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Illmatic vs Ready To Die

Started by boyz n the suburbs, Nov 10, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

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  1. Illmatic

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  2. Ready To Die

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  1. boyz n the suburbs
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    boyz n the suburbs In my city, I'm a young God

    Nov 10, 2015
    Two of the biggest East coast albums. Which one do you like more?
     
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  2. Thy
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    Thy 000000

    Nov 10, 2015
    RTD
     
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  3. KnowRayJones
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    KnowRayJones

    Nov 10, 2015
    they both had like the same amount of hits so idk
    Ready to die (one more chance, juicy, big poppa, suicidal thought)
    Illmatic (N.Y. state of mind, the world is yours, one love, it aint hard to tell)

    But I mean biggies hits were bigger,but then again Nas spoke to me more with his songs so illmatic!
     
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  4. Chad Warden
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    Chad Warden As Ballin As Possible

    Nov 10, 2015
    Ready To Die, IMO.
     
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  5. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Nov 10, 2015
    Illmatic is better, but Ready To Die is a masterpiece as well.
     
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  6. Dking002
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    Nov 10, 2015
    Illmatic
     
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

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  8. Chad Warden
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    Nov 10, 2015
    Can we agree RTD aged better tho?
     
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  9. Lamont
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    Nov 10, 2015
    no i dont really think so
     
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  10. Juney Dark
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    Juney Dark Art Deco Killer Mango

    Nov 10, 2015
    ILLmatic
     
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  11. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Nov 11, 2015
    I listened to RTD all the way through for the first time in about a year the other day and I forgot how absolutely timeless it sounds front-to-back.

    Illmatic sounds a bit "dustier" just because it's so quintessentially New York, but that's not a knock at it in the slightest. It's virtually perfect.
     
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  12. Chad Warden
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    Nov 11, 2015
    Dusty isn't always an insult. Illmatic is sort of a period piece. Has the power to take you back to that era, even if you didn't live it. RTD is soooo fresh. So fresh.
     
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  13. Translucent
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    Translucent I just slapped Dre

    Nov 11, 2015
    One of the hardest polls to date.. I can't decide. Both are classics and both I listen to quite frequently
     
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  14. aldrin jay
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    aldrin jay al-drin

    Nov 11, 2015
    Illmatic really introduced me to hip-hop. Before that I was a casual fan, but after hearing Illmatic, it inspired me to listen to more than modern Hip-Hop.
     
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