"Lyrically, though, the aim is a little higher–think Nas on Illmatic. Most of "Word...Life" maintains that quality. In fact, many comparisons between the rappers can be made. Nas and O.C. were born a year apart, and both made fire-breathing cameos in 1991.** On their respective debut albums, both rappers almost completely eschewed guests and rapped so urgently that they suggested throwing the mic to someone famous on a bunch of songs didn't signify that you'd made it big–it meant you couldn't handle the weight of an album on your own.*** Said urgency meant no time to waste–no tracks for the ladies or the club can be found on Illmatic or Word...Life.
As O.C. stated, “Get your ears ready for creative control/’cause no one’s gonna tell me how to sell out my soul.” Both project the authority of conviction in vivid, you-are-there accounts of life in the boroughs that often morphed into story time or visits into their head space. But, while Nas often assumed a dispassionate reporter's voice when describing events, O.C. reacted with how they made him feel." - FifthElementOnline.com
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