It's June 15, 2024, 03:16:37 PM
i never could get into illmatic...wasnt feelin the production....i even tried a few weeks ago listening to it again and once again i couldnt get into it...
I remember getting Illmatic as one of my free cds from COlumbia House. At the time I was really only into DPG/Deathrow shit, and i played it a few times and thought it sucked. A few months later, I saw the One Love video, threw the cd back on, and BAM! that cd hit me like no other. I can still see how others don't feel it, but to me it really is one of the best hip hop albums ever. RD was nothing new, just Jay doing what everyone else at thje time was doing, which was that mafioso, druglord type shit. I liked RD, but everyone who was around at that time didn't really feel it like THAT, and didn't until Hard Knock Life. ILLMATIC by far. Give it some time, its a grower, it has a lot of depth, and its NAS, premo, Pete Rock, etc at their very best.