j/k of course. i kind of feel you w/ this hoos. i never got why so many people here hate on "if i ruled the world". i think rev likes it. song's awesome.
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 9 December 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I think it's just Deej who hates "If I Ruled the World", he's just vocal about it to the point where it seems like multiple people. "The Message" is A++, too.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 02:24 (sixteen years ago) link
dk's analysis was real on point but considering he dismisses 1/3rd of the tracks (and hes right) i have trouble getting all contrarian about this record being the REAL ILLMATIC or whatever. but yeah a good half of this shit is amazing, and 'street dreams' is the joint ive been playing on rewind a lot lately. sometimes you just hear the beat in your head and have to hear it again and again.
― deej, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 06:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Now how can I perfect this (uhh, what) livin reckless, die for my necklace Crime infected, drivin a Lexus with a death wish Jettin, checkin my message on the speaker Boppin to Mona Lisa brown reefer, ten G's, gun and my Visa CD crankin, doin ninety on the Franklin-D-Roosevelt No seat belt, drinkin and thinkin My man caught a bad one son, niggaz is frightened Secret indictments, adds on to one seekin enlightment My Movado says seven, the God hour, that's if you follow traditions started by the school not far from the Apollo My "Fuck Tommorrow" motto through the eyes of Pablo Escobar the desperado - word to Cus D'Amato
― deej, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 06:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Some niggaz watch you (uh) see you when you think on the low Ain't hard to spot you, you swore to keep it real after you blow Three ki's, new V's, went to Anguilla with your hoe Stayed around the hood, smoothest cat, gettin the dough Them old timers, advise you to them problems that's ahead Drama with the Feds, not listenin just bobbin your head Your Roley shinin, thinkin to yourself nobody's takin mine At the same time, your hoe is gettin snatched from behind Put in the van, where's the hundred grand, script in her hand From all the ice, wouldn't you know - - you knew these niggaz all your life What made them mark you victim, you fucked up somehwere down the line now they had to target your Wisdom She took em to your place, straight to your safe You doubted it could happen sick of yappin Dump in your ride, headed to your side Puffin ganja get to your crib, can't find her Just a reminder shit and have your stash house where you crash out Coulda passed out, your coke was gone, now you assed out Dead bitches tell no lies, you should use your eyes
love this mid 90s trackmasters shit, works so well w/ the lyrical paranoia
― deej, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 06:50 (sixteen years ago) link
The cartel Argentina coke with the nina Up in the hotel, smokin on sessamina
always loved this couplet for some reason
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 April 2008 06:53 (sixteen years ago) link
really like this album, my fav stuff off of it-- street dreams, watch dem niggas, if i ruled the world, affirmative action-- i like as much as anything he's ever done and the rest is just really solid
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 April 2008 07:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i listened to this a bunch this week
still doesn't really hit me like illmatic but its grown on me a little.
the mafioso thing is kinda ehhh though
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 07:03 (sixteen years ago) link
occassionally sounds like dudes are playing Gangster Movie Madlibs
i love that illmatic sounds effortless, totally like dudes were just spitting 24/7 and they just recorded illmatic one day-- this is a little more calculated i think, paranoid like deej says. def not good as illmatic but it holds up i think
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 April 2008 07:09 (sixteen years ago) link
foxy has the best verse on affirmative action
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 07:18 (sixteen years ago) link
the set up = fire
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 07:22 (sixteen years ago) link
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 2:18 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Link
only cuz she has the line about sittin on 50 grand in the nautica van http://www.thestencil.com/archives/2005/12/sittin_on_top_o.html
― deej, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link
that was pretty challenging opinion of me i guess
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
but still shit is dizzying
nah, deej is clearly the kind of challenging opinion in this thread: It Was Written is great...but honestly it really doesn't live up to Illmatic.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
i find this record boring
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 9 December 2007 17:02 (4 months ago) Link
say it ain't so HOOS!!!!
this record is great
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
It's grown on me a bit, but I tend to skip about 2/3rds of it and then go "oh shit I just skipped most of the album"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
street dreams beat lost a lot of its appeal when i heard the sting solo joint its jacked from
― and what, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link
hold up im thinking of the message street dreams is dope
yeah much preferred 'the message' when i thought it sampled some sicilian mafioso classical shit
― deej, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
oh shit really? yeah i just assumed it sampled some lute bro
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 10 April 2008 01:16 (sixteen years ago) link
well "Shape Of My Heart" was on The Professional soundtrack so it was probably picked up with some intended gangsta vibe. the fuck y'all know about Ten Summoner's Tales?
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 10 April 2008 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
#59 STING - TEN SUMMONER'S TALES (406 points, 28 ballots)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000005IL1.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
"possibly the funkiest record ever recorded" - Alex in NYC
-- PSYYYYYYYYYYYYYYCHE (James Blount), Friday, 19 November 2004 20:52 (3 years ago) Link
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 10 April 2008 02:04 (sixteen years ago) link
hahahaha
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 10 April 2008 02:22 (sixteen years ago) link
did i dismiss 1/3rd of the tracks what. i listen to this straight through and feel everything on it. yall dont understand how fucking uselessly i fucking know every song on this and feel it in my bones. half of everything in my head at any time is it was written lines.
― dylannn, Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
MAD PIES, LOW PRICE I BLOW DICE AND THROW THEM .45 BY MY SCROTUM MANIFEST THE DO OR DIE SLOGAN MY NIGGAS ROLLIN TEN M3S TWENTY GODS POPPIN WHEELIES ON KAWASAKIS HIP-HOP'S GOT ME ON SOME OL SPRAYIN SHOTS LIKE A DRUMROLL BLACKIN OUT NEVER MISCOUNT THE SHELLS MY GUN HOLD I DON'T STUNT I REGULATE HENNY AND SPRITE I SEPARATE WATCHIN CRAB NIGGAS MARINATE I'M ALL ABOUT TECS, GOOD JOOKS AND SEX ISRAELITE BOOKS HOLDIN GOVERNMENT NAMES FROM NESS MCS ARE CRAWLIN OUT EVERY HOLE IN THE SLUM YOU BE AIGHT LIKE BLOOD MONEY IN A PIMP'S CUM
― dylannn, Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:15 (sixteen years ago) link
CURRENCY IS MADE TRUST IN THE MESSIAH I'M SPENDIN IT TO GET HIGHER EARTH WIND AND FIRE SINGIN REASONS WHY I'M UP EARLY TRUSTWORTHY IS A NINE THAT BUST EARLY SUNSHINE ON MY GRILL I SPILL REMI ON IMAGINARY GRAVES, PUT MY HAT ON MY WAVES
― dylannn, Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:17 (sixteen years ago) link
dont get me listening to it was written
it's mandatory see that pussy they hand it to me i got no game just some bitches understand my story
― dylannn, Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:18 (sixteen years ago) link
no one is going to mention theres a song from the point of view of a gun? i feel like if we had all nurtured this madcap/ponderous aspect of nas a little more wed be seeing some real cosmic shit by now.
― jhøshea, Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i bought this record at midnight when it came out - same day as stakes is high - i think thats the only time i ever did that.
― jhøshea, Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link
dude have you heard some of the goofy ass high concept shit on the last few Nas albums?
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i feel like nas was right to try and flee the reality rap sausagefest but trackmasters simultaneously shiny/cheap shit isnt quite it
― jhøshea, Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:59 (sixteen years ago) link
yah i mean yr right alex he is always reliably goofy but still there couldve been so much more
― jhøshea, Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
we already got a dude rapping from the perspective of a cheesburger lets not get greedy here
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
laughing my ass off just thinking about the 'kinky undertaker' bit from "The Makings Of A Perfect Bitch"
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:02 (sixteen years ago) link
yah but nas does it w/such sincerity is the thing
― jhøshea, Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
And yet Nas sounds much better over Trackmasters than most of the shit he's rapping over today.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
jus sayin
yah well dude isnt exactly known for his beat choosing skills
― jhøshea, Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:04 (sixteen years ago) link
was just thinking about how 1. great the beats to 'street dreams' and 'watch dem niggas' are and 2. how relentlessly corny all Nas 'concept' songs are really. some are good, some are bad, all are corny
― deej, Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:30 (sixteen years ago) link
"who killed it" to thread
― am0n, Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link
i still will defend that
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 10 April 2008 05:34 (sixteen years ago) link
the so bad it's good defense?
― am0n, Thursday, 10 April 2008 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^lol
i dont know why ive been so hardline in this thread. its obv easier just to be like 'classic album' than worry about how corny 'i gave you power' is
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 02:25 (fifteen years ago) link
take it in blood is my favorite nas jam, ever
― max, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 02:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i kinda feel that way about the song before it
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 02:42 (fifteen years ago) link
the beat to which is very balearic i think
jeez not everything etc...
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
This album prob has at least 4 top 20 Nas jams. I'd probably rather listen to IWW more than any non-Illmatic Nas album right now.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 03:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha I was sorta trolling
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 03:09 (fifteen years ago) link
You know, I was thinking about this album and due to the fact that the Nas of It Was Written is much closer to Illmatic-era Nas than it is to current Nas, all the "This is not the same Nas!" handwringing over it seems rather quaint.
― I would much rather listen to hard bop jazz and stfu (The Reverend), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 08:50 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i just assumed it sampled some lute bro
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:16 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark
still some of my favorite shit i've ever said tbh
― its gotta be HOOSy para steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 09:40 (fifteen years ago) link
alright so
i kinda feel this now
been playin it nonstop and the narrative shit like the setup feels like hype williams doing ellroy or something, super abstracted crime shit i love it.
i can pretty much do "take it in blood" from memory now and that line about "20 gods poppin wheelies on kawasakis" is dope as fuck just such an incredible mental image
― fuck bein hard, BIG HOOS is complicated (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 06:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i peeped you frontin i was in the jeepsunk in the seat tinted with heat beats bumpinacross the streat you was wildintalkin bout how you ran the island in 89layin up playin the yard with crazy shinei cocked the baby nine that nigga grave be mineclanked him What was he thinkin on my corner when it's PAY ME timedug em "you owe me cousin" somethin told me plug himso dumb felt my leg burn then it got numbspun around and shot one heard shots and dropped soncaught a hot onesomebody take this biscuit before the cops comethen they came askin me my namewhat the fucki got stitched up and went throughleft the hospital that same nightgot my gat back, time to backtracki had the drop so how the fuck i get clappedblack was in the jeep watchin all these scenes speed byit was a brown datsun and yo nobody in my hood got onethat clown nigga's through blazin at his crew dailyTHE BRIDGE touched me up severely hear meso when I rhyme it's sincerely yoursbe lightin Ls sippin coors on all floors in project hallscontemplatin war on niggas i was cool with beforewe used to score together uptown coppin the rawbut uhhhhh a thug changes and love changesand best friends become strangersword up
― dylannn, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 09:15 (twelve years ago) link
yo d what do you think of "daughters" and the other recent stuff
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno. i sort of ignored everything after god's son but i've been listening to hop hop is dead and other stuff recently
daughter is really dope. sincere and great flow.
what else is new? the don?
― dylannn, Thursday, 7 June 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i guess by 'new' i just meant whatever in the past year or so that's been out. i liked the verse on the CJ Hilton song a lot.
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Thursday, 7 June 2012 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
it's mandatory see that pussy they hand it to mei got no game just some bitches understand my story
― dylannn, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 10:18 PM (7 years ago)
dying
― j., Monday, 7 December 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 9:16 PM (7 years ago)
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link
what are you dying over
― dylannn, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 02:45 (eight years ago) link
i wish i could find my screenshots of jay elec trying to drunkenly quote that line on twitter
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 02:52 (eight years ago) link
xp how it sounds like he's saying hey i'm just a man who gets pussy this is my story
― j., Tuesday, 8 December 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link
i take it ashe doesn't have time for nonsense with womenhe fucks with women of a higher caliber who are not looking for gamein person he's mumbly and awkward but his true story is more compelling than any bullshit you'll hear from other dudes
― dylannn, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:12 (eight years ago) link
and the number of bitches that understand his story is like... it's not a lot, but every now and then
― dylannn, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:13 (eight years ago) link
glad that's clear
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:20 (eight years ago) link
right yes sigh
cmon dylan can you just
let me have this
― j., Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:20 (eight years ago) link
sorry, buddy.
― dylannn, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:25 (eight years ago) link
you got me involved in the first place.
― dylannn, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:27 (eight years ago) link
feelin like i got my hands on a real batsignal type thing here
― j., Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:33 (eight years ago) link
if you want to discuss nas further please don't hesitate to email me!
― dylannn, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:35 (eight years ago) link
sorry, i am a mere neophyte just enjoying a lil thread bump
― j., Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:37 (eight years ago) link
is there a time we could get together to discuss it further?
― dylannn, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:40 (eight years ago) link
not unless your next stop is in minnesota
― j., Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:43 (eight years ago) link
alex in nyc what do you think of nas it was written
― dylannn, Saturday, 19 December 2015 10:29 (eight years ago) link
i would have been like 19 years old when i made this thread
― dylannn, Saturday, 19 December 2015 10:30 (eight years ago) link
going to drunkenly try to qutoe ain't got no game just some bitches understand my story on twitter imho
j. do u think dre and nas were really smoking weed on nas is coming
― dylannn, Saturday, 19 December 2015 10:47 (eight years ago) link
i don't know lately i have been trying to imagine my favorite rappers like shopping at target or whatever so that the entire affair of spitting lines over dope beats appears as constructed as possible
― j., Saturday, 19 December 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
buying those gel dispensers for freshening your toilet
looking for the aisle where the shower curtain hanger rings are but not being able to find it
― j., Saturday, 19 December 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-eNmjgfaKM
― dylannn, Monday, 21 December 2015 10:55 (eight years ago) link
that's now how you buy fabric softener
― j., Monday, 21 December 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link
such a great record.
― flappy bird, Monday, 21 December 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link