batmon said:rootlesscosmo said:Jonny_Paycheck said:Illmatic, as good as it is, is considered the best rap record of all time. Overrated by nature.
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this is what I've always said about this tape. it may be my favorite rap album ever (it's not, but for the sake of argument), and it would nonetheless be overrated.
and yeah, the years have not been kind to the Score. even at the time, I never considered those guys to be lyrically all that tight (and yes that includes Lauryn), but I'll be cotdamned if those verses don't sound downright embarrassing in 2013.
All the parties I heard this at (at least the hits/b-level hits), no one really cared about no lyrics from them.
I disagree. bitd cats were all like Lauryn is top 10. I think dudes were just sweet on her, and plus, like, singing. Nobody really claimed Wyclef or Pras could rap, but then, Pras doesn't deserve to have even a modest recording career. That dude is BOTB. And Clef shoulda stuck to producing. That jibaro hillside rasta shit is for the birds.