Wow. I was a little young when illmatic came out. I was 7. But the first Nas album I bought was stillmatic. I held it for 1 year and I bought lost tapes and godson came out. Interesting enough, a friend of mine gave me I am to listen to and I borrowed it was written. But the day I bought Godson is the. Same day I bought illmatic and that was 2002. Nas been my favourite rapper, since a 14 year old. I am 37 now.
To have a outlook on the world that young is crazy. From start to finish you FEEL like you’re in Queens..almost like u can smell the hallways thru the stereo.
I’m 28 and just listened to illmatic front to back for the first time a couple days ago to prepare for this episode. I was blown away with how good each track is from one to the next. I had heard most of the tracks as standalone records but never listened front to back. What a piece of art man.
@@RobMarkman I love the content and really appreciate vets in the hip hop world yall rly educate me so I had to go check it out so I could follow along! My fav song is def “Life’s a Bitch” got that good soul groove, smooth flow and I’m a stoner so you know it’s a relatable one lol.
I’ve been listening to Illmatic since I was a teenager cause I liked the way it sounded and how Nas rapped. As I grew older into an adult, I started to actually understand the lyrics. Absolutely one of my favourite things in the world is this album, and this last Christmas I visited New York and got a chance to stroll through Queensbridge. Saw his Mural, sat on a bench at the park by the Bridge with my headphones on playing Nas and Mobb Deep. It felt surreal
I'm 50 years old and from Long Beach, California, aka the LBC. I remember hearing Live at the BBQ by Main Source and then Halftime. Thought he was dope, but when I heard It Aint Hard To Tell, I was like, yeah, he's it. Been my favorite since.
We’re kinda taught that our experiences were different based off which coast we came up on and of course there were differences BUT if you’re a hip-hop head certain things just affect us. Like the first time we heard and saw snoop on Deep Cover … it was like WHO IS THAT?!
@RobMarkman You're 100% on that, which is why I said it. So many people think just because we're from such an such, we're in a bubble, but that's not the case. I've known Snoop since elementary. Went to Jr HS with Daz and lived around the corner from Kxng Crooked. Of course, I stay listening to them as well, but Nas been my favorite.
in 9th grade my history teacher knew i liked rap and made me go home and listen to this album. always grateful for people like that explaining the significance of a classic album like that
Crazy, he got the rhyme books back. Those are absolutely museum worthy. What makes illmatic great is its efficiency. Short, sweet, not a wasted bar. Also shoutout to It Was Written.
Album inspired so many of our favorite artists. One of my favorite bars is about this album by Blu "Nas told me it was mine right before Halftime" Salute to Nas, album will never get old
I was too young when it came out, but I get it why it’s so appreciated and the lore of the album keeps going. For those that don’t get, this is more than a classic it is a standard for the genre. A masterpiece because like a Shakespeare Nas tackles what are known as timeless themes. This is why generations come to appreciate it, because as much times change, the themes that effect the downtrodden don’t.
So glad you did this bro. As I’m getting into music and recording stuff this album was one that recently about four months ago I heard this album and wow what a classic. Instantly became one of my favs and him along with others are just helping understand the culture and ambitious for the journey that’s coming. Appreciate you and everyone involved in the culture 🙌🏼
That Live at the BBQ snippet changed the way I listened to words... I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle was just so wild in my head... And it wasn't even until 99 when I actively listened to rap, a freshman in Highschool.
Rob i aint gon lie, you inspiring me to just stream about my thoughts too. I dont really see a lot of people just chillin talking with the community. My only drawback is i dont have the prior reach you had before starting it and nervous no one would care what i have to say /:
You know what i was worried no one would watch either if you can believe that. My advice is do it because you love it, don’t worry about the end result. Eventually you’ll get to where you’re supposed to
I was 18 back in 2019 when I first listened to Illmatic and it really changed my perspective on what this art-form can bring onto the table. Really like what you do Rob, I first watched you on 'To Pimp a Butterfly' interview with Kendrick, and then I also followed your Genius videos. They were amazing too, keep doing what you do man. cheers from India!
@2:03 Shyheim The Rugged Child is ill. I recently just got into him and listened to his albums “Aka The Rugged Child”, “The Lost Generation” & “Manchild”. Crazy how skilled of a rapper he was at 14/15 yrs old. Nas “Illmatic” is the definition of a hip hop classic. I was born in 1999, but I wish I was born in the late 80s and grew up in the early 90s so I could witness those classic albums when they dropped. It seems like times were so much better back then. Pac and Big was even alive back then😮💨.
This was dope! Man i think people forget about dubbing tapes and burning CDs. It did so much for our generation, and it pushed the music forward. It's crazy how we consume music these days, it's so convenient that it's hard to get a classic album these days. I was 12 when this album dropped, i had the tape first and then i got the CD later. This album molded my music taste for years to come. Thanks Nas!
🙏🏼 absolutely love tapping into your videos, Rob! Always a class act and keeping it 110% real. Happy anniversary to one of the greatest Hip-Hop records of all time. Over the moon to hear what a full album from Premier and Nas is going to sound like, Define My Name was a stellar single.
Nas has so much unreleased records man he just needs to release The Lost Tapes 3 already im still waiting on that Sinatra At the Sands record with him and Hov on it 🤯🤯
Appreciate you Mark. Not gonna get as much traffic as the rap drama shit but this is the content we need more of. What’s your second favorite Nas album?
Yeah, the traffic game is a wacky one to play, just gotta be yourself at the end of the day, right? It Was Written is my second favorite. Stillmatic is Next. Lost Tapes if that counts! God's Son, the Life is Good and the first Magic album.
I was born in 1991. Honestly I've always heard that Illmatic is Nas' best work and some have it as the best hip hop album ever, but honesty never got the hype, I think it gets a lot of praise for the innovation and the fact that Nas was a young teenager when he made it.
Yeah - i think it's the way that it affected kids like myself who were coming of age at the time. There really wasnt an album like it. But he was just describing how the city felt and all the things that we went through. I understand how if you were younger and you go back and listen to it, it may not hit the same.
@@church_on_chrome2961 word, dude was only 3 years old anyway... how would he even know what he was listening to??? makes me wonder if he was even listening to (or understood) hiphop at that age
illmatic isn't just 1 of the best hiphop albums of all time, itz 1 of the best albums ever made in any genre - period... ppl feel they have to use an asterisk when they talk about hiphop & black culture, itz like sayin denzel washington is 1 of the greatest black actors... no, he's 1 of the greatest actors whether he's black or not... illmatic is 1 of the best albums regardless of genre, and nas is 1 of the best writers/artists ever regardless of genre...
The first 6 mins are great. I think it's a right choice , for this topic (illmatic album). Just share memories and emotions 🦾 Shyheim - the lost generation album. 😎😎😎
@@RobMarkman nah Rob there’s still some out there that we haven’t heard 😩😩 even Large Professor said it in an interview that Nas told him he secured them tapes 🤔 … here is a snippet Large Professor released , but then he took it down ua-cam.com/video/16sih4sPm8k/v-deo.htmlsi=BjSiTYjfEbDd7pDC
a day off from toxicity, the old man in me appreciates that lol I feel like Nas 2nd run has given him a great case for GOAT, he has the mythical classics but he’s also been as relevant as any emcee has been 30 years into their career
I'm only trolling hell no😂😂😂...nas is an anomaly in hop hop...can ever be replicated or copied..he's so unique Nas is simply one of the greatest ever...
it ain't hard to tell why its a classic
facts
Pun intended?😂
@@lolnine I thought about that during halftime
Wow. I was a little young when illmatic came out. I was 7. But the first Nas album I bought was stillmatic. I held it for 1 year and I bought lost tapes and godson came out. Interesting enough, a friend of mine gave me I am to listen to and I borrowed it was written. But the day I bought Godson is the. Same day I bought illmatic and that was 2002. Nas been my favourite rapper, since a 14 year old. I am 37 now.
To have a outlook on the world that young is crazy. From start to finish you FEEL like you’re in Queens..almost like u can smell the hallways thru the stereo.
I’m 28 and just listened to illmatic front to back for the first time a couple days ago to prepare for this episode. I was blown away with how good each track is from one to the next. I had heard most of the tracks as standalone records but never listened front to back. What a piece of art man.
Wow really? In prep for this episode? That's huge!!! What was your favorite track?
@@RobMarkman I love the content and really appreciate vets in the hip hop world yall rly educate me so I had to go check it out so I could follow along! My fav song is def “Life’s a Bitch” got that good soul groove, smooth flow and I’m a stoner so you know it’s a relatable one lol.
@@mate2nice 🔥🔥🔥
AZ bodied that feature!@@mate2nice
Has and will always be a Top 5 Hip-Hop album of all-time.
Top 5 forever, and it isn't 2, 3, 4, or 5.
I’ve been listening to Illmatic since I was a teenager cause I liked the way it sounded and how Nas rapped. As I grew older into an adult, I started to actually understand the lyrics.
Absolutely one of my favourite things in the world is this album, and this last Christmas I visited New York and got a chance to stroll through Queensbridge. Saw his Mural, sat on a bench at the park by the Bridge with my headphones on playing Nas and Mobb Deep. It felt surreal
I'm 50 years old and from Long Beach, California, aka the LBC. I remember hearing Live at the BBQ by Main Source and then Halftime. Thought he was dope, but when I heard It Aint Hard To Tell, I was like, yeah, he's it. Been my favorite since.
We’re kinda taught that our experiences were different based off which coast we came up on and of course there were differences BUT if you’re a hip-hop head certain things just affect us. Like the first time we heard and saw snoop on Deep Cover … it was like WHO IS THAT?!
@RobMarkman You're 100% on that, which is why I said it. So many people think just because we're from such an such, we're in a bubble, but that's not the case. I've known Snoop since elementary. Went to Jr HS with Daz and lived around the corner from Kxng Crooked. Of course, I stay listening to them as well, but Nas been my favorite.
The undisputed 🐐
I'm 43 and mainly a rock n roll lover....but NAS is the only rapper I keep up with through all these years.
THE BEST EVER 🐐 NAS
in 9th grade my history teacher knew i liked rap and made me go home and listen to this album. always grateful for people like that explaining the significance of a classic album like that
Crazy, he got the rhyme books back. Those are absolutely museum worthy.
What makes illmatic great is its efficiency. Short, sweet, not a wasted bar. Also shoutout to It Was Written.
I hope he still has those books. IWW is a classic too!
What a time! Had the cd and the tape!!!
Album inspired so many of our favorite artists. One of my favorite bars is about this album by Blu "Nas told me it was mine right before Halftime"
Salute to Nas, album will never get old
shout to Blu!
@@RobMarkman definitely, one of the best of the modern era
I was too young when it came out, but I get it why it’s so appreciated and the lore of the album keeps going. For those that don’t get, this is more than a classic it is a standard for the genre. A masterpiece because like a Shakespeare Nas tackles what are known as timeless themes. This is why generations come to appreciate it, because as much times change, the themes that effect the downtrodden don’t.
So glad you did this bro. As I’m getting into music and recording stuff this album was one that recently about four months ago I heard this album and wow what a classic. Instantly became one of my favs and him along with others are just helping understand the culture and ambitious for the journey that’s coming. Appreciate you and everyone involved in the culture 🙌🏼
That’s cool that you sought the album out to listen to!!!
Nasir!!! Looking forward to the project he got coming with Premier!!!
Define My Name is HARD!
That Live at the BBQ snippet changed the way I listened to words... I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle was just so wild in my head... And it wasn't even until 99 when I actively listened to rap, a freshman in Highschool.
Half man, Half amazing
Thank you, Nas 🫡
Born in 93 I never listened to this album but stillmatic was one my favorites as a kid
Rob i aint gon lie, you inspiring me to just stream about my thoughts too. I dont really see a lot of people just chillin talking with the community. My only drawback is i dont have the prior reach you had before starting it and nervous no one would care what i have to say /:
You know what i was worried no one would watch either if you can believe that. My advice is do it because you love it, don’t worry about the end result. Eventually you’ll get to where you’re supposed to
I was 18 back in 2019 when I first listened to Illmatic and it really changed my perspective on what this art-form can bring onto the table. Really like what you do Rob, I first watched you on 'To Pimp a Butterfly' interview with Kendrick, and then I also followed your Genius videos. They were amazing too, keep doing what you do man. cheers from India!
Thank you! I appreciate that.
@2:03 Shyheim The Rugged Child is ill. I recently just got into him and listened to his albums “Aka The Rugged Child”, “The Lost Generation” & “Manchild”. Crazy how skilled of a rapper he was at 14/15 yrs old. Nas “Illmatic” is the definition of a hip hop classic. I was born in 1999, but I wish I was born in the late 80s and grew up in the early 90s so I could witness those classic albums when they dropped. It seems like times were so much better back then. Pac and Big was even alive back then😮💨.
This was dope! Man i think people forget about dubbing tapes and burning CDs. It did so much for our generation, and it pushed the music forward. It's crazy how we consume music these days, it's so convenient that it's hard to get a classic album these days. I was 12 when this album dropped, i had the tape first and then i got the CD later. This album molded my music taste for years to come. Thanks Nas!
please keep making videos about whatever you feel like talking about in hip hop!
At the end of the movie Belly where Nad is talking to the little kid on the bench, that's the bar from "One Love"
Yup.
You're a Legend Rob!
Respect
Thr classic of classics!!
🙏🏼 absolutely love tapping into your videos, Rob! Always a class act and keeping it 110% real.
Happy anniversary to one of the greatest Hip-Hop records of all time.
Over the moon to hear what a full album from Premier and Nas is going to sound like, Define My Name was a stellar single.
I really like that single!
Enjoy the current event topics and this retrospective content. The mix is refreshing
Im gonna do a comic book show tomorrow, gonna really mix it up LOL
@@RobMarkman F it up!!!!
best hip hop album ever no question the hip hop bible
Nas has so much unreleased records man he just needs to release The Lost Tapes 3 already im still waiting on that Sinatra At the Sands record with him and Hov on it 🤯🤯
Appreciate you Mark. Not gonna get as much traffic as the rap drama shit but this is the content we need more of.
What’s your second favorite Nas album?
Yeah, the traffic game is a wacky one to play, just gotta be yourself at the end of the day, right? It Was Written is my second favorite. Stillmatic is Next. Lost Tapes if that counts! God's Son, the Life is Good and the first Magic album.
I was just listening to it then this vid popped into my suggestions 🤯
FIRE!!! Love when the algorithms work like it's supposed to!
"Thoutghs with Rob Markman" sound clean🔥🔥
🤔
I was born in 1991. Honestly I've always heard that Illmatic is Nas' best work and some have it as the best hip hop album ever, but honesty never got the hype, I think it gets a lot of praise for the innovation and the fact that Nas was a young teenager when he made it.
Yeah - i think it's the way that it affected kids like myself who were coming of age at the time. There really wasnt an album like it. But he was just describing how the city felt and all the things that we went through. I understand how if you were younger and you go back and listen to it, it may not hit the same.
@@RobMarkman that's why I won't disrespect it. It was a foundation block.
@@Karmacrew876 that's real!
You had to be there and that's okay you weren't
@@church_on_chrome2961 word, dude was only 3 years old anyway... how would he even know what he was listening to??? makes me wonder if he was even listening to (or understood) hiphop at that age
Appreciate the content fam
appreciate you
Nas set the rap standard back then in '94 no-one has eclipsed it since...
illmatic isn't just 1 of the best hiphop albums of all time, itz 1 of the best albums ever made in any genre - period... ppl feel they have to use an asterisk when they talk about hiphop & black culture, itz like sayin denzel washington is 1 of the greatest black actors... no, he's 1 of the greatest actors whether he's black or not... illmatic is 1 of the best albums regardless of genre, and nas is 1 of the best writers/artists ever regardless of genre...
agreed.
That’s what I been saying and that’s how I feel and I’ll die standing on that hill too. Well said bro 💪🏾💪🏾
it aint always about kendrick and drake, you damn right dont matter just keep POSTING!!!
:)
Brah, I had the physical copy of the magazine. Crazy I would read your articles and never knew that was you
that's fire!!!
There's a Hip Hop guardian angel for Nas, returning history to him.
Nas and Premier album coming soon!
cant wait
The first 6 mins are great.
I think it's a right choice , for this topic (illmatic album).
Just share memories and emotions 🦾
Shyheim - the lost generation album. 😎😎😎
Love... Im glad you enjoyed it
@@RobMarkman Story about rhymes book is crazy! Thank you
@@salomaonplanetsaturn I love that story!
Great video!!!!
thanks
Life's a bitch, AZ the best rap verse ever
yessir
Best album of all time
Ny state of mind one of the best lyrical perfomanes of all time in hip hop history
shout out to you brother.......Nas the God M.C
Nas needs to release those unreleased records from the early 90’s he did with Large Professor 😤 Happy 30 to Illmatic 💯🙏🏽🔥
I feel like they're all out at this point. The 20th anniversary re-release had some joints.
@@RobMarkman nah Rob there’s still some out there that we haven’t heard 😩😩 even Large Professor said it in an interview that Nas told him he secured them tapes 🤔 … here is a snippet Large Professor released , but then he took it down
ua-cam.com/video/16sih4sPm8k/v-deo.htmlsi=BjSiTYjfEbDd7pDC
@@GIV3nchyxx oh wow
a day off from toxicity, the old man in me appreciates that lol
I feel like Nas 2nd run has given him a great case for GOAT, he has the mythical classics but he’s also been as relevant as any emcee has been 30 years into their career
It's really incredible
Just My Thoughts has a good ring to it
thanks i may consider that!
Does anyone know about an unreleased Nas song called On The Ave, from the same recording sessions for Halftime at Chunking studios in 1992🤔
Whats your top 3 nas albums?
How much of the "Pre Illmatic" mixtape was actually before Illmatic? I think Deja Vu was after
Nas will prevail is before Illmatic. And I think life is a dice game is after illmatic
@@depthbomb94 Just Another Day In The Projects is before, I think Deja Vu is after
I like the name “This is Not a podcast” lol
LOL thanks
Imma let you breathe😂
It’s the Bible of Hip-Hop/Rap I think
Terrible terrible album
awwwwww man you dont believe that seriously
@@RobMarkman of course not 🙌😭😭
Trinidad James is better than nas
That's definetly an opinion. Trinidad is my guy too, super talented. He's the man behind a lot of hits too. But Nas still in my top 5.
I'm only trolling hell no😂😂😂...nas is an anomaly in hop hop...can ever be replicated or copied..he's so unique
Nas is simply one of the greatest ever...
@@lolnine 😂 he’s the chosen one of hip hop. He was born to use mics 🗿