Ghostface Killah Says Illmatic Made Him Work On His Rap Skills

Wu-Tang Clan elite lyricist, Ghostface Killah spoke on how he had to step his pen game up after he heard Nas's Illmatic (1994) album. Illmatic was released a year after Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Read his words below-





“When I used to listen to Nas back in the days, it was like, ‘Oh shit! He murdered that.’ That forced me to get my pen game up and like, ‘How can I try to catch it how this nigga’s catchin’ it?’ It’s just things like that. You know? The whole fuckin’ Illmatic album! The whole Illmatic album forced you to go ahead and do shit. You know, you jump on [1995’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...] after, and you fuck around like, ‘Oh shit!’ You just try to throw your darts around. It was inspiration. He dropped that second album [1996’s It Was Written]. That shit was murder too…things of that nature.”