Nas - Illmatic: 10th Anniversary Platinum Edition [PA]

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Artist:
Nas
Description:
Includes a bonus disc with select remixes.
Personnel includes: Nas, AZ.
Producers include: The Large Professor, Pete Rock, L.E.S., DJ Premier, Q-Tip.
Out of a seemingly endless array of hip hop albums, every now and again something fresh and powerful rises to the top of the pile. Hailing from the Queensbridge Housing Projects in Long Island City (home to Marley Marl among others), 20-year old Nasir "Nas" Jones is less concerned with being an impersonator than with being an originator, bypassing adolescent fantasies and B-boy braggadocio in favor of jazzy beats, rap noir realism and new answers to urban despair.
ILLMATIC is his story, a cautionary tale of the inner-city streets, and as Nas makes plain on his opener, "The Genesis," this is what he does, with or without a record contract, and it`s going to be served up straight, no chaser. And because Nas has the courage to transcend popular trends, to separate himself from the ranks of wannabes and me-toos, he may be on the verge of inaugurating some stylistic changes of his own.
Production-wise, Nas has gathered together some of the superstars of the hip hop underground, producers the likes of Q-Tip, Pete Rock, L.E.S., DJ Premier and The Large Professor, but it is Nas`s unique rhythmic cadences, his idiomatic sense of on-the-street wordplay, his disrespect for the high time and the empty rhyme that distinguishes ILLMATIC. When Nas rocks the mic, it`s not a hedonist`s wet dream, but a depiction of urban hope and despair, and thanks to Nas`s poetic insights, he soon transports you there (in a manner seldom seen in black pop since the days of Stevie`s INNERVISIONS and Marvin Gaye`s WHAT`S GOIN` ON?).
Track Listing:
  • DISC 1:
    1. Genesis, The
    2. N.Y. State of Mind
    3. Life`s a B***
    4. World Is Yours, The
    5. Halftime
    6. Memory Lane (Sittin` in da Park)
    7. One Love
    8. One Time 4 Your Mind
    9. Represent
    10. It Ain`t Hard to Tell
  • DISC 2:
    1. Life`s a B**** - (remix)
    2. World Is Yours, The - (remix)
    3. One Love - (remix)
    4. It Ain`t Hard to Tell - (remix)
    5. On the Real
    6. Star Wars
  • Album Information

    Release Date:
    03/30/2004
    Type:
    Performer
    Genre:
    R&B
    Subgenre:
    East Coast Rap
    Label:
    Columbia (USA)
    Catalog Number:
    92072
    Original Release Year:
    1994
    # of Discs:
    2
    Studio/Live:
    Studio
    Mono/Stereo:
    Stereo
    Guest Artist:
    AZ

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    Customer Reviews

    Overall Rating: 5

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    ILLMATIC

    tydan from MILWAUKEE, WI, Mar 30, 2007

    • Suitability for all ages:2 out of 5
    • Entertainment Value:5 out of 5
    • Value:5 out of 5

    HONESTLY....THIS ALBUM REPRESENTS WHAT EARLY 90'S HIP HOP REALLY MEANT. ILLMATIC IS THE BEST HIP HOP ALBUM RELEASED. SOME HAS COME CLOSE...SOME HAS IMITATED BUT ILLMATIC WILL BE REGARDED ON THE TOP OF EVERYONE'S LIST OF CLASSIC HIP HOP ALBUMS. THIS ALBUM, MOBB DEEP'S "THE INFAMOUS, RAEKWON'S "CUBAN LINX", JAY-Z "REASONABLE DOUBT" ARE THE ONLY CLASSIC ALBUMS ON THIS LEVEL. ALTHOUGH THIS ALBUM IS 9 SONGS DEEP, THE SHEER MASTERY OF LYRICS AND BEATS MAKE THIS ALBUM TIMELESS. THIS IS A MUST ALBUM TO HAVE FOR ANY SERIOUS HIP HOP HEAD.

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