Styled as a hardcore hip-hop album, Illmatic features multi-syllabic internal rhymes and inner-city narratives based on Nas' experiences growing up in the Queensbridge Houses in Queens, New York. The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 …

Apr 19, 1994 · Following his show-stealing debut in 1991 on Main Source’s track “Live at the Barbeque,” Nas delivered his debut album Illmatic to high praise in 1994. The title was derived from a...

With Illmatic, Nas' poetic aptitude reveals itself, the MC introducing turns of phrase and perspective previously unheard within the art form. “My mic check is life or death, breathing a sniper's breath/I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps/Deep like The Shining, sparkle like a diamond/Sneak a Uzi on the island in my ...

Apr 19, 2024 · Today marks the 30th anniversary of the consensus best album in rap history. Illmatic, meaning “the science of everything ill,” was a pivotal moment in hip-hop, especially for the...

Sep 30, 2014 · Nas’s debut LP Illmatic is often called the best hip hop album ever made. Photo via Mikamote/Wikimedia Commons. When Erik Parker was an editor at VIBE working on a piece about the tenth...

Styled as a hardcore Hip Hop album, Illmatic features multi-syllabic internal rhymes and inner-city narratives based on Nas’s experiences in Queensbridge, New York. The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 63,000 copies in its first week.

Jan 23, 2013 · Illmatic only sold 330,000 copies in its first year. It has no "Regulate" that can inspire drunken Nate Dogg sing-a-longs, but it is widely regarded as the greatest East Coast rap album ever...

Friday, April 19, 2024, marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Nas’ full-length studio debut, Illmatic. Arguably the most critically acclaimed rap album in the history of the genre, Illmatic is a boom-bap behemoth.

Apr 19, 1994 · Illmatic by Nas released in 1994. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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