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  1. 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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  2. Chad Warden
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    Chad Warden As Ballin As Possible

    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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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Nov 10, 2015
    Illmatic is better, but Ready To Die is a masterpiece as well.
     
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