blackstar is a great album, however talib kweli is hot trash and brings it down by a mile due to having a shit voice and being a mediocre writer.
mos def outshines him by a country mile
man, you really like r.e.m huh? i agree on automatic for the people and out of time
i can see why illmatic is held in such high regard, but i was all west coast when that album dropped so i have no nostalgia towards it, and listening to ir today it just sounds horribly dated to me for the most part.
36 chambers sound is amazing, i do think forever has aged better overall.
gotta admit i never understood the mf.doom hype at all