Or verse two
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 June 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
this herb votes for "the world is yours"
― brimstead, Thursday, 20 June 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
v1
nysom v2 > v1 imo. v1 starts off explosively and is like this vivid description of an action sequence in a crime flick, but v2 has so much more fun in language, so many single lines/images that get stuck in my head 'thinking of cash flow, buddha and shelter' or 'i'm living where the nights is jet-black' and 'life is parallel to hell but i must maintain' ' and 'full of black rats trapped plus the Island is packed'
― flopson, Thursday, 20 June 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link
It's the explosiveness tho like you say, the absolute breathless rush of it straight out of the gate. And "it was filled with children prob'ly couldn't see as high as I be" is probly my favourite sounding line on the album
Altho it's all favourites really so shrug
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 20 June 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
Amazing to me that this album is less than 40 minutes.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 June 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link
Definitely part of its power, just banger after banger, no skits, no rambling
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 20 June 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
Memory Lane v2 for me
― paolo, Friday, 21 June 2019 08:01 (four years ago) link
You could make a case for Nas not having the best verse on Illmatic...
i love that verse but even the nas verse on ‘life’s a bitch’ destroys it
removed the az verse to spare us potentially embarrassing results
― flopson, Friday, 21 June 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
oh my god this poll
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 June 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
this is impossible
I know all these verses by heart but I will need a rescreen soon
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 June 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
going for "i sip the dom p..."
always loved this line:
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 21 June 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
listened to this for the first time in years the other day and damn
― ciderpress, Friday, 21 June 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
memory lane v1 i think
― ciderpress, Friday, 21 June 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
feel like it would be insane to say that AZ has the best verse on illmatic but I always felt he did
― flappy bird, Friday, 28 June 2019 05:10 (four years ago) link
voted one love v1
― flappy bird, Friday, 28 June 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 30 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 1 July 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
No wrong answer to this poll, but also the correct verse won
― One Eye Open, Monday, 1 July 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
one love v3 deserved some votes
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 November 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link