*Vote on the New Poll!!!*- The Chronic vs. Illmatic

[suckaa free]

I think the Chronic was better, but didnt MTV put Illmatic higher than the Chronic when rating the best rap albums of all time?  Not sure... what you guys think?

Vote on the Poll!!!

[Juronimo]

I like the Chronic a lot more than Illmatic. That's just me though. The Chronic is just like a time machine, it paints a picture of that time period as clear as a canvas. Every time I listen to that album, I feel like I'm back in 1992, back in high school and I recall all that tension due to the riots that had just jumped off. That album truly is a work of art. Very few hip hop albums accomplish that.

In my opinion the Chronic is on another level musically and artistically than Illmatic. Illmatic is great, don't get me wrong, lyrically it was on point. I just feel Chronic more.

[Diabolical]

I would put them both in my top ten.

[suckaa free]

I like the Chronic a lot more than Illmatic. That's just me though. The Chronic is just like a time machine, it paints a picture of that time period as clear as a canvas. Every time I listen to that album, I feel like I'm back in 1992, back in high school and I recall all that tension due to the riots that had just jumped off. That album truly is a work of art. Very few hip hop albums accomplish that.

In my opinion the Chronic is on another level musically and artistically than Illmatic. Illmatic is great, don't get me wrong, lyrically it was on point. I just feel Chronic more.

so just lyrically...is illmatic better? 

[Juronimo]

I like the Chronic a lot more than Illmatic. That's just me though. The Chronic is just like a time machine, it paints a picture of that time period as clear as a canvas. Every time I listen to that album, I feel like I'm back in 1992, back in high school and I recall all that tension due to the riots that had just jumped off. That album truly is a work of art. Very few hip hop albums accomplish that.

In my opinion the Chronic is on another level musically and artistically than Illmatic. Illmatic is great, don't get me wrong, lyrically it was on point. I just feel Chronic more.

so just lyrically...is illmatic better? 

Illmatic is better lyrically, I don't think too many people would argue that. I think the Chronic is better in every other aspect though.

[BJV]

The music sampled on The Chronic > The music sampled on Illmatic

The lyrical content on Illmatic > The lyrical content on The Chronic

[Eihtball]

"The Chronic" was far more influential, "Illmatic" is simply a better album.

[jeromechickenbone]

Damn, its a tough call.  Lyrically, you gotta give it to Illmatic.  Production I'd give the edge to The Chronic.  Both really captured the essence of Cali & New York in that era.  But like RBXtra said, Chronic was more influential.  Both qualify as absolute must owns for any hip hop fan. 

I won't front though, I didn't even hear Illmatic until after IWW was released.  I bought the Chronic the week it came out (on tape).  I was obsessed with that album.  So just because I experienced it when it dropped, and had no preconceived notions at the time, I'd have to go with Chronic overall.

In the last year i've probably listened to Illmatic 10x more than the Chronic though.  I'm a flip floppin motherfucker.

[Eihtball]

I won't front though, I didn't even hear Illmatic until after IWW was released.  I bought the Chronic the week it came out (on tape).  I was obsessed with that album.

Yeah, it's kinda ironic to me that so many younger folks think "Illmatic" was instantly heralded as a hip-hop classic when it was first released.  The truth is that the hip-hop community at large pretty much ignored it when it first came out...it took 2 years just to go Gold.  I don't think I even listened to "Illmatic" in its entirety until about '98 or '99.  "The Chronic", on the other hand, absolutely shook up the industry when it dropped...pretty much the day that album came out, you could feel and hear all of hip-hop changing with it.

[BOX5 the best poster on this site yell]

THE CHRONIC EASY, SO WHAT NAS LYRICS ARE MORE IN DEPTH,THE CHRONIC HAS DOPE BEATS AND COOL LYRICS,MORE SHIT THE STREETS CAN RELATE TO,WHAT HAS AZ BECOME? LOOK WHAT SNOOP AND THE DOG POUND AND NATE DOGG HAS BECOME, IT'S EASY don't get me wrong illmatic is dope as fucc but it ain't better then the chronic when you judge it on all scales,lyrics thats it,the rest goes to the chronic therefore the chronic gets the duke yell

[Mixtape_Fan]

chronic

[We Fly High]

i dunno.. chronic has its weak point for me. dont get me wrong its still an amazing album.. but illmatic holds the #1 spot for me. i can listen to that shit on straight repeat for hella days.

[herpes]

illmatic not even close

[E. J. Rizo]

this thread is a joke... first of all its on a westcoast board.... secondly Chronic Hands down! it will be bumped way more than illmatic will ever..

[PLANT]

I prefer The Chronic without a doubt

Illmatic is great lyrically, but the beats are kinda lacking IMO.....Ther overall sound of the album just isn't on the same level as The Chronic IMO