I remember being really torn when this album came out, but over the last 20 years, it has become one of my favorite albums of all time and is, imo, a fuckin masterpiece. Easily the GOAT double album.
So many different styles and flows and he really just killed it on every song. Only song I hate (did then, do now) is Hypnotized. Even Mo Money, which everyone is sick of and I hated then, is still an amazing song if you are being objective. What he did on that joint with Bone was uncharted territory for a NY MC and he absolutely killed it. Niggas Bleed and I Got a Story to tell are among the best story joints in History. Ten Crack, Kick In The Door, What's Beef?, Sky's The Limit, Missing You, World Is Filled, I Love The Dough. Amazing shit.
Then the last 3 songs - My Downfall, Long Kiss, You're Nobody... Fuckin bomb after bomb to close out the album.
Took me some time, some songs longer than others, but over the last 20 years this shit has been cemented in my mind as 5 mics. A double album that is 5 mics is even more impressive.
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