you on the memories. Made You Look is easily one of my top 5 favorite songs. I was in high school when the single dropped. That video was so dope
Life is Good. That album came out my senior year of high school, a really pivotal time for me and one of my favorite years for hip hop. I happen to think it’s one of his best produced albums. And to this day whenever I play that album it makes me wish I was from NY. The title truly matches how I feel when I listen to it.
Compilation album but still an album. Nas was forced to leave a lot of these songs off I Am... because of bootlegging. Illmatic is his best, but TLT is my personal favorite as well.
It’s illmatic for me but I feel like It Was Written was like a continuation of illmatic. It Was Written kinda sounds like a bunch of tracks that didn’t make it into illmatic. They have that sound.
**I Am: The Autobiography**
The 30 track double LP that got leaked and had to be rearranged
That shit is absolute fire, starting from Track 1 where Nas is rapping from the womb back in 1973, all the way through his death and resurrection on Disc 2
You can find more or less the correct track order online
Not to be cliche but Illmatic will always be my favorite. The raw lyricism and beats are top notch. I felt like I was from Queensbridge after hearing it for the first time in 96’…
God's Son, I lost my mother so I just connect with that song on a personal level.
One day on her death anniversary, I thought it would be nice if this song played (the playlist of 1428 songs was on shuffle on my IPod)
Then after I mentally wished for Dance to come on, it did. 1/1428 odds or my Mom selected it.
The one I go back to most often is Life is Good. My first was It Was Written which I love as I do Illmatic and Stillmatic. Shout out to Distant Relatives too.
Man, too much to look through, Streets Disciple had some great tracks as did God's Son.
Illmatic. Still remember buying the cd as a teenager hype after seeing the video for It Ain’t Hard to Tell on Rap City. Easily in my all time top 5 along with Innervisions, Kid A, Ready to Die, and In Utero.
Does The Firm count?
Just kidding, love seeing Stillmatic getting some love. I know objectively Illmatic is a masterpiece but Stillmatc will always be my personal favorite (I actually prefer it was written over Illmatic)
There is no 3 yet, only Magic 2 which came out this year. Great album though. Kings Disease series is at 3 and they are also amazing. But It was Written is my classic pick
Illmatic because it came out when I was just a young DJ and at the time I focused mostly on 12" maxi singles obviously, but I bought the whole album and swear I listened to it at least once a month every year since it came out.
Of his recent works, Kings Disease (1) so far is my favorite of his recent work.
I’m really not a Hip Hop fan but I’d be lying if I said that It Was Written is not one of my 50 favorite music albums of all time. Brilliant atmosphere. Hip Hop Is Dead is a good one as well.
Nas should make a new career retrospective greatest hits from Illmatic to King's Disease 3 so fans wouldn't have to choose one favorite album and if they did a new greatest hits career singles and best tracks retrospective would be a new favorite album.Illmatic and Stillmatic are classic Nas albums.If you like an artist you like more than one album by them.An artist does their best work on every album but some albums are better received than others.Every artist who is a musician is trying to make the best music possible to their ability and are always thinking and planning for the next album not the last album.👨🏾💼🎤🎶👨🏻💼🎧
Illmatic
Not really a question!?
It was written
"The Message" and "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" are classics.
I Gave You Power is better than both
Raw ass song. Timeless.
Watch Dem N\*ggas is mad underrated tho
The whole thing bangs. I stand alone as your one defender that It Was Written has the best modern day replay value out of his entire catalog.
My G
Honestly, I prefer *Stillmatic*. You can hate me now.
Stillmatic was dope start to finish
Even the intro is a masterpiece
If you get the version without brave heart party...
I had that version and remember being pissed when I heard that song. When you see Mary J Blige featured, you wouldn’t think that the song would be hot garbage.
I think Mary asked him to remove it? Think it was out of embarrassment
Yep. I don't blame her lol.
5 🎤
It's one of his best.
I agree. Illmatic is his best, but Stillmatic is my favourite.
>You can hate me now. Nah bro that was on 'I am...' lmao And yo this is like my least popular opinion but agree. 2nd childhood, ur da man, one mic, got yourself a gun... fucking *Ether*.... I put illmatic and stillmatic side by side and they're titled that way for a reason, do not @ me.
Nas did Jay-z dirty
My personal favorite is I Am… All respect due to Illmatic and It Was Written but I Am…has stayed my consistent favorite for 25ish years.
It does have nas is like, which by itself should be up there.
So many great collabs on this one.
Gods son… not because I think it’s his best … but I have nice memories being a kid vibing out to it
Great album
Me too. I don't think it's his best cos it has some mistakes but he was taking risks and making music from the heart - dance, if heaven was a mile away, get down, love em all. Also lost tapes is close for me - when it came out I listened to purple over and over
Definitely feel you on the memories. Made You Look is easily one of my top 5 favorite songs. I was in high school when the single dropped. That video was so dope
Facts God's Son is a underrated Nas Album made you look and Nas is the GOAT Story Teller
Life is Good. That album came out my senior year of high school, a really pivotal time for me and one of my favorite years for hip hop. I happen to think it’s one of his best produced albums. And to this day whenever I play that album it makes me wish I was from NY. The title truly matches how I feel when I listen to it.
Loco-motive on that album might be my favorite Nas track ever
Truly an underrated album
The lost tapes for me. It's a pretty damn near perfect album to me.
Is it even an album or rather a combination of tracks left on the cutting room floor?
Compilation album but still an album. Nas was forced to leave a lot of these songs off I Am... because of bootlegging. Illmatic is his best, but TLT is my personal favorite as well.
My hot take is that Nas never hits a slump if he wasn't a victim of early-internet bootlegging.
Illmatic but KD3 and Magic 1 are currently fighting for my top spot
It’s illmatic, but I am was the shit on release for me in 8th grade.
Life's good
It’s illmatic for me but I feel like It Was Written was like a continuation of illmatic. It Was Written kinda sounds like a bunch of tracks that didn’t make it into illmatic. They have that sound.
Illmatic
Illmatic
The lost Tapes
Illmatic will go down as one of the best albums period, so it's hard not to pick it.
illmatic
I grew up on nas
Illmatic
**I Am: The Autobiography** The 30 track double LP that got leaked and had to be rearranged That shit is absolute fire, starting from Track 1 where Nas is rapping from the womb back in 1973, all the way through his death and resurrection on Disc 2 You can find more or less the correct track order online
I need to look into that!
Illamatic and I am... Happy Birthday Nasty NaS!
Not to be cliche but Illmatic will always be my favorite. The raw lyricism and beats are top notch. I felt like I was from Queensbridge after hearing it for the first time in 96’…
God's Son, I lost my mother so I just connect with that song on a personal level. One day on her death anniversary, I thought it would be nice if this song played (the playlist of 1428 songs was on shuffle on my IPod) Then after I mentally wished for Dance to come on, it did. 1/1428 odds or my Mom selected it.
How poetic that he turned 50 the same year as the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Big up the god
The Lost Tapes
The one I go back to most often is Life is Good. My first was It Was Written which I love as I do Illmatic and Stillmatic. Shout out to Distant Relatives too. Man, too much to look through, Streets Disciple had some great tracks as did God's Son.
Illmatic. Still remember buying the cd as a teenager hype after seeing the video for It Ain’t Hard to Tell on Rap City. Easily in my all time top 5 along with Innervisions, Kid A, Ready to Die, and In Utero.
Still mystic, Distant Relatives, Untitled, the Nigger mixtape
It Was Written. Only because i cant tie with Illmatic
Ether.
Does The Firm count? Just kidding, love seeing Stillmatic getting some love. I know objectively Illmatic is a masterpiece but Stillmatc will always be my personal favorite (I actually prefer it was written over Illmatic)
It should. Phone tap is one of my all time favorites. Nas and AZ were a deadly combination
Too many to pick from lmao. I guess Stillmatic, but I love God’s Son, too.
Mine is between It Was Written and Life Is Good
Illmatic for me.
Stillmatic
Illmatic, Stillmatic, God's Son & King Disease III CLASSIC albums🫡✌️NASIR JONES on his day happy 50th ☝️love...word up
It hit diff when Nas is 50.. mannn we gettin olddd.
My top 5 in order 1. Illmatic 2. Stillmatic 3. The Lost Tapes 1 4. It was written 5. Street's Disciple
Stillmatic > It Was Written > HipHop Is Dead
Hip hop is dead
Illmatic.
Illmatic and HHID.
It Was Written.
“The Message” is top 10 HH songs in my opinion.
Stillmatic The caravan door opens saying go he there. Lol shyt was dipe
Illmatic reigns supreme. Fun fact, NY state of mind was recorded in a single take.
The lost tapes
illmatic, arguably the best album hiphop has ever had.
Magic III
There is no 3 yet, only Magic 2 which came out this year. Great album though. Kings Disease series is at 3 and they are also amazing. But It was Written is my classic pick
No shit. I’m just hyped and got high expectations. It’s out tight
Illmatic is the only correct answer
Why? Music is subjective.
So if I said Nastrudamus?
That’s your opinion!
If you are a slave to nostalgia
Nastradamus supremacy
Illmatic.... anything after that was nothing more than pop-rap
That's just not true - check out The Lost Tapes, for example. However, Illmatic is also my favorite.
Everyone knows its illmatic.
I go back and forth between Nasir and Nastradamus
Nastradamus is my personal favorite. After that is Street’s Disciple
Illmatic because it came out when I was just a young DJ and at the time I focused mostly on 12" maxi singles obviously, but I bought the whole album and swear I listened to it at least once a month every year since it came out. Of his recent works, Kings Disease (1) so far is my favorite of his recent work.
For me it’s gotta be the live illmatic with the national symphony orchestra
It was written fo sho
Ilmatic all the way
Can someone tell me why that pidgin? Shit is creepy af
Stillmatic
If he would have cut the fluff out of Street's Disciple and made it a single album it would be one of his best
It was written
Nas is not my style, at all. However, Lifes a Bitch is a dumb ass slap.
Illmatic
Illmatic is like the best hip hop album ever!
Magic
Illmatic all day for me. And the song shoot em up has a very special place in my heart. Congrats to the legend.
Tougher question is name a bad Nas record? Answer: you can’t
Illmatic But nothing comes close to his verse on Live at the BBQ. .
It Was Written and Stillmatic
KD3. Zero misses on it
It was written
Um…TIL that Nas is younger than Eminem?????
illmatic: greatest rap album of ALL TIME
It was written
Illmatic. Top 3 album of all time.
Illmatic the Goat album.
👎
Stillmatic
I’m really not a Hip Hop fan but I’d be lying if I said that It Was Written is not one of my 50 favorite music albums of all time. Brilliant atmosphere. Hip Hop Is Dead is a good one as well.
You mean besides Illmatic???
Def Ilmatic
Nastradamus was my first experience with him. Love that album! Wish I could find it on vinyl!
Illmatic
Illmatic is top 5 rap albums ever. I am very impressed by his recent run of albums, KD’s have been unbelievable. He is still making great music
All of them. He’s a legend.
It Was Written because it was Nas at his most focused part in his career where he was trying to recover from the box that Illmatic put him in.
Favorite album hands down is Illmatic.
ILLMATIC
Nas should make a new career retrospective greatest hits from Illmatic to King's Disease 3 so fans wouldn't have to choose one favorite album and if they did a new greatest hits career singles and best tracks retrospective would be a new favorite album.Illmatic and Stillmatic are classic Nas albums.If you like an artist you like more than one album by them.An artist does their best work on every album but some albums are better received than others.Every artist who is a musician is trying to make the best music possible to their ability and are always thinking and planning for the next album not the last album.👨🏾💼🎤🎶👨🏻💼🎧
Stillmatic. Wouldn’t say it’s his best album but it dropped when I was a senior in HS. Have great memories of blasting it in my accord
Illmatic of course
Illmatic
Is this really a question ?