To each their own. I am just one of those "hate to throw the word 'classic' around til it has some time to marinate" type mufuckers. But I feel you. This album is seriously shaping up, no question. Can't wait to hear the rest.

And yea --- I think I am with you in that if I'm judging an album I won't count bonus tracks for or against the full main album unless they REALLY fuck shit up positively or negatively.

But I do wish Nas released Nasty a little later so it could've been part of the main album. I still fucking blaze that track like 3x a week haha.