Hmm, where do I begin because I see where you are coming from. Was it classic? No. But I remember when it dropped. Yes, some of the songs were fluff but "Danger Zone", "Da' Graveyard", "All Black"? Classic, dark D.I.T.C. production....Big L's ill rhymes? That shit had me charged and want to do damage. At the time, I didn't even know who Jay-Z was, but I memorized his verse off "Da' Graveyard" because I thought it was ill. Nah, it's not Jay of today. This was when having ill styles, flows, and cadences was at the top of the rap pyramid.