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waiters07
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"It Was Written > Illmatic"


          

so this just went up on Complex...

http://www.complex.com/music/2014/01/nas-it-was-written-better-than-illmatic

  
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It Was Written > Illmatic [View all] , waiters07, Tue Jan-07-14 01:24 PM
 
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Yea. Stupid. Angry that I gave them the page view.
Jan 07th 2014
1
yup, just another dude who thinks popularity trumps art
Jan 07th 2014
4
so it wasn't stupid at all. it was well thought out. you...
Jan 07th 2014
24
      damn, you might not be as smart as i thought
Jan 08th 2014
48
      My point was that...
Jan 08th 2014
49
I think I'm in the minority that agrees It Was Written > Illmatic
Jan 07th 2014
2
im with you.
Jan 07th 2014
6
I loved IWW Illmatic was aight
Jan 08th 2014
38
I agree.
Jan 10th 2014
82
lol, how cute
Jan 07th 2014
3
you could say that the rapping on iww is better
Jan 07th 2014
5
I don't think you could.
Jan 07th 2014
7
me either
Jan 07th 2014
20
I believe it is
Jan 07th 2014
22
      yup. it is masterful in terms of...
Jan 07th 2014
25
      I don't think I'd take it THAT far
Jan 08th 2014
32
           *shrugs* I would
Jan 08th 2014
33
RE: you could say that the rapping on iww is better
Jan 09th 2014
70
      i think for a lot of people the subject matters takes away from it
Jan 09th 2014
71
Nope. Largely cause of the doo doo stain that is Nas is Coming.
Jan 07th 2014
8
i love that song. that beat booms in a quality system
Jan 07th 2014
26
i like that song too
Jan 10th 2014
80
That intro. Ugh.
Jan 08th 2014
29
      Hah! I've thought that for a while
Jan 08th 2014
40
      that shit always annoyed the fuck out of me
Jan 09th 2014
74
naaah
Jan 07th 2014
9
Yes. Lyrically that was Nas' at his bewildering best
Jan 07th 2014
10
what was he even saying tho?
Jan 07th 2014
11
      RE: what was he even saying tho?
Jan 07th 2014
12
           a little sugar to help the poison go down?
Jan 07th 2014
13
                This made me laugh.
Jan 07th 2014
14
                RE: a little sugar to help the poison go down?
Jan 07th 2014
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                     are people dumb enough to follow dumb ass rappers?
Jan 07th 2014
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i would say they are equal
Jan 07th 2014
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It's called contrarianism
Jan 07th 2014
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I'm not mad at the premise
Jan 07th 2014
19
I been arguing this on these here boards for like 15 years...lol
Jan 07th 2014
21
brevity ADDS to Illmatic's superior status actually
Jan 07th 2014
23
Sports Analogy Time! lol
Jan 08th 2014
35
      sports/art analogies are bound to fall apart
Jan 08th 2014
37
      With you 100%.
Jan 08th 2014
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      They aren't perfect, but it helps people understand my point of view
Jan 08th 2014
44
           i can dig it
Jan 08th 2014
45
           Great counterpoints. No argument from me. Just...
Jan 08th 2014
47
      I'll take on your sports analogy theory
Jan 08th 2014
46
           I Feel You...
Jan 08th 2014
50
                I get that you aren't shitting on Illmatic
Jan 09th 2014
72
it must be a relief that some schmuck finally agrees w/you
Jan 09th 2014
75
      Naw, plenty of people agree with me...Just not in "The Lesson"
Jan 09th 2014
76
i wrote about this very thing when IWW turned 15 in 2011
Jan 07th 2014
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it's debatable for sure.
Jan 08th 2014
28
Illmatic is the better album, BUT
Jan 08th 2014
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it the closest Nas will get-there have been better albums lyrically
Jan 08th 2014
31
      I know you're going to say Follow The Leader...but what else?
Jan 08th 2014
34
      not what I said at all
Jan 08th 2014
51
           I think people tend to grade originators on too much of a curve at times
Jan 09th 2014
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                that isn't what's happening here
Jan 10th 2014
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      I hear ya bro
Jan 08th 2014
36
both are classic to me. n/m
Jan 08th 2014
39
Say what you want about the lyrics, and they might be better
Jan 08th 2014
42
Illmatic and It Was Written are two sides of the same coin
Jan 08th 2014
43
What are the Jay-Z jabs he's talking about?
Jan 09th 2014
52
I read the the whole article but disregarded it at that moment
Jan 09th 2014
53
Glad I wasn't the only one
Jan 09th 2014
57
that's that revisionist theory ish. Jay done made cats rewrite history
Jan 09th 2014
55
yeah i only remember shots being directed towards BIG
Jan 09th 2014
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you guys don't do your research, do you?
Jan 09th 2014
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Yeah I read that. Did you?
Jan 09th 2014
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what?
Jan 09th 2014
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      My point is that....
Jan 09th 2014
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nah, we hate complex here
Jan 09th 2014
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      Dead Pesidents/Aint No & Cant Knock were all on the radio
Jan 09th 2014
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           RE: Dead Pesidents/Aint No & Cant Knock were all on the radio
Jan 09th 2014
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           lmao shut the fuck up IWW went like double plat
Jan 09th 2014
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                yeah, that Lauren feature got him a lot of love
Jan 10th 2014
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                     But Phil...
Jan 10th 2014
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                          im just challenging the notion that Jay wasnt popular at the time
Jan 10th 2014
83
"Lex('s) with TV sets, the minimum" - Nas on "The Message"
Jan 09th 2014
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      it always bothered me that Common denied dissing Nas
Jan 09th 2014
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           Why would he use an 11 year old song...
Jan 09th 2014
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                Common dissed a lot of people subliminally
Jan 09th 2014
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                     Yea but he usually made it clear why he was dissing them...
Jan 09th 2014
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Nas reached his peak as an emcee on IWW
Jan 09th 2014
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