The rapper that molded my love for hip-hop and was the soundtrack of my early stages of music discovery. Illmatic is an absolute masterpiece, amazing job breaking it down and bringing light to this pioneer of hip-hop music. ❤️🙏🏽

The fact that " It Aint Hard to Tell" was broken down by a Harvard Lecture tells you all you need to know about the crazy worldplay was on that song.

Illmatic makes me feel like I’m visiting New York.

Nas is one of my all time favorite rappers and it’s really interesting to see how he put together a legendary album when he was just a teenager

classic album, the lyrics, production and samples are straight legendary

Even his recent album, he’s just got the perfect flow, voice, and lyrics. See in to his 40’s and still rocking the world

What I love about Illmatic it's that it really feels like a poetic anthology of Nas' brain. Everything he went through in his life builts the bomb that was this album, even with every song having different vibes and styles, Nas keeps everything consistent by basically being himself as much as he can be with the best possible execution.

I think NaS was never able to truly top illmatic (at most tie) due to the circumstances with it. That NaS had to prove himself, he was "destined to live the dream for all the peeps who never made it". Most rappers just do it decently, but he made one of the greatest pieces of music ever. He truly had Kings Disease

dj prem, Q tip and Pete rock produced the hardest beats on illmatic plus nas lyricism and story telling compliments the beat perfectly

Funny because I ignored and underestimated Nas for years. My best friend let me hear It Was Written in high school back in '97...and I was blown away by that album but I didn't think Nas could do any better. A few years later my cousin let me hear Illmatic and I was instantly a hardcore Nas fan. As a rapper myself I was extremely inspired by this album. A true masterpiece that'll live forever as the pinnacle of hip hop

He IS the greatest rapper of all time

I listen to tracks from illmatic almost daily, incredible storytelling and impeccable beats, I don't think any hip-hop album will top that, pure masterpiece

94 was definitely the peak of hip-hop w/biggie debuting and the west coast rap in full swing.. But illmatic really took rap to the next level. He made you feel like you were in the projects with him and did it all with the sickest flow you've heard

Great job with this. I was too young for Illmatic in 1994 and it wasn't the first Nas album I heard by the time I got to listen to it but it hit me like no other album in hip hop ever did. I've listened to and loved so many classics since then but I instantly understood why Illmatic got the praise that it did.

Man nas has given his heart and life to hip hop like jesus he is still putting out classics as he has from the beginning an inspiration to all artists my idol and reason my music is always trill and poetic godson

Nas Illmatic 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 The only rap album I notice I played all day was Illmatic. I can never get tired of this classic

As important as this album is and nas for that matter he always put the kids first. When I saw the documentary and the kid spoke about the shootings it brought a tear to my eye because I grew up around the same world. Nas is the voice for the voiceless. I'm glad I got to meet his brother jungle who happens to be friends with someone I grew up with from my neighborhood. Like raekwon and Ghostface said when they first heard him...Nas is the golden child

... Nas is and always will be the greatest MC to me. Illmatic carried me through some tough times in my teens years and although most of the tracks were based off of his life experiences...i felt like they were meant for me and only me. Now at 45 y.o. from genesis to It ain't hard to Tell i still believe these tracks was all for me and I met GODSON once at San Diego House of blues and the love he showed us (the fans) was surreal. Proud Dad moment: my 13 y.o. son asked if he could start collecting vinyl records...I'm like OFC but you have to pick the first album wisely because you'll always remember your first...fast forward he chose Illmatic as his first album. 🤘🏾😌✊🏾

the first kick on ny state of mind goes so hard

Best channel on yt

Nas is the greatest to ever touch the mic untouchable aint no debate. The goat. 🐐🐐🐐

i’m 21 and it’s literally the first rap album I listened top to bottom

Awesome and well put together video, Illmatic will forever be great

When I wanted to write raps these were the dudes I played during the sesh 1.Nas 2. Outkast 3. Red and method 4. Cl smooth 5 Lupe fiasco 6. Pharaoh monch

What a brilliant history lesson and breakdown you have earned yourself a subscriber in me

The piano sample on The World is Yours is incredible 🤝

Awesome vid! And to think Nas still evolved as an artist despite having the best album of all time as his debut. He made even more classics which I hold up to Illmatic ! 🐐🐐

Found your channel last year bc of the tyler and dj Khaled video. Loving the content, keep it up!!!

Illmatic is the most HIP HOP album of all time

Illmatic is arguably one of the very few albums that can be considered a masterpiece of the genre.

love the dilla beats you put in this video! my favorite beat maker. also nas is great

Nas Is The Reason I Fell In Love With HIP-HOP! 🎙️🔥

Nas is the King of Queens and easily top 5 best rappers of all time such legend and icon in hip hop history thank you nas for giving us “ILLMATIC”😭❤️😤🔊🔥🙏🏿

Weird I found you at 5k views you’re more than double. Don’t give up, watch it keep going. Thanks for your time man

Underrated video bro this video was awesome I hope u get to a mill subs at least man

love this album. great work on the video

Top tier video! Keep up the great work man, love the shit❤️

I really enjoyed this video well done, now I'm going to go find my old Ipod. I have a certain album for some reason needs a listening.

Great vid man ur underrated asf love ur content

without a doubt top 3 of all time unmatched

Easily one of the greatest albums of all time. The vivid description shook me to the core. A majority of folk would've never understand the stories this man painted with his verbal paintbrush. I've listened top this album for over 15 years and I still hear lines that I finally understand due to the difference in slang and era. "Speak with criminal slang/ Begin like a violin/ End like Leviathan"

I first heard the world is yours in 03 playing tony hawks underground but I was never into rap as a kid my dad was in his 50s so I listen to classic rock but around 2010-11 is when I got into hip hop and I lone behold the first album I fell for was illmatic and the world is yours hit me all those years later. And the tony hawk pro skater series is responsible or my musical taste weather I knew it or not

King Benny Garcia back with another banger

Nice video boy, you should make more analysis on perfect albums, like GKMC, Madvillainy, TPAB, Enter the Wu

I listen to illmatic daily. I hadn't heard it for such a long time but watched a documentary about him and it got me digging out illmatic from my record collection and I have listened to it every single day since. Life's a Bitch and half time is my favourite tracks.

The Greatest Hip Hop Album Ever👑

I don't think anyone anywhere anytime has ever had such a tremendous debut.... everlasting and iconic

What I find crazy is how much Logic sampled off of this album for songs like dead presidents and young Sinatra

I first heard illmatic and liked it alot but was more a fan of Black Moon and Mobb deep til I heard Nas on Cuban Linx then It was written became my favorite album and its after that that I revisited Illmatic and reallly saw the beauty

Paid in Full and Illmatic were direction changers. Hip hop was one way prior to their creation and much different after

"I trip, we box up crazy bitches aimin guns in all my baby pictures"

I ain’t ever seen somebody explain how loved this album is so well 👏🏾

Great video and thank you for going back to the roots of hiphop and explaining it. Hiphop knowledge is unfortunately not important anymore to these young rappers and listeners

One of the best rap channels on KZfaq

hate when ppl say it's his only good or classic album It Was Written, Gods Son and Stillmatic are easy classics Hip Hop Is Dead, I Am, Streets Disciple, Untitler are still great albums to me and Nastradamus is still good to me honeslty might be abit biased since he's my favourite rapper of all time but he has an amazing discog Lost Tapes is amazing aswell

Ay your content is great and dont feel unmotivated when a video does bad its not a reflection of your content, sometimes the thumbnail is all it takes to tank or propel a video. Try experimenting with different thumbnails or titles and see which get you more traction

subbed alr. Great video

Nas worst discography is a new rapper best discography

CLASSIC

Great video man 👏

Nas my fav rapper/rap group after A Tribe Called Quest

respect man, respect. thank you so much for this video..

8:43 This is why Nas was/is/always will be MY top 5 if not #1!!! Create what will live on, poetic lyricism in purest form aged wine.

The best video I have watched in 2023 and the year has just begun 😮

Goated Video

Nas, Wu Tang, Capital Steez and Shane Eagle..... All of their first albums

loved the video and where did you get the clip of the kid in the end spittin facts

I got into hip hop in 95/96 and at that time people were kinda looking down on him even though at that time his discography was Illmatic, It Was Written and The Firm. Today those first two are universally viewed as classics with The Firm finally getting flowers. Then he put out I Am and people. But then he dropped the ass Nastradamus. But then got dissed and every album since has instantly become a must-listen.

Been steady bumping Illmatic since around 2004 when I looked up the track order on cdnow to download them all from kazaa and then burn it to a CD (reading that 🔙 I may have just shown my age here 🤣) At first I didn't get the hype and wondered if it was overrated, but I kept listening to it and it started growing on me until it became my favorite hip hop album of all time around 2007 or maybe 2008 and has held that spot ever since.

Great vid dawgs

amazing video brother

13:54 THIS SHIT MADE ME WHEEZE LMAOOOOO

this was the first album i listened to

9:37 very true statement

At places like 4:49 can you caption there who is talking? I think earlier it was lauryn Hill talking as well but I wasn't sure because it wasn't captioned as such. Thanks!

My Favorite Album Of All Time

That first word u spoke. Sounded hella auto tuned. Lol it was magical

What, no mention of Rakim, Slick Rick, or G Rap when talking about early Nas influences? Enjoyed the video nonetheless 👍

World is yours easily one of the best beats ever made Illmatic will never die

We need another NT State of Mind. There are certain Nas tracks that I just love but that he really does. And two of thesecare off his hated double album - Thief's Theme and Suicide Bounce.

My Choice For Number One Hiphop Artist

What’s the outro song instrumental? I can’t place what it is

Looooove illmatic ...

this is excellent

I’m new to rap after listening to rock for 10 years but I wanted to see Wu and Nas when they came to Petco Park, they sold out though so I couldn’t go

Can you do a $not video? Great video btw

great videoman keep it up

Nas, the best EVER!

illmatic is my favorite album ngl

super informative video 👍

Nas is such a lagend icl

Best rapper alive currently is Nas especially after the KD trilogy & Magic.

Greatest album ever 'cause sleep is the cousin of death.🔥

my favorite rap album of all time

I seen nas on the New York state of mind tour

Illmatic it'a masterpiece and one of my favourite albums,but,in my opinion,It's Dark And Hell Is Hot is the best album in HipHop

Best hiphop album of all time imo, closely followed by 36 chambers by the Wu-tang clan... Arguably one of the best albums of all time, all genres. Every track is a slapper and you can clearly hear the inspiration this album had on the game if you compare hiphop pre illmatic and post illmatic.

'A Mattie dit is nass so naar dreries van de west" the true Nass Fight me

can you make like one for Eminem or like tupac?

I never sleep cuz sleep is the causing of death Man that's enough