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is nas illmatic, iww, and stillmatic?

if not, what?

I know his catalog is weak, but is that really the third piece of the holy trinity? Has anybody listened to it in the last five years?

Thought it was great because it had the commercially appealing songs that didn't sound forced, and he still got off lyrically.

>I know his catalog is weak, but is that really the third
>piece of the holy trinity? Has anybody listened to it in the
>last five years?

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=2716407&mesg_id=2716407&listing_type=search#2716417

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=2716407&mesg_id=2716407&listing_type=search#2719341

Never Forget.

if so, that'll replace stillmatic for me.

>if so, that'll replace stillmatic for me.
>
>

I'm in love with 2/3rds of the album, but I could say the same for "God's Son". "Lost Tapes" is the legitimate classic that should round out the trio.
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it's not an album and Nas didn't even put it out
it doesn't count just because you niggers like it

On one hand...it's not an album because it is in fact a collection of unreleased songs and Nas didn't even really put it out.

On the other hand...if I'm recommending someone some dope music to check out, or even some dope 'albums' to check out from say, that year, or in Nas' catalogue, I have to mention it because it has some of the best songs on there period.

Plus, it's impossible to 'not' have a sequence lol

its probably the best Hip Hop compilation thats not a greatest hits, but it's not an album despite the quality of the songs (which is the argument people seem to want to make so they can fit it in with their point)

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God's Son or Life Is Good

also Nas' discog is no where near as bad as i once claimed it to be

The Lost Tapes, Stillmatic, and God's Son are all dope

I Am and Untitled are 3.5s

Nastradamus, Hip-Hop Is Dead, and Streats Disciple all of some quality but as a whole I could do without.

These are mine. Was never crazy about Stillmatic like some were. Life Is Good is gonna hold up better.

win...

.....shit was his third best easily.

i put up what i thought were them
if not, then what is
don't read more into it, please.
thanks

it's average... and I'm being VERY liberal with that

let's just say which two lol

i would agree

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*trollface*

but really tho
he has 2 nailed in, illmatic and iww.
then theres maybe 3 or 4 albums that COULD be at #3.

usually with a trinity its a consensus unless somebody's dropped more than 3 classics...hmmm...

illmatic, iww, and life is good(or lost tapes)

stillmatic is kind of overrated imo but still really like that lp

Untitled + Life Is Good

particularly for what they mean to Nas's career

but Life Is Good > Stillmatic for the whole length of the LP

even though Stillmatic has more "iconic" Nas records ("Ether", "One Mic", "Got UR Self A Gun" et al) and some sharp album cuts, there are a couple of songs that sound "not quite right" now as they did then.

Illmatic ...IWW....Life Is Good

End of discussion ;)

Regardless of if you feel IWW is better than either of those second two, each of these represent Nas at a different point of his career. One is his arrival and the others are his return to form after a lackluster string of albums before it. When looking back at his career these are the 3 most important albums.

to commercially sound rapper

Illmatic
IWW
and the Firm Album...

I'm leaving this post thinking I really need to listen to Life is Good.

. . .in the first place.

Automatic disqualification.

Unless we're talking about the "Holy Trinity" of mediocrity.

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what goes around, ether, 2nd childhood, one mic, you're da man > life is good

dude doesn't even have a classic album post-1996. maybe chief keef would rap better if nas had put out a great LP during his LIFETIME.

>dude doesn't even have a classic album post-1996. maybe chief
>keef would rap better if nas had put out a great LP during his
>LIFETIME.



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illmatic, IWW and LIG ( Just edging Untitled)