The Chronic VS Illmatic

[West Coast Veteran]

Chronic No Contest!

[teecee]

This is hard, because i LOVE both of these albums, they are both in my top 5.  They both are incredible, but i think Illmatic is better front to back.  I don't feel a couple songs on the Chronic, and i feel everyhting on illmatic,
   However, Illmatic sounds dated nowadays, whereas Chronic sounds like it could have been recorded last week.  It will always sound fresh, plus it broke Snoop, NAte, DgP, RBX, all my fav's.  
    These albums are completely different, damn.  Illmatic is more underground, hardly commercial at all.  It is classic though, i just think you had to have been down when it first came out.  Cuz everyone i know who has bought it in recent years doesn't like that shit.
    But everyone feels the CHronic, and i feel it is my favourite of the two, if not the best of the two.

[CHEF_RAEKWON]

illmatic

[Joachim]

The Chronic.

[Murrow]

Both albums give you a certain feel.  "The Chronic" has that funky, West coast gangsta vibe, and "Illmatic" has the feel of Queens.

[Tecknine]

The Chronic

[Rud]

CHRONIC


ILLMATIC CANT COMPARE IMO


peace

[I TO DA GEEZY]

first of all "tha chronic"....and second...what did you find in common between these two jake...i mean...a side of both being considered clasics by many....
i even recall dat you alwayz been sayin chronic iz tha best album ever and shit....
and illmatic....i think pacz me against tha world....eats  Illmatic easily.....

[Hittman]

I LIke Them Both Equal...

[AfterMathematics]

No question, it's all about the D-R-E

While I love both albums, the Chronic changed the game.  A gang of producers started jacking that Chronic G-Funk style, almost to the point where everyone started sounding alike.  Illmatic was dope, and Nas was universally revered when that shit came out, but it's not like he changed the game.

From a record sales perspective (I know, some people argue sales ain't shit, but i'm just pointing this out), the Chronic went multiplatinum, and Illmatic went gold.  So the Chronic was a much bigger commercial success.  Nuthin' but a G Thang was the FIRST gangsta rap song in heavy rotation on commercial radio stations and MTV.  Once again, Illmatic didn't have a single that changed the game like that.

Just my 2 cents.

[Don Jacob]

first of all "tha chronic"....and second...what did you find in common between these two jake...i mean...a side of both being considered clasics by many....
i even recall dat you alwayz been sayin chronic iz tha best album ever and shit....
and illmatic....i think pacz me against tha world....eats  Illmatic easily.....

illmatic is one of the greatest lyrical records and the chronic is one of the (if not THE best ) produced albums ever

[HBKid_Jr]

Another similarity is that these were tha solo debuts of dre an nas

[Don Jacob]

yeah and many consider the chronic to be the best westcoast album and illmatic the best eastcoast album

[Big BpG]

Both albums give you a certain feel.  "The Chronic" has that funky, West coast gangsta vibe, and "Illmatic" has the feel of Queens.

You spoke my mind... I won't even compare them. Both are classics, both are in the top 5 albums of all time and that's that... if you like  it or not, thats an opinion, but both these albums are some of the best material ever presented in rap/hiphop today, and thats the truth.

-Big BpG

[I TO DA GEEZY]

imo "ready to die"...waz tha best eascoast piece ever....