Elzhi has penned innumerable verses throughout his career, but it’s a recent one that he considers his favorite. The Detroit, Michigan rapper recently spoke to Soul Culture TV about why the rhymes on his version of Nas’ “Memory Lane” are some of his best.
“The original Illmatic version was basically [Nas] speaking on things in his childhood, but the version that I have I kinda flipped the concept a little bit,” he said. “I made ‘Memory Lane’ into a place where you couldn’t get there through any public transportation – you had to go inside yourself. The only way you can go inside yourself to go is if you took the mental plane or you took the train of thought. And you can hop on any one of those little transportation joints inside yourself and be right there.”
The former Slum Village member recently released his ode to Nas’ Illmatic, renaming it Elmatic and flipping each track from the 1994 classic.
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one of the best to ever do it, funny how everybody hoping on the band wagon now. he been this nice since slum village days.
word, they be sayin’ shit like “oh, best new artist/young mc!!” i be like “these dudes don’t know shit” LMAO
The truth. If It wasnt for Elmatic none of the newbies would have heard of him. Yet he’s been releasing fire since the late 90’s. Hes definitely a represents what real Hip Hop is.
elzhi is definitely dope. his rhyme patterns are complex. hope he gets the credit he deserves.
Instead of hating on other people for discovering dope ass hip hop, you should be glad that El finally gets the attention he deserves since his first appearance.
That comment should have been a reply for rain.
Very creative, therapeutic hip hop for the times were living in
dopest mc
ELZHI BEEN SLEPT ON TOO LONG
Dope that he picked Memory Lane, I think the second verse of the original might be the best verse Nas ever dropped.
I’ll debate that verse against the second verse from One Love or Verbal Intercourse.
It’s really hard to express exactly how dope El is. But just imagine the thought process in his expression of the verse itself? Crazy y’all, he makes the kind of music that inspires me.
Elmatic is just an incredible tribute on every level! Elzhi is probably the best technical rapper now in the game and has dope content to complement his insane rhyme structure.
I might respect him more if he wasn’t on NAS dick
This dude a wack faggot who can’t rap. Still has Nas’ dick lodged in his throat. Elzhi = garbage