I feel it takes time to be a classic. People just say classic all the time because that's the highest standard in rating an album. The Source, 5 Mics. But if you just give an album a letter grade or stars then you can distance yourself from that word a little bit and let time determine if something is classic. I listen to songs from "Illmatic" at least once a week and it still sounds like the album came out yesterday. Classics are timeless. Now Do I think "BE" has the potential to be classic? Yes. I listened to it Thursday and it sounded hella good. I love the album. It's GOOD MUSIC, from the soul.