Illmatic

[rob_one]

‎"I never sleep/cos sleep is the cousin of death".

Yesterday marked the 17th Anniversary of Illmatic (19.04.1994)

I believe that warrants a post.

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[illmas]

Best Hip hop album EVER!

[DesperateLowlifes Fanatik]

Best Hip hop album EVER!

Lyrically, maybe yes

[briCK]

lol@Illmatic being anywhere near the "BEST ALBUM" ever!

its aight!!!! but that me!

Personally i find It Was Written better!

and yes....I have been taking shit for the above statement for 15years.

but that won't change shit!

[fahfee]

^^ we can argue all day about this one.

My question for today though is why is no one here commenting on ELZHI's ELMATIC? It dropped just a few weeks ago and I say it is a worthy contender for album of the year already. They re-did the beats live and probably because of that it sounds fresher than the concept of re-doing a 17 year old rap album sounds on paper. Check it out: you can download it for free!

This year is great for hiphop. Good music just keeps dropping lately.

check the link here on my blog: http://chiefmlu.blogspot.com/2011/05/elzhi-elmatic-mixtape-out.html

[fahfee]

I penned a short review to ELMatic: 

http://chiefmlu.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-elzhi-elmatic.html

[illmas]

very very nice...

[Sosiba]

cool review fahfee, me I was so freaked out at how Elzhi did an album almost as good as the original. Illmatic is one of the best ever, f*** it it's the best ever and Elhmatic is one of the best of recent years.

[TATEguru v.2K9]

Well employing the services of the music band Will Sessions was a great idea. Their live music set brings a new dimension and freshness to the very familiar melodies.  The production therefore escapes sounding dated and then as a special treat some of the songs are extended with longer interpolations from the sampled tracks such an on Life’s a Bitch (featuring Royce 5’9) where after the muted horn solo the band breaks into the cla**ic Roy Ayers’ sampled track –nice touch.  The same goes for the next track “One Love”.

Preach brother preach.
Will Sessions did the d*mn thang on the cla**ic beats. Loving the project so far. Contender.

[fahfee]

Thanks for checking it out gents. 

[Blac Satyr]

Elzhi came correct on that elmatic... y'all might aswell wanna check




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[fahfee]

oh oh, there we go...