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"Stillmatic"
« on: December 02, 2002, 05:19:05 PM »
Man...this is the first time I've really listened to the album since it dropped a year ago.  This shit is fucking classic.  It is the best album to drop in the past few years easily.

Like someone said earlier; it packs everything.  The diss songs (Ether, Destroy & Rebuild), the club bangers (Got Urslef A..), the conscious tracks (One Mic, My Country, Poison) and everything built around it.  This is prolly the first hip-hop record really is focused on lyrics/raps that I love.  

I just put this album in today and it is banging.  It is getting me so hyped for "God's Son" too.

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2002, 05:26:08 PM »
it was good, but i hesitate to call it a classic....

to me its nas' 3rd best album

1. illmatic
2. it was written
3. stillmatic
4. (close 4th) i am




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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2002, 05:28:13 PM »
Why don't you think it is classic?


Nas came back so strong.  He flows are unbelievable.  "Rewind" is fuckin landmark just for its concept.  Wouldn't it be cool if he did a 'Fast Forward,' and did that track the other way around.  Man, "Everybody's Crazy" is another great song, Nas's flow is great on that one.

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2002, 05:29:41 PM »
i just dont think its a classic...its a bangin album, dont get me wrong, just not a 5/5 landmark album
"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2002, 05:31:09 PM »
i just dont think its a classic...its a bangin album, dont get me wrong, just not a 5/5 landmark album

Oh great reasons man.

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2002, 06:04:07 PM »
Count me in on this.
You can add me to that list.  Stillmatic was a hell of a lot high than average.  It's got battle rhymes (Ether, Destory & Rebuild), concept records (One Mic), storytelling (Rewind), politics (My Country), he drops knowledge (What Goes Around) & just straight dope hip-hop records (You're A Man, 2nd Childhood...)  This album has enough soon-to-be classics.  The only record people seem to put down is "Braveheart Party".  

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2002, 06:08:50 PM »
i just dont think its a classic...its a bangin album, dont get me wrong, just not a 5/5 landmark album

Oh great reasons man.

shut up dork...what makes your opinions the consensus on what a classic is? i dont think its a classic, i think that term has been violated so oftern ive lost count....

shit if u count Lost Tapes, still matic is nas;s 4th best album
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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2002, 06:44:02 PM »
It's close but probably 4.5/5...I think it's about tied with It Was Written for Nas second best...I myself don't consider lost Tapes to be an official album, more of a compilation of Nas best unreleased songs...I mean Snoop and a lot of other artists could make a Lost Tapes and it would be comparable...Back to Stillmatic I think a couple of songs could've been left out especially the godawful Braveheart Party which was on my copy...Nas lyrics are on point as always, the beats are so-so but i ain't checking for beats when I listen to Nas...Take out a few songs and you have Illmatic 2...
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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2002, 07:11:12 PM »
it was good, but i hesitate to call it a classic....


 

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2002, 08:19:00 PM »
If Stillmatic was like this it would of been a Classic, IMO.


01.) Lifes A Dice Game *Previously Unreleased*
02.) Ether
03.) Got Urself A Gun
04.) Smokin (Everybodies Crazy)
05.) Ur Da Man
06.) Rewind
07.) One Mic
08.) 2nd Childhood
09.) Destroy & Rebuild
10.) Deja Vu *Previously Unreleased*
11.) Street Dreams (Remix) feat. R Kelly
12.) Stillmatic ( H to the OMO )
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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2002, 08:54:00 PM »
great album but its missing something tho 2 make it a classic
 

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2002, 11:06:32 PM »
"Rewind" is fuckin landmark just for its concept.

Agree 100%...
"Rewind" is the shiznit track of 2001...handsdown..
and word On "God's son"...I'm hyped az fuck bout it.

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2002, 08:42:01 AM »
I've considered this a classic since it dropped, the only real thing that was stopping it from being a full blown classic then was that it was new, and you can't judge longevity when something is that new, but it's still great to me now so I guess it's passed that test (alot of albums get boring after a few months, or sometimes even weeks, so a year on and still being able to enjoy it is a good sign). If any of your remember the break down of 'Face's "The Fix" I did a few months back, look at the reasons I gave for that being a classic and apply them to "Stillmatic" and you'll see that this album really is worthy of being a 'classic'.




I think that if you take one of the 'O's' out of 'Good' it's 'God', if you add a 'D' to 'Evil' it's the 'Devil'. I think some cool motherfucker sat down a long time ago and said 'let's figure out a way to control motherfuckers'.
 

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2002, 12:38:29 PM »
If Stillmatic was like this it would of been a Classic, IMO.

01.) Lifes A Dice Game *Previously Unreleased*
02.) Ether
03.) Got Urself A Gun
04.) Smokin (Everybodies Crazy)
05.) Ur Da Man
06.) Rewind
07.) One Mic
08.) 2nd Childhood
09.) Destroy & Rebuild
10.) Deja Vu *Previously Unreleased*
11.) Street Dreams (Remix) feat. R Kelly
12.) Stillmatic ( H to the OMO )

What the hell is that?

First off, the "Stillmatic Intro" is as good as it gets for an intro.  That's gotta be left on.
Second, "Smokin'" & "Everybody's Crazy" are different songs.
Third, you're missing some gems from the second half ("What Goes Around", "Every Ghetto")
Fourth, what would the reason for having "Street Dreams (Remix)" on there be?
 

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Re:"Stillmatic"
« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2002, 01:30:05 PM »
Street Dreams (Remix)



Bcuz I Wanted It On There
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