I tried to explain it to you

I feel like you're getting caught up on specifics and not seeing the big picture

Illmatic was Nas' debut...no shit

I'm sayin, without Illmatic, what's his impact on hip-hop, a handful of not quite as good albums, which probably sold more than Illmatic, were probably more successful business wise (whatever that means), but were never close to the impact that Illmatic had

but you'll probably look up record sales and try to argue what I just said

KIM