1. Bring the Noise
2. Don't Believe the Hype
3. Cold Lampin
4. Louder Than a Bomb
5. Show em Whatca Got
6. She watch channel zero
7. Night of the living baseheads
8. Black Steel
9. Rebel without a Pause
10. Prophets of Rage

I agree with the argument of albums benefitting from being short and tight ( even if I also really enjoy the attempts at epics spanning into multiple disc range - ie Wu Tang Forever. ) Illmatic certainly benefits from this. Trimming the fat is always a good idea - though that also lessens the chances for deep tracks and opportunities for experimentation. Also one mans throwaway track is another mans favorite track - especially when experimentation comes into play.

That being said - the coffee seems to be working better after flipping through the tracks above! I'm gonna go hurt myself by tryin to break through a wall like the Hulk now.