Amazing… The rhymes really bring Nas’ original material up to speed with what we deal with today. Really like how they paid homage to the original beat by premier,but switched the beat up just enough to keep it interesting…
Elmatic will be a classic if the rest of it is like this….
Elzhi is the 3rd coming of rakim this nigga is a true emcee de la soul would say supa emcee man nas im sorry he’s eclipsed you dawg you should do a song with elzhi or maybe a album with madlib and 9th wonder and pete rock on the tracks now thats hip hop
I am a huge Elzhi fan but I can’t see how you can say that. Actually the truth is without Nas there is no Elzhi. El owes his whole style to Nas. Elzhi is sick as fuck and on top of the his game right now but Nas is an eternal legend.
IF that was the case why can’t Elzhi make an original classic? Why is he riding Nas’ dick and not even doing it better than Nas did 17 years ago? Nas is what these new niggas wish they could be but they are nothing but clones.
dumb fuck above me Elzhi has a classic album The Preface a classic mixtape The Leftovers and classic group albums with Slum Village and he’s not a new cat he’s 12 years deep fool
learn some Hip Hop history before visiting Hip Hop sites
you people are imbeciles to even doubt da power of Elzhi…i mean real shit..nas is an entity and muh fav artist of all time but if i had 2 make a top twenty list elzhi would be on…and da preface was better than a lotta deez niggaz garbage real shit, it was hip hop….if u can’t respect that….eat a sick dick and die twice…been wit Elzhi since trinity…Elzhi keep goin…u dat nigga
man tell em nas is ok but technically elzhi got better style and cadence than nas research elzhi breakfast club preface libido speed witness my growth mixtape europass nas is good but elzh cracked the CODE
elzhi is much more than an nas clones. he was influenced by nas like many dope emcees, but he does has his own style. mj is the goat, hands down, but kobe is great to, and was influenced by jordan, he studied jordan and now has six rings. prince is amazing and people knock bilal by saying he’s a wannabee prince, but bilal shit is sick. i’m glad he’s carrying the torch for soul music. nas is the goat to me, and elzhi is a student that is really sick. if you’re going to study some body aim for the best. stop bitching abt him biting, listen to his catalog starting with witness my growth and you’ll clearly see, that dude is fucking monster with his on style in which he has mastered many techniques.
It think it is VERY sad when a so called artist like Elzhi can NOT stand on his own feet. These New artists are NOTHING more than a Nas clone. Nas did not walk into the game doing a make over of Rakim’s classic “Paid In Full.” Nas sttod on his own 2 feet like a TRUE CLASSIC LEGEND! That is why 17 years later after his “Illmatic” debute he is still one of the GREATEST to ever touch a mic. These new cats have no style of their own…all they do is copy and paste from Nas’ classics. This was a good attempt though.
haha your joking right? elzhi cant stand on his own two? man you need to get educated. pick up The Preface, listen through it, and learn not to open your mouth when you cant back up what your saying.
so called artist, lol, that’s insane dude. elzhi has released three album with slum village, including a crazy joint on dilla’s welcome to the d, along with that, he has also released four solo projects with black milk doing most of the production. the influence of nas is there, but he does his own thing. check brag swag, motown 25, love it here, and deep to name a few. the word play on these song are just amazing.
Yo Real Talk, your a fuckin idiot. If you know an ounce of hiphop, you should know Elzhi is as original as they come. ITS A MIXTAPE, he has so much respect for that album and Nas that he made his own version. A looooot of emcees cant hang wit Elz, he’s a great lyricist, definetly one of the best livin, extremely underrated. And no im not from Detroit, im from and live in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. You must be a little kid, that was the most ignorant shit ive heard in a while, do your homework(literally and figuretively).
you mutha fuckas act like el is the king of this rap shit… fuck el and all his fans…nas is the king. if ELZHI is so dope why is he doing shit people have already done many times over…he can suck a dick with that shit.NYC STAND UP
u do know that sampling and using other peoples work is probably the biggest part of hiphop? Most rappers [including Nas himself] get their sound from studying other gud artists…. just sayin 🙂
Fuck Nas, and Fuck you Nas followers that put that nigga on a fuckin pedestal like he’s that damn good. That nigga Nas likes Africa so much, he can take his ass back and dig for some diamonds. Fuck Nas and Fuck Nas fans.
I’m like really half a billi, nigga Nas can’t afford child support with his broke ass. Nigga that reggae shit ain’t working out. If you need money I’ll float you a loan though. You know, buy your kid some S. Carter shoes, a rocaware jumpsuit, a nice meal at my 40/40 club. Wack-ass broke-ass nigga. McDonald’s hiring, Can I take your order lookin’ mothafucker.
‘How many Biggie’s rhymes gonna come out my fat lips”? Just enough to make 500 Million dollas more than Nas wack-ass. I know you broke ass niggas think he’s Jesus, but he’s a false prophet. Just cause you can’t understand him don’t mean that he nice. I got more hits on my Hard Knock Life cd than Nas got his whole career.
Jay all your albums are half ass shiity albums and you know it your only decent album was Reasonable Doubt. Dont try to act all rich now remember your struggle…. remember when you acted like you where rich to get endorsed… remember when erick sermon effectively made your hit hard knock life remember that. Remember when you were behind biggie remember all of that time you where grinding and for fuck sake humility is not a sign of weakness.
If you don’t like elzhi or even talk shit, you have no right to be on this site (period). Second of all, how the fuck is anyone not supposed to sound at least a little like someone else now-a-days? It’s not like everythings been said. As long as someone comes with amazing lyricism and speaks what they feel like this man, quit hatin and enjoy real music.
you blasphemous child..look at your name idiot makes no sense…who do you listen to Don Dickless?… i guess anything played backwards fruit cake… el and black milk do there thing dont hate just come out with your own shit, post it and we all will tell you what we think about you
Real talk does speak the truth i do like how elzhi spit’s though, but a major part of the reason that there will not be any new classics is because niggas of my generation are to lazy and they don’t know how to be their own
Real Talks a fuckin idiot who needs to learn his Hip Hop history before postin dumb shit, Elzhis not a new artist he’s been puttin out albums for 12 years with Slum Village has dropped multiple solo mixtapes and his debut album already
go listen to his debut The Preface n try talkin that “don’t know how to be themselves” shit
LMAO @ you cornball kids who don’t know shit about Hip Hop talkin nonsense like “New Artist” when Elzhis 12 years deep n put out dozens of classic songs both solo and with Slum Village
on a technical standpoint he’s surpassed Nas mic skills now, Nas is dope as fuck and an artist of Elzhis callibre payin homage to illmatic in this way only adds to Nas legacy
you cornballs needa do you research before postin dumb shit n go listen to The Preface album and The Leftovers mixtape coz right now Elzhi is Top 5 on this planet period
Yeah Ok, surpassed Nas my ass. Twelve years deep in the game but yet he still has to to cover Illmatic for attention. Where is his own classic to cover?
I agree that Elzhi can stand on his own two. Which is why this is so disappointing. Insteado of wasting time on this mixtape that will neveer live up to your own decent solo albums, let alone Illmatic, why not make a totally new album?
he has done he’s droppin the Out of Focus EP in a couple months
mentalities like yours are what’s wrong with Hip Hop every other culture and genre cats can pay homage to those who came before them and it’s seen for what it is a sign of respect but no in Hip Hop kids like you are so dumb you call it dick riding n make corny comments
it’s lil things like that comment why people outside the culture think all raps fans are dumb if Michael Buble makes a cover version of Sinatras My Way their fans understand it’s a respect thing n are greatful same with Elvis fans James Brown fans MJ etc
In other genres it’s called making a cover. The difference being, that you still have to make up entirely new melodies. And people who sit around making entire cover albums aren’t all that original either.
The difference is that Elzhi is not a musician. This is the same problem i had with Fashawn’s illmatic tribute.
Don’t take the exact same beat and rhyme melodies and insert different words, and expect people to call you great. That’s called biting.
Jay Elec got the ok from Nas himself to fuck with one of Nas joints..he waaaaay more iller than elzhi..he got a deal..elzhi dont. he been in the game over 12 years and dont have the same following Jay has..He a nas Dick biter..Elzhi got some corney niggaz around him gasin him up..lol
Wrong! Jay Electronica cant last with elzhi line 4 line first off, second at least elzhi has put out albums, where is jay elect’s album at, huh?? where’s the act 2 that is suppose to come out??? lol sit the fuck down, clown!
ELZHIs had a deal since 99 and was cosigned by Hip Hops illest producer JDilla and he’s a 10000xs doper than Jay Elec too even make that comment shows your dumb as fuck
guess NAS is just a Rakim dick rider coz he made a tribute to Rakim without Rakims permission n Ra has since said he didn’t like Nas doing itor the song
anon run your dumb as fuck 14 year old suburban never been to the block in your life virgin ass the fuck on your not impressing anyone wit your retarded comments
Elzhi already has classics and with his forthcoming album coming, hes just paying tribute to a great hip hop album. Your dumb as hell If you think hes not original.
Clowns on this site…..forgot what hip hop is about…. IF Elzhi was wack… of course I would be the first person to be like “Get the Hell Out here”…… but this NIGGA IS A BEAST !!!!!
I CANT WAIT TO HEAR THIS WHOLE ALBUM. Nas is probably excited!
Elzhi and Nas aren’t even close when it comes to styles, so biting is completely out the picture. If you find some beef with paying tribute to a classic album on a mixtape, than you are just a damned fool. He is spitting completely original rhymes with a completely original style (or at least as original as original gets) over illmatic themes; fucks wrong with that???
Elzhi is dope so all of the people that say he’s wack are out of focus. On the other hand, the people who think The Preface was anything close to a classic are even more out of focus, because that ish was mixtape material (way to corny to be an album). And I have to add Jay Electronica is better than Elzhi. Elzhi is dope but he gets annoying as shyt with his rhyme style, he lacks the mic presence, and will never do anything to hold a candle to real classics like Eternal Sunshine, Exhibit A, B, C, DMT, etc. Given that I shouldn’t even have to respond to the comment about him surpassing Nas’s mic skills, LMAO.
Jay Electronia is nice, no doubt about it, but to say “And I have to add Jay Electronica is better than Elzhi. Elzhi is dope but he gets annoying as shyt with his rhyme style, he lacks the mic presence, and will never do anything to hold a candle to real classics like Eternal Sunshine, Exhibit A, B, C, DMT, etc.” is COMICAL. First of all Jay Electronica is 33 and has ZERO LPs (east Coast Crooked I in that sense), nevermind dropping ILL verses all the way back to late 90s early 2000s like Elzhi.
ELZHI is technically by the artform of BEING ILL, much doper than Jay Electronia who I like as well.
I love how you preface (no pun intended) w/ “Elzhi is dope, BUT”
Should there be a but? You think he’s DOPE! Period. They’re completely diff emcees, but Elzhi makes me press rewind more. If you give them all the same beats, Elzhi is MUCH iller (at least in terms of the kind of emcee I like). I love dudes like Elzhi, Diabolic, Louis Logic, Tonedeff, Crooked I (and the rest of SH), Juice, Percee-P, One Be Lo, Copywrite, Rhyme Asylum, Lowkey, Blu, Black Thought, Common, G Rap, Nas, Mos/Kweli, Monch, Masta Ace, Em in his prime, Pun, Big L, De La (prime), Redman (prime), Bis (prime), Pac, Big, BDK, CHUCK D/KRS/RAKIM (prime), most of the Wu, half of AOTP, Rhymesayers click to name a few, and I feel like Elzhi fits in that list moreso than Jay Electronica does, but again that’s just me I suppose.
Electronica MAY have more personality, but that doesn’t make him a doper emcee
Mannnnnnnn this shit WACK ASS HELL!!..1st off this is Elzhi…after a break up wit a great group..one of the greatest groups in HIPHOP HISTORY..this fool gon come wit this shit!!..2ndly…this idea was used already by some cats in New York 3 4 years ago..so he bit the concept 2WICE!!..why he rappin so damn hard..like he gotta throat full of pussy hair!!..i would expect a MC like Elzhi 2 come betta than this…keepitreel
Blah blah blah just give it a rest already…..elzhi can spit yeah yeah okay its a ‘flawed’ concept for the mixtape but the mixtape is coming out that is a fact…the choice comes in as to whether you wanna listen to elzhi’s tribute to nas or not, niggas on here are acting like someone is holding a gat to their head telling them to listen to it.
Nas was dope, illmatic was dope! Elzhi is dope, elmatic should be dope! All about respect it ain’t like Elzhi trying to make some money off this shit its fucking free. On the real i wish Nas would just remake this shit himself cause listening to that beat is gonna make me pull out my illmatic and blast it tonight!
First of all Elzhi is just paying homage to one of hip hop’s legends. He was planning on releasing this mixtape years ago but he thought twice about it because so many other cats were trying to do the same thing. It was his fanbase that convinced him to go ahead and release this heat. Elzhi rhymes better than your favorite rapper, hands down. You cornballs hating on Elmatic were probably still in diapers when Nas was in his prime. I’m counting the days till this FREE mixtape gets released so I can finally hear a true lyricist spit.
LMAO, you backpacking losers are ridiculous. Elzhi has never made an album half as good as Tha Carter 2, and never will. He’s never made an album as good as Tha Carter 1 either. That’s reality.
I like how this one anonymous is on here refreshing the page and coming back to hate on elzhi and his fans “shut up bitch” no U (whoever u are e-thug muthafucka) shut up! If ur gonna troll at least change up ur comment
Anyhow elzhi killed. Now i expect this bitchass anonymous person to tell me to shut up bitch like the real bitch is
This is cool..elzhi got flow, but he should of had better judgment on what he puts out! i don’t hear nobody fuckin with Dilla Micheal Jackson or even Slum Village Classics payin homepage to fast keep your OWN Legacy going first.
I’m a huge Elzhi fan, but I don’t get this whole Illmatic shit. Make a song or two, on an original beat and talk about how Illmatic has influenced yourself. That has to be enough. We’re aware that Illmatic was one of your greatest inspirations, but I guess you won’t be remembered as a someone who paid homage to Nas his whole career. I sometimes feel like this rhyme schemes from El are getting outta hand, it sounds like he wrote some lines just for the sake of a double rhyme. He is so focused on technique that his personality suffers from that. He has no charisma. This whole project is a huge waste of time. Look at when he announced it for the first time. YEARS ago. He should’ve went on after it got delayed so often and rather dropped his second album. And what was he talking about, when he said that his Illmatic tribute would be totally different from others? Did he mean this litte live instruments? Shit. He even names the title the same, expect for on for word. And the most annoying thing is that he, like Fashawn, uses some of the words Nas’ said. It just feels weird. I always got Nas in my head when I listen to Fashawn’s or Elzhi’s Illmatic tracks. Neither came close, they aren’t able to capture the original feeling and impact Nas had. And no, none of Elzhi’s projects are classics, they all were dope, but not out of this world status. They wouldn’t even be considered Top 50 in the 90’s, it’s only because this era is so fucking weak, that somone like El sticks out so much. The word classic is thrown aroun waaaaay too often nowadays. Get in the booth and make your own album, Illmatic can’t and won’t be topped, get over it.
What do you mean he wrote some lines just for the sake of double rhyming? Why don’t you give an example? Get your head examined, kid. Every line he spit ties in perfectly. They are not just random rhymes that have nothing to do with each other. Yes it’s true he does focus on technique but that’s what makes it even iller. Who else do you know can come with sick rhyme schemes while at the same time staying on topic?
you trippin’. as long as his shit makes sense – and damn it ties perfectly – it’ll never get outta hand. plus, it is different than all others cause he’s doper than all others and the only words he uses from Nas are like the 3 or 4 words from the beginin’ of each verse, the rest is 100%original and tells HIS story, not bitin’ NAS’, two different cities, stories and vibes, he’s just payin’ tribute not tryin’ to outdo someone. and finally eL just told a motherfuckin’ story with a more complex rhyme scheme than nas’ did, this can touch the original but y’all hatin’ on this cause of some stupid hip hop rules manual invented by yourselves. ignore all that bullshit and then listen to the song, because IT’S BANANAS!
there’s a lot of bitchness in this post. c’mon y’all. first: it’s just a tribute and he was the FIRST to think of doin’ it, so he ain’t bittin’ no one. second: it’s for damn FREE because it was the FANS that wanted it to be released, el had already quit the idea. third: if you don’t think el is the illest breathin’, get da fuck outta here. fourth: lyrically speakin’ The Preface is nothin’ but a classic. not a single wack track/LINE, he gots some outstandin’ tracks like i’ve never seen no one makin'(yes, no nas). fifth: if you think this one didn’t touch the classic, then it might be just me but this was amazingly near the original (and illmatic is the greatest album in hip hop history in my opinion). sixth: if you don’t like it, there’s no need to make it a personal issue, it seems like y’all are just hurt for eL makin’ this happen. my 2cents
CoSign everything you said kid! At one point El had me so excited when I discovered him that I WAS say’n he maybe fuck’n with NAS. I’ll tell you what stopped me short of that. And this can’t be argued. Nas was spitt’n like dat at what 16 or 17?!! Fuck’n innnnncredible to me. But yea Elzhi is dat mf’n DUDE PERIOD. And ‘the preface’ is deefinitely a classic that IMO rivals Illmatic in alot of ways.
Of course you gotta give it to nas for makin’ the illest album ever at 16 but see it this way – Nas at his 30’s kinda fell off, his shit is legit but not as good as before and eL at his 30’s is gettin’ better than he ever was, at the same level of illmatic nas and it seems like he ain’t even tryin’ hard, rhymin’ is like a fluent language for him. Back then, F.O.D(FINGERS OF DEATH – eL’s first crew at 16) and the out of focus EP and the breakfast club had some seriously dope shit for a young’n to spit, check that out. Slum Village legacy was holdin’ his skills explosion back but he def was the best member of the group rhymin’ and he has some of the greatest verses in hip hop story, not always with his superlyrical abilities but with his heart on it, shit you can really relate to in many ways. in my opinion, eL is the best out know and one of the best(if not the best) to ever do it. my 2cents again.
ugh…it was ok when i heard 3 songs from fashawn, but damn make your own music. whats the point of making a mixtape over an already released album with pretty much the same rhyme scheme.
LMAO @ The Preface being a classic, 6 or 7 good songs don’t make a classic. Ya’ll niggas need to the see the difference between good and classic. Some guys on here are acting like every underground album that album were a classic. That takes a lot of meaning off the actual word.
actually, 13 great songs, 14 if you include the intro. i didn’t like that much “the leak” and “fire” rmx(even though eL came and demolished all them niggas) but the rest is pretty impressive, it wasn’t just “good”.to each one his own i guess lol
Elzhi is doper than you mr. cole. You’re ILL compared to most of the garbage in the mainstream you’re trying to break in against post 2004, and a solid Emcee in general, but emcees like Elzhi have ppl like Pharoahe Monch, all of Slaughterhouse, Phonte, Jean Grae, Blu, One Be Lo among others saying stuff like “This dude is an alien I swear to god he’s that ill.” (pharoahe monch on twitter as he said he was going to collab w/ him & Monch is one of the dopest/most consistent MCs ever).
J. Cole is a nice young MC (especially signed to a major lable), but there are dudes like Elzhi undergroud to me that still are MUCH MUCH MUCH iller than him. Elzhi being the PRIME example of this
Slaughterhouse is dope, get some ears.
Elzhi dope too, don’t pretend like he’s amazing though, just cuz someone stayed underground doesnt mean they are Truer hiphop
If ELZHI is not in your top 5 breathing lyricists for how he spits in 2011 (or the last 5-7 yrs for that matter…He’s good forever, back to the days of Binary Star “KGB” feature, but to me One Be Lo & Juice had the 2 illest verses to end that song & Elzhi has gotten better w/ time) you simply don’t know HIP HOP!
ELZHI, DIABOLIC, TONEDEFF, BLU, ONE BE LO, JUICE, PERCEE-P, COPYWRITE, LOUIS LOGIC should join Slaughterhouse & make it the new Wu-Tang click so to speak (granted minus ILL 90s raw RZA legendary beats). That would be ill.
5..kids need to do research before saying ignorant ish. Of course is an all time great legend (My top 10 ALL TIME SUPER DOPE LYRICISTS are Nas, Kool G Rap, Em from 96/97-02/03 PRIME before drugs killed/changed his all time greatness for me, Pun, Big L, Black Thought, Common, Pharoahe Monch, Rakim, Elzhi).
Rakim, KRS, BDK, Chuck D, Ice Cube, Redman, Mos Def/Kweli, Bis, De La, Big/Pac, Tonedeff, Louis Logic, Diabolic, Copywrite, Juice, Percee-P, One Be Lo, Slug, Brother Ali, Apathy, Immortal Tech, Chino XL, Crooked I (& the rest of SH), Lupe before Lazers (to name a few of MANY) all historical legends, and/or GREAT MCS (some mainstream, some borderline, some underground) didn’t do it long enough or aren’t as ill, IN MY OPINION, as the MCS I listed.
Elzhi is THAT ILL. Again you could make an argument for a ton of the MCs I listed as most i listed are all in my top 25-50 ever. All ILL, just the first 10 are my personal favs as GOD DAMN THAT WAS ILL emceeing.
Elzhi SUCKS! Listening to this guy rap is about as boring as watching paint dry.
Wack rappers like Elzhi is why I’ll appreciate real legendary God MC’s like Lil Wayne even more.
It’s obvious you say’n shit like that jus for a reaction cause anybody with ears can see the difference in the quality of wordplay and lyrical content let alone complexity between Elzhi and Lil Wayne.. No disrespect to lil wayne gotta give him props for his work ethic and never hat’n on NOObody but he not fuck’n with ELZHI. Not even close at that!! But somethin tells me you already knew that and said that jus to get a rise out of true hip hop heads. Cause if you really honestly feel like that .. YIKES!! lol
Give me ElZhi, Em, Royce 5’9 & Jon Connor all from the glove against ANY body in the game right now….Bring Wayne & his lil silly crew….Yall bet not sleep…
one of the best to touch the mic out of Detroit, most of yall say that this project is a waste but he put all this time in this project because of his fans and he doin it and he puttin it out for free. Respect to a legend
Rap is rap. No matter how you cut it nigga. Theres always gonna be good and bad songs and rappers, but that depends on your preferences. Wayne has good shit, Game is all good, Em is all good. You cant expect rappers to go full out on all of their songs, some songs are laid back and the kind that you ride to, others are the kind that you listen to while smokin a joint, and others are the kind that get you pumped. Rap is rap. Stop hatin
I love the original.S/O to Nas.This nigga Elzhi been a beast.he killed this.Love the hook.This is nuts.bravo on taking on this classic song and making it official.Fire.Detroit.What up doe?
This nigga got lyrics man… It’s no question. You gotta listen to this nigga homeboy, I had to pick up the computer speaker and put it to my ear, clear?
LMAO! Game is utter trash compared to Elzhi. Game ain’t even the best mainstream rapper. Don’t try to draw comparisions between a lyrical over your wizard and someone who can’t write a single verse without a name drop. Game lives off his gimmick.
Elzhi puts all these average wannabe mcs that fell the fuck off futher (Slaughtertrash, Mobb deep, Asher Roth) in their place, mind due their careers are already over since they cant make music with replay value lol. Elzhi for life.
Elzhi, imo, is the ILLEST lyricists spitting in 2011, but that was just an idiotic comment on many levels. Asher Roth never fell off, b-c he never was more than a gimmick below avg rapper. Mobb Deep has not been good post 90s/very early 2000s, and Slaughterhouse is a group of 4 very good to real dope emcees).
Now Em has fallen off from his arguably GOAT status of 96/97-02/early 03 (@ worst top 7 Emcee), Jay-Z (always overrated to me in terms of ppl calling him GOAT or even top 5-10) fell off post Black Album.
I wish SUPER ILL emcees like Elzhi, One Be Lo, Louis Logic, Diabolic, Tonedeff, Juice, Pharoahe Monch, Masta Ace, Sly Boogie, Percee-P, Copywrite, Brother Ali, Apathy, Cunninlynguists to name a FEW got paid the way most ILL ppl in the 90s got paid for being ILL
elzhis gone nuts i thought his shit b4 was hot lke ‘traditional joint’ and ‘save ya’ but this shit is amazing lke some oldskool street shit and it sounds lke that too haha lil low quality but adds to it 4 sure
Feels good to hear this quality coming from my home. This what it is in the D. Fam represented with this one. Understand this struggle. Nothing against any other city but this is how our WHOLE city is, no exceptions. We got it hard in this city. Make us strong here.
Will be graduating from college this year and enrolling in law school soon. My “Detroit state of mind” made me this way. Love this track!
yes
this project is gonna be crack.
great track much better than that slaughterhouse trash
why do you feel the need to say shit like that? what does this song have to do with slaughterhouse?
Amazing… The rhymes really bring Nas’ original material up to speed with what we deal with today. Really like how they paid homage to the original beat by premier,but switched the beat up just enough to keep it interesting…
Elmatic will be a classic if the rest of it is like this….
Elzhi is the 3rd coming of rakim this nigga is a true emcee de la soul would say supa emcee man nas im sorry he’s eclipsed you dawg you should do a song with elzhi or maybe a album with madlib and 9th wonder and pete rock on the tracks now thats hip hop
I am a huge Elzhi fan but I can’t see how you can say that. Actually the truth is without Nas there is no Elzhi. El owes his whole style to Nas. Elzhi is sick as fuck and on top of the his game right now but Nas is an eternal legend.
IF that was the case why can’t Elzhi make an original classic? Why is he riding Nas’ dick and not even doing it better than Nas did 17 years ago? Nas is what these new niggas wish they could be but they are nothing but clones.
dumb fuck above me Elzhi has a classic album The Preface a classic mixtape The Leftovers and classic group albums with Slum Village and he’s not a new cat he’s 12 years deep fool
learn some Hip Hop history before visiting Hip Hop sites
Undeniable…Elzhi is bedderdenyou
Man the way elzhi flowed in the umixed tape and the preface it was so easy to see that he was influenced by nas.
Cold!
Nobody f’kin wit eL. N O B O D Y
Fucking sick.
Classic
Elzhi>>>>your life
WOW!
Annihilates it
Just made an appointment for the chiropractor today. My neck just snapped outta place.
OMG!!!! This is fukin incredible!!! cant wait till Elmatic drops!!!
Man this nigga sounds like a monkey fo’real. hasnt 8 people already done illmatic. get off elzhi’s dick and listen 2 the real nas
Co-sign! But these are the same niggas that try and diss Nas but yet Elzhi is doing nothing but copying from Nas’ classic.
you people are imbeciles to even doubt da power of Elzhi…i mean real shit..nas is an entity and muh fav artist of all time but if i had 2 make a top twenty list elzhi would be on…and da preface was better than a lotta deez niggaz garbage real shit, it was hip hop….if u can’t respect that….eat a sick dick and die twice…been wit Elzhi since trinity…Elzhi keep goin…u dat nigga
Cmon Son Nas is the God Of rhymes. Elzhi is just one of his many clones.dont get me wrong he is a dope rapper not an mc.
ELZHI is a dope MC,but he did kinda bit nas cock wit this one.come on El we waited to long for this SHIT
man tell em nas is ok but technically elzhi got better style and cadence than nas research elzhi breakfast club preface libido speed witness my growth mixtape europass nas is good but elzh cracked the CODE
Cracked the code FUCK OUTTA HERE SON. EL aint doing nothing NAS OR RAKIM has already done.
weak
cool
never heard of this nigga but he cold like norway
Wow. He ripped this shit.
top 5 mc’s 1 rakim 2 nas 3 kool g rap 4 biggie 5 pac
elzhi is much more than an nas clones. he was influenced by nas like many dope emcees, but he does has his own style. mj is the goat, hands down, but kobe is great to, and was influenced by jordan, he studied jordan and now has six rings. prince is amazing and people knock bilal by saying he’s a wannabee prince, but bilal shit is sick. i’m glad he’s carrying the torch for soul music. nas is the goat to me, and elzhi is a student that is really sick. if you’re going to study some body aim for the best. stop bitching abt him biting, listen to his catalog starting with witness my growth and you’ll clearly see, that dude is fucking monster with his on style in which he has mastered many techniques.
is this elzhi lol….we all know your dope but kobe doesnt stick his tongue out when he dunks. Never touch one of nas classics PEROID
Paul STFU FOOL
MAN YOU SOUND LIKE A FOOL. LIKE I SAID EL IS COOL BUT HE JUST GAVE NAS A HANDJOB WITH THIS ONE. GOOD TRY EL
correction 5 rings.
peace
It think it is VERY sad when a so called artist like Elzhi can NOT stand on his own feet. These New artists are NOTHING more than a Nas clone. Nas did not walk into the game doing a make over of Rakim’s classic “Paid In Full.” Nas sttod on his own 2 feet like a TRUE CLASSIC LEGEND! That is why 17 years later after his “Illmatic” debute he is still one of the GREATEST to ever touch a mic. These new cats have no style of their own…all they do is copy and paste from Nas’ classics. This was a good attempt though.
real talk
haha your joking right? elzhi cant stand on his own two? man you need to get educated. pick up The Preface, listen through it, and learn not to open your mouth when you cant back up what your saying.
relax. he’s paying homage. and it’s not like he’s copying his lyrics entirely. maybe the first 2 bars of each verse but not the entire verse.
I co-sign real talk. These dudes need to be more original.
so called artist, lol, that’s insane dude. elzhi has released three album with slum village, including a crazy joint on dilla’s welcome to the d, along with that, he has also released four solo projects with black milk doing most of the production. the influence of nas is there, but he does his own thing. check brag swag, motown 25, love it here, and deep to name a few. the word play on these song are just amazing.
Yo Real Talk, your a fuckin idiot. If you know an ounce of hiphop, you should know Elzhi is as original as they come. ITS A MIXTAPE, he has so much respect for that album and Nas that he made his own version. A looooot of emcees cant hang wit Elz, he’s a great lyricist, definetly one of the best livin, extremely underrated. And no im not from Detroit, im from and live in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. You must be a little kid, that was the most ignorant shit ive heard in a while, do your homework(literally and figuretively).
Your dumb as fuck n if you don’t know Elzhis one of the illest artist on earth you don’t know your Hip Hop lil man
you mutha fuckas act like el is the king of this rap shit… fuck el and all his fans…nas is the king. if ELZHI is so dope why is he doing shit people have already done many times over…he can suck a dick with that shit.NYC STAND UP
u do know that sampling and using other peoples work is probably the biggest part of hiphop? Most rappers [including Nas himself] get their sound from studying other gud artists…. just sayin 🙂
Fuck Nas, and Fuck you Nas followers that put that nigga on a fuckin pedestal like he’s that damn good. That nigga Nas likes Africa so much, he can take his ass back and dig for some diamonds. Fuck Nas and Fuck Nas fans.
And Fuck you Jay-z and your dope man hustler raps Camel face muthafuckaaa!
I’m like really half a billi, nigga Nas can’t afford child support with his broke ass. Nigga that reggae shit ain’t working out. If you need money I’ll float you a loan though. You know, buy your kid some S. Carter shoes, a rocaware jumpsuit, a nice meal at my 40/40 club. Wack-ass broke-ass nigga. McDonald’s hiring, Can I take your order lookin’ mothafucker.
………………….ETHER BITCH,How much of Biggie’s rhymes is gon’ come out your fat lips?
MAN shut the fuck up nas is an mc and jay z is an rapper a good one though…Now girls go get your nails done and SHUT THE FUCK UP
‘How many Biggie’s rhymes gonna come out my fat lips”? Just enough to make 500 Million dollas more than Nas wack-ass. I know you broke ass niggas think he’s Jesus, but he’s a false prophet. Just cause you can’t understand him don’t mean that he nice. I got more hits on my Hard Knock Life cd than Nas got his whole career.
Jay stay off the Viagra, you ugly bastard. you been obsessed with nas for years.
Jay all your albums are half ass shiity albums and you know it your only decent album was Reasonable Doubt. Dont try to act all rich now remember your struggle…. remember when you acted like you where rich to get endorsed… remember when erick sermon effectively made your hit hard knock life remember that. Remember when you were behind biggie remember all of that time you where grinding and for fuck sake humility is not a sign of weakness.
STFU you was cryin on hot 97 when you heard ether For the first time
GAME OVER
Thats what everyone says thats bullshit…jay still had his career,why would he care!
If you don’t like elzhi or even talk shit, you have no right to be on this site (period). Second of all, how the fuck is anyone not supposed to sound at least a little like someone else now-a-days? It’s not like everythings been said. As long as someone comes with amazing lyricism and speaks what they feel like this man, quit hatin and enjoy real music.
BlacMilk is a watered down dilla and elzhi or El’s Hi think he Nas..Detroit niggaz haven a identity crisis!!!
i feel you the only real niggas from detroit is Royce,GUILTy,EM, and the ORIGNAL, SLUM VILLAGE RIP DILLA DOG
you blasphemous child..look at your name idiot makes no sense…who do you listen to Don Dickless?… i guess anything played backwards fruit cake… el and black milk do there thing dont hate just come out with your own shit, post it and we all will tell you what we think about you
detroit hip hop killing it and if you knew who was real in detroit hip hop how you gonna leave out trick trick and danny brown….lol ya trippin
Real talk does speak the truth i do like how elzhi spit’s though, but a major part of the reason that there will not be any new classics is because niggas of my generation are to lazy and they don’t know how to be their own
Real Talks a fuckin idiot who needs to learn his Hip Hop history before postin dumb shit, Elzhis not a new artist he’s been puttin out albums for 12 years with Slum Village has dropped multiple solo mixtapes and his debut album already
go listen to his debut The Preface n try talkin that “don’t know how to be themselves” shit
Alright man calm the fuck down I aint touched your mum…..yet
dude talks bout originality n then makes a generic mother joke
FUCK OUTTA HERE CHILD
OKAY women go get your nails done
OuveyOu’ve made your lil nails done comment twice now it’s not funny that’s why nobody laughed at it quit repeating your weak snaps youngin
man lay of my dick you internet gangasta fool
I’ll stick with the original… the original had scripture like quotables. nah scrap that project… you aint even close man.
Co-sign the original (Nas) shits all over this.
elzhi has a lot of haters….the more haters the more its proving how good elzhi is
Shut the Fuck up!
haters huh smh…naw he’s just a bitter…. fashawn is the shit
LMAO @ you cornball kids who don’t know shit about Hip Hop talkin nonsense like “New Artist” when Elzhis 12 years deep n put out dozens of classic songs both solo and with Slum Village
on a technical standpoint he’s surpassed Nas mic skills now, Nas is dope as fuck and an artist of Elzhis callibre payin homage to illmatic in this way only adds to Nas legacy
you cornballs needa do you research before postin dumb shit n go listen to The Preface album and The Leftovers mixtape coz right now Elzhi is Top 5 on this planet period
Yeah Ok, surpassed Nas my ass. Twelve years deep in the game but yet he still has to to cover Illmatic for attention. Where is his own classic to cover?
Shut the fuck up white boi..
The Preface classic album
The Leftovers classic mixtape
N multiple Slum Village albums full of classic material
The fact you don’t know this shows you don’t know Hip Hop
those were cool but niggas already ran through this idea kid. Niggas need to stop with the Nas remakes
Damn, Elzhi. Can NaS have his dick back?
I agree that Elzhi can stand on his own two. Which is why this is so disappointing. Insteado of wasting time on this mixtape that will neveer live up to your own decent solo albums, let alone Illmatic, why not make a totally new album?
he has done he’s droppin the Out of Focus EP in a couple months
mentalities like yours are what’s wrong with Hip Hop every other culture and genre cats can pay homage to those who came before them and it’s seen for what it is a sign of respect but no in Hip Hop kids like you are so dumb you call it dick riding n make corny comments
it’s lil things like that comment why people outside the culture think all raps fans are dumb if Michael Buble makes a cover version of Sinatras My Way their fans understand it’s a respect thing n are greatful same with Elvis fans James Brown fans MJ etc
yeah but its unusual for an whole album to have that direction. Thats probably why so many niggas are commenting about how its unoriginal.
In other genres it’s called making a cover. The difference being, that you still have to make up entirely new melodies. And people who sit around making entire cover albums aren’t all that original either.
The difference is that Elzhi is not a musician. This is the same problem i had with Fashawn’s illmatic tribute.
Don’t take the exact same beat and rhyme melodies and insert different words, and expect people to call you great. That’s called biting.
damn…5*
Elzhi always kills it hes underrated
Jay Elec got the ok from Nas himself to fuck with one of Nas joints..he waaaaay more iller than elzhi..he got a deal..elzhi dont. he been in the game over 12 years and dont have the same following Jay has..He a nas Dick biter..Elzhi got some corney niggaz around him gasin him up..lol
Wrong! Jay Electronica cant last with elzhi line 4 line first off, second at least elzhi has put out albums, where is jay elect’s album at, huh?? where’s the act 2 that is suppose to come out??? lol sit the fuck down, clown!
Lol where are the Jay Electron albums, huh? dumbass. Sounds like someones been sipping on the internet gangsta juice.
originality is a must in the current state of this fucked up hip hop game right NOW!
YOU ARE NOT HIP HOP
ELZHIs had a deal since 99 and was cosigned by Hip Hops illest producer JDilla and he’s a 10000xs doper than Jay Elec too even make that comment shows your dumb as fuck
guess NAS is just a Rakim dick rider coz he made a tribute to Rakim without Rakims permission n Ra has since said he didn’t like Nas doing itor the song
and so is your momma for having you White boi..i almost could have been your father..
anon run your dumb as fuck 14 year old suburban never been to the block in your life virgin ass the fuck on your not impressing anyone wit your retarded comments
hold the fuck up this nigga has lost his mind
what deal did elzhi have lol
Slum Village where signed Paul do some fuckin research
Elzhi can rap end of….no matter even if his s biter his a talented biter then….(although he is not)
ok
bad
Nas should Slap dis nigga
Not before Nas backhand’s ya mama first. You trippin nigga…
haters need to lay off the nigga
wow el you really made us wait 3 years for this. give nas his style back
Nobody said he couldnt rhyme..that’s evident he should have went somewhere else . like make his own classic!
Why dont allHipHop have this shit up on there site?????????????????????????????
Some one is going to sign this guy fast…. where the hell has Elzhi been hiding at?
Elzhi already has classics and with his forthcoming album coming, hes just paying tribute to a great hip hop album. Your dumb as hell If you think hes not original.
Clowns on this site…..forgot what hip hop is about…. IF Elzhi was wack… of course I would be the first person to be like “Get the Hell Out here”…… but this NIGGA IS A BEAST !!!!!
I CANT WAIT TO HEAR THIS WHOLE ALBUM. Nas is probably excited!
You Bitch Shut the Fuck Fuck up!
this is ok..im not jumping out my seat .
Nice … why niggas hate’en on him so hard though. Niggas can’t never do shit with out all these weak ass niggas tryen to put other niggas down. Grow up
as long as you can post music people can say what ever they want..hate i or love it.
Shut The Fuck Up Bitch!
Damn there are some stupid ass comments.
Elzhi and Nas aren’t even close when it comes to styles, so biting is completely out the picture. If you find some beef with paying tribute to a classic album on a mixtape, than you are just a damned fool. He is spitting completely original rhymes with a completely original style (or at least as original as original gets) over illmatic themes; fucks wrong with that???
Elzhi is dope so all of the people that say he’s wack are out of focus. On the other hand, the people who think The Preface was anything close to a classic are even more out of focus, because that ish was mixtape material (way to corny to be an album). And I have to add Jay Electronica is better than Elzhi. Elzhi is dope but he gets annoying as shyt with his rhyme style, he lacks the mic presence, and will never do anything to hold a candle to real classics like Eternal Sunshine, Exhibit A, B, C, DMT, etc. Given that I shouldn’t even have to respond to the comment about him surpassing Nas’s mic skills, LMAO.
Shut. The. Fuck. Up.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jay Elec isn’t even remotely fuckin wit Elzhi your dellusional
DEEP
GLOW
THE GREAT
DREAM
MOTOWN 25>>>> those Jay Elec songs you named
you gotta be kidding me…
jay electronica and elzhi are both talented MC’s with different styles so why compare them…lyrically, they’re both ILL and there’a no reason for this,
unlike the weezy bitch (up some more)…than yeah
Jay Electronia is nice, no doubt about it, but to say “And I have to add Jay Electronica is better than Elzhi. Elzhi is dope but he gets annoying as shyt with his rhyme style, he lacks the mic presence, and will never do anything to hold a candle to real classics like Eternal Sunshine, Exhibit A, B, C, DMT, etc.” is COMICAL. First of all Jay Electronica is 33 and has ZERO LPs (east Coast Crooked I in that sense), nevermind dropping ILL verses all the way back to late 90s early 2000s like Elzhi.
ELZHI is technically by the artform of BEING ILL, much doper than Jay Electronia who I like as well.
I love how you preface (no pun intended) w/ “Elzhi is dope, BUT”
Should there be a but? You think he’s DOPE! Period. They’re completely diff emcees, but Elzhi makes me press rewind more. If you give them all the same beats, Elzhi is MUCH iller (at least in terms of the kind of emcee I like). I love dudes like Elzhi, Diabolic, Louis Logic, Tonedeff, Crooked I (and the rest of SH), Juice, Percee-P, One Be Lo, Copywrite, Rhyme Asylum, Lowkey, Blu, Black Thought, Common, G Rap, Nas, Mos/Kweli, Monch, Masta Ace, Em in his prime, Pun, Big L, De La (prime), Redman (prime), Bis (prime), Pac, Big, BDK, CHUCK D/KRS/RAKIM (prime), most of the Wu, half of AOTP, Rhymesayers click to name a few, and I feel like Elzhi fits in that list moreso than Jay Electronica does, but again that’s just me I suppose.
Electronica MAY have more personality, but that doesn’t make him a doper emcee
Mannnnnnnn this shit WACK ASS HELL!!..1st off this is Elzhi…after a break up wit a great group..one of the greatest groups in HIPHOP HISTORY..this fool gon come wit this shit!!..2ndly…this idea was used already by some cats in New York 3 4 years ago..so he bit the concept 2WICE!!..why he rappin so damn hard..like he gotta throat full of pussy hair!!..i would expect a MC like Elzhi 2 come betta than this…keepitreel
Yes.
Blah blah blah just give it a rest already…..elzhi can spit yeah yeah okay its a ‘flawed’ concept for the mixtape but the mixtape is coming out that is a fact…the choice comes in as to whether you wanna listen to elzhi’s tribute to nas or not, niggas on here are acting like someone is holding a gat to their head telling them to listen to it.
Bitch shut up!
AYO you internet gangsta punk shut the fuck up
Holy fuck, elzhi iz BACK!!!
All ya’ll haters ARE kids and ya’ll can’t keep up with my nigga Elzhi’s Lyrics, he’s tooooo RAW
Shut up Bitch!
What u mad?!? LOL, don’t HATE. It’s only TRUE
Nas was dope, illmatic was dope! Elzhi is dope, elmatic should be dope! All about respect it ain’t like Elzhi trying to make some money off this shit its fucking free. On the real i wish Nas would just remake this shit himself cause listening to that beat is gonna make me pull out my illmatic and blast it tonight!
First of all Elzhi is just paying homage to one of hip hop’s legends. He was planning on releasing this mixtape years ago but he thought twice about it because so many other cats were trying to do the same thing. It was his fanbase that convinced him to go ahead and release this heat. Elzhi rhymes better than your favorite rapper, hands down. You cornballs hating on Elmatic were probably still in diapers when Nas was in his prime. I’m counting the days till this FREE mixtape gets released so I can finally hear a true lyricist spit.
Shut up you Bitch !
lol at anon thinkin he’s hard insulting people online whilst he hides behind his monitor like the lil weak ass coward he obviously is
these haters just pissed cus they can’t spit nor keep up with Elzhi’s rhymes…they some slow bitches with no knowledge what so ever…
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1 star. Wack. I hate backpack rappers who think they can rap. Newsflash: You can’t, that’s why you’re backpack trash.
Weezy is the greatest
Ur comment is a huge fail!
ROFLMMFAO!!!!! u think elzhi is wack but weezy is the greatest????? wow your fucking retarded
WEEZY IS THE GAYEST OFF ALL TIME………RAKIM IS THE GREATEST EMCEE EVER BITCH!…..TAKE LIL WAYNE’S DICK OUT YOUR ASS AND TAKE LIL B’S DICK OUT YOUR MOUTH!
You clearly no nothing about hiphop
♕ELZHI♕ vs ♟weezy♟….c’mon u serious?!?
You MUST be RETARDED or something…
did someone honestly put that lil wayne was the greatest?
LMAO, you backpacking losers are ridiculous. Elzhi has never made an album half as good as Tha Carter 2, and never will. He’s never made an album as good as Tha Carter 1 either. That’s reality.
you need to open your FUCKING ears, U FUCK!!!!! Recognize BITCH niggaaaaaaaa!!!
I like how this one anonymous is on here refreshing the page and coming back to hate on elzhi and his fans “shut up bitch” no U (whoever u are e-thug muthafucka) shut up! If ur gonna troll at least change up ur comment
Anyhow elzhi killed. Now i expect this bitchass anonymous person to tell me to shut up bitch like the real bitch is
pussy!!! i will beat the shit out of you in real life mathafuka now were is your good for nuttin Momma!
yeah i noticed this low life internet gangsta too…get fuckin life
SHUT UP BITCH!!1
This is cool..elzhi got flow, but he should of had better judgment on what he puts out! i don’t hear nobody fuckin with Dilla Micheal Jackson or even Slum Village Classics payin homepage to fast keep your OWN Legacy going first.
FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m a huge Elzhi fan, but I don’t get this whole Illmatic shit. Make a song or two, on an original beat and talk about how Illmatic has influenced yourself. That has to be enough. We’re aware that Illmatic was one of your greatest inspirations, but I guess you won’t be remembered as a someone who paid homage to Nas his whole career. I sometimes feel like this rhyme schemes from El are getting outta hand, it sounds like he wrote some lines just for the sake of a double rhyme. He is so focused on technique that his personality suffers from that. He has no charisma. This whole project is a huge waste of time. Look at when he announced it for the first time. YEARS ago. He should’ve went on after it got delayed so often and rather dropped his second album. And what was he talking about, when he said that his Illmatic tribute would be totally different from others? Did he mean this litte live instruments? Shit. He even names the title the same, expect for on for word. And the most annoying thing is that he, like Fashawn, uses some of the words Nas’ said. It just feels weird. I always got Nas in my head when I listen to Fashawn’s or Elzhi’s Illmatic tracks. Neither came close, they aren’t able to capture the original feeling and impact Nas had. And no, none of Elzhi’s projects are classics, they all were dope, but not out of this world status. They wouldn’t even be considered Top 50 in the 90’s, it’s only because this era is so fucking weak, that somone like El sticks out so much. The word classic is thrown aroun waaaaay too often nowadays. Get in the booth and make your own album, Illmatic can’t and won’t be topped, get over it.
What do you mean he wrote some lines just for the sake of double rhyming? Why don’t you give an example? Get your head examined, kid. Every line he spit ties in perfectly. They are not just random rhymes that have nothing to do with each other. Yes it’s true he does focus on technique but that’s what makes it even iller. Who else do you know can come with sick rhyme schemes while at the same time staying on topic?
you trippin’. as long as his shit makes sense – and damn it ties perfectly – it’ll never get outta hand. plus, it is different than all others cause he’s doper than all others and the only words he uses from Nas are like the 3 or 4 words from the beginin’ of each verse, the rest is 100%original and tells HIS story, not bitin’ NAS’, two different cities, stories and vibes, he’s just payin’ tribute not tryin’ to outdo someone. and finally eL just told a motherfuckin’ story with a more complex rhyme scheme than nas’ did, this can touch the original but y’all hatin’ on this cause of some stupid hip hop rules manual invented by yourselves. ignore all that bullshit and then listen to the song, because IT’S BANANAS!
p.s:. eLZhi has no charisma? LMAO
there’s a lot of bitchness in this post. c’mon y’all. first: it’s just a tribute and he was the FIRST to think of doin’ it, so he ain’t bittin’ no one. second: it’s for damn FREE because it was the FANS that wanted it to be released, el had already quit the idea. third: if you don’t think el is the illest breathin’, get da fuck outta here. fourth: lyrically speakin’ The Preface is nothin’ but a classic. not a single wack track/LINE, he gots some outstandin’ tracks like i’ve never seen no one makin'(yes, no nas). fifth: if you think this one didn’t touch the classic, then it might be just me but this was amazingly near the original (and illmatic is the greatest album in hip hop history in my opinion). sixth: if you don’t like it, there’s no need to make it a personal issue, it seems like y’all are just hurt for eL makin’ this happen. my 2cents
CoSign everything you said kid! At one point El had me so excited when I discovered him that I WAS say’n he maybe fuck’n with NAS. I’ll tell you what stopped me short of that. And this can’t be argued. Nas was spitt’n like dat at what 16 or 17?!! Fuck’n innnnncredible to me. But yea Elzhi is dat mf’n DUDE PERIOD. And ‘the preface’ is deefinitely a classic that IMO rivals Illmatic in alot of ways.
Of course you gotta give it to nas for makin’ the illest album ever at 16 but see it this way – Nas at his 30’s kinda fell off, his shit is legit but not as good as before and eL at his 30’s is gettin’ better than he ever was, at the same level of illmatic nas and it seems like he ain’t even tryin’ hard, rhymin’ is like a fluent language for him. Back then, F.O.D(FINGERS OF DEATH – eL’s first crew at 16) and the out of focus EP and the breakfast club had some seriously dope shit for a young’n to spit, check that out. Slum Village legacy was holdin’ his skills explosion back but he def was the best member of the group rhymin’ and he has some of the greatest verses in hip hop story, not always with his superlyrical abilities but with his heart on it, shit you can really relate to in many ways. in my opinion, eL is the best out know and one of the best(if not the best) to ever do it. my 2cents again.
Nice……… Elzhi i know him from the song “deep” Crazyyy
dam niggaz is still commenting on this
FIRE…
ugh…it was ok when i heard 3 songs from fashawn, but damn make your own music. whats the point of making a mixtape over an already released album with pretty much the same rhyme scheme.
the hood is like a glass house the devil throws stones through.
El! Slow down sOn ya KILLIN Em!!!!!
LMAO @ The Preface being a classic, 6 or 7 good songs don’t make a classic. Ya’ll niggas need to the see the difference between good and classic. Some guys on here are acting like every underground album that album were a classic. That takes a lot of meaning off the actual word.
actually, 13 great songs, 14 if you include the intro. i didn’t like that much “the leak” and “fire” rmx(even though eL came and demolished all them niggas) but the rest is pretty impressive, it wasn’t just “good”.to each one his own i guess lol
elzhi doin his thing, i gotta get on a track with him
Word. ASAP
Elzhi is doper than you mr. cole. You’re ILL compared to most of the garbage in the mainstream you’re trying to break in against post 2004, and a solid Emcee in general, but emcees like Elzhi have ppl like Pharoahe Monch, all of Slaughterhouse, Phonte, Jean Grae, Blu, One Be Lo among others saying stuff like “This dude is an alien I swear to god he’s that ill.” (pharoahe monch on twitter as he said he was going to collab w/ him & Monch is one of the dopest/most consistent MCs ever).
J. Cole is a nice young MC (especially signed to a major lable), but there are dudes like Elzhi undergroud to me that still are MUCH MUCH MUCH iller than him. Elzhi being the PRIME example of this
agreed
this > Slaughtertrash
Slaughterhouse is dope, get some ears.
Elzhi dope too, don’t pretend like he’s amazing though, just cuz someone stayed underground doesnt mean they are Truer hiphop
a revist/remix of a classic i’m never tired of listening to, plus elzhi… 5
4 stars
nice
one word…. !! D.O.P.E…
Elzhi and SiLent KNIGHT of ELEMENTALITY … are some of the best mc’s out
elzhi is on point. and i can hear hunger in his voice. i’m coppin.
If ELZHI is not in your top 5 breathing lyricists for how he spits in 2011 (or the last 5-7 yrs for that matter…He’s good forever, back to the days of Binary Star “KGB” feature, but to me One Be Lo & Juice had the 2 illest verses to end that song & Elzhi has gotten better w/ time) you simply don’t know HIP HOP!
ELZHI, DIABOLIC, TONEDEFF, BLU, ONE BE LO, JUICE, PERCEE-P, COPYWRITE, LOUIS LOGIC should join Slaughterhouse & make it the new Wu-Tang click so to speak (granted minus ILL 90s raw RZA legendary beats). That would be ill.
5 stars for one of the ILLEST breathing
Dope list, but Vakill should be included.
good shit !!!!
5..kids need to do research before saying ignorant ish. Of course is an all time great legend (My top 10 ALL TIME SUPER DOPE LYRICISTS are Nas, Kool G Rap, Em from 96/97-02/03 PRIME before drugs killed/changed his all time greatness for me, Pun, Big L, Black Thought, Common, Pharoahe Monch, Rakim, Elzhi).
Rakim, KRS, BDK, Chuck D, Ice Cube, Redman, Mos Def/Kweli, Bis, De La, Big/Pac, Tonedeff, Louis Logic, Diabolic, Copywrite, Juice, Percee-P, One Be Lo, Slug, Brother Ali, Apathy, Immortal Tech, Chino XL, Crooked I (& the rest of SH), Lupe before Lazers (to name a few of MANY) all historical legends, and/or GREAT MCS (some mainstream, some borderline, some underground) didn’t do it long enough or aren’t as ill, IN MY OPINION, as the MCS I listed.
Elzhi is THAT ILL. Again you could make an argument for a ton of the MCs I listed as most i listed are all in my top 25-50 ever. All ILL, just the first 10 are my personal favs as GOD DAMN THAT WAS ILL emceeing.
Of Course NAS is an all time great legend is what i meant to put obv
Elzhi SUCKS! Listening to this guy rap is about as boring as watching paint dry.
Wack rappers like Elzhi is why I’ll appreciate real legendary God MC’s like Lil Wayne even more.
lil wayne if fucking garbage
Elzhi > Lil’ Wayne
If Elzhi sucks then you probably got a dick in your mouth, and I bet it’s Wayne’s.
It’s obvious you say’n shit like that jus for a reaction cause anybody with ears can see the difference in the quality of wordplay and lyrical content let alone complexity between Elzhi and Lil Wayne.. No disrespect to lil wayne gotta give him props for his work ethic and never hat’n on NOObody but he not fuck’n with ELZHI. Not even close at that!! But somethin tells me you already knew that and said that jus to get a rise out of true hip hop heads. Cause if you really honestly feel like that .. YIKES!! lol
troll much?
Nice!
HOW REAL RAP USED TO SOUND LIKE…
okay nas was better
No doubt.
of course
is it me or does take you back to early 90s hiphop? decent track. I could see j.cole killing this beat too. its dope though. 4/5
ur a joke
Elmatic is coming people!
FUCK THIS SERB
I SHIT ON MY CITY
ON ON ON MY CITY
SHITTTTTTTTTTT ONNNNNN
EAST SIDE
SHIT ONNNNNNNNNNNNNN
WEST SIDE
SHIT ONNNNNNNNNNNN
SOUTH SIDEEEE
Give me ElZhi, Em, Royce 5’9 & Jon Connor all from the glove against ANY body in the game right now….Bring Wayne & his lil silly crew….Yall bet not sleep…
Of course Nas is better..That is truth
but this guy is good
but Elmatic can’t be hot as Illmatic
one of the best to touch the mic out of Detroit, most of yall say that this project is a waste but he put all this time in this project because of his fans and he doin it and he puttin it out for free. Respect to a legend
and it deserves 5 stars
Rap is rap. No matter how you cut it nigga. Theres always gonna be good and bad songs and rappers, but that depends on your preferences. Wayne has good shit, Game is all good, Em is all good. You cant expect rappers to go full out on all of their songs, some songs are laid back and the kind that you ride to, others are the kind that you listen to while smokin a joint, and others are the kind that get you pumped. Rap is rap. Stop hatin
I have really been sleeping on him I feel shameful man….
I love the original.S/O to Nas.This nigga Elzhi been a beast.he killed this.Love the hook.This is nuts.bravo on taking on this classic song and making it official.Fire.Detroit.What up doe?
This nigga got lyrics man… It’s no question. You gotta listen to this nigga homeboy, I had to pick up the computer speaker and put it to my ear, clear?
ill. 5 *****
this niggaz pretty tight but he aint nothing compared to em and royce. why people saying he better???
i bet if elzhi made it, you fake niggaz will start hating him
royce fucking sucks
all this recent em shit is so fucking lame
who gives a fuck about the recent shit…overall em shits on elzhi…so does royce
This man is cold.
ElZhi is ILL…like elmatic! Kid showin yall how he can ride the whole illmatic w/ a Detroit State of Mind…..The flow is like “What up Doe”
lmao @Detroit, a dead city
music itself is hot tho
i see a similarity to him and game
LMAO! Game is utter trash compared to Elzhi. Game ain’t even the best mainstream rapper. Don’t try to draw comparisions between a lyrical over your wizard and someone who can’t write a single verse without a name drop. Game lives off his gimmick.
Your out of you mind. The Game is trash
The Game is not trash. But still, bad comparison.
Elzhi puts all these average wannabe mcs that fell the fuck off futher (Slaughtertrash, Mobb deep, Asher Roth) in their place, mind due their careers are already over since they cant make music with replay value lol. Elzhi for life.
Never disrespect mobb deep again, dummy.
Mobb Deep fell the fuck off, but they dropped two absolute genre-defining classics. Something that Elzhi will never achieve. I like his music though.
Elzhi, imo, is the ILLEST lyricists spitting in 2011, but that was just an idiotic comment on many levels. Asher Roth never fell off, b-c he never was more than a gimmick below avg rapper. Mobb Deep has not been good post 90s/very early 2000s, and Slaughterhouse is a group of 4 very good to real dope emcees).
Now Em has fallen off from his arguably GOAT status of 96/97-02/early 03 (@ worst top 7 Emcee), Jay-Z (always overrated to me in terms of ppl calling him GOAT or even top 5-10) fell off post Black Album.
I wish SUPER ILL emcees like Elzhi, One Be Lo, Louis Logic, Diabolic, Tonedeff, Juice, Pharoahe Monch, Masta Ace, Sly Boogie, Percee-P, Copywrite, Brother Ali, Apathy, Cunninlynguists to name a FEW got paid the way most ILL ppl in the 90s got paid for being ILL
Great comment, especially the last part where you mentioned all those dope rappers not getting the shine they deserve for their skills.
Thank you
yo, fuck the haters, the FREE mixtape dropped yesterday, “It ain’t hard to tell” is worth it, download that
Illmatic > Ready To die
That ain’t a question.
Ill question that. Ready to Die was more vivid to me. Its a toss up though really.
Elzhi did more than justice to this track! Dope!
Justice to the beat.
elzhis gone nuts i thought his shit b4 was hot lke ‘traditional joint’ and ‘save ya’ but this shit is amazing lke some oldskool street shit and it sounds lke that too haha lil low quality but adds to it 4 sure
Feels good to hear this quality coming from my home. This what it is in the D. Fam represented with this one. Understand this struggle. Nothing against any other city but this is how our WHOLE city is, no exceptions. We got it hard in this city. Make us strong here.
Will be graduating from college this year and enrolling in law school soon. My “Detroit state of mind” made me this way. Love this track!
this shit is so ill man bet music of the year no doubt!
Real good.
Good Shit!
please check my lupe b.o.b and me track who are you now remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQa_Uoz5hYU
This is better than Nas’s version. The beat is better like this and El is far better than Nas.
andimnothatingilikenasbutheaintthegoatsorrypeople
Whack rip off.