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Reply reply. _Chessman_. •. I’ll admit, I’m not much of a fan of older 90s and gangster rap (yet) and I went into it with this in mind, but still. You answered your own question. The reason why Illmatic is highly regarded is because it excells at every aspect that makes an album legendary. Lyricism.
Illmatic’s Influence On Other Artists And The Genre Itself Throughout hip-hop, countless examples of inspiration, influence and sampling can be found from Illmatic. Perhaps one of the most recognizable was Jay-Z’s renown track “Dead Presidents” which used a direct sample from “The World Is Yours (Q-Tip’s Remix)” which was released on the B-side of the same single.
'Illmatic' is possibly the most studied, storied, lauded rap album of all time. Nas' epochal 1994 debut came to define an entire era, long cited for its complex imagery, brutal street poetry, and its emotional depth. But this praise has elevated 'Illmatic' to a near unassailable position, something that – in truth – no one piece of art ...
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karmicthunda. • 5 yr. ago. It’s primarily because it was written as a more looser theme to it it’s really all over the place as opposed to Illmatic which has a theme of growing up in the hood and the types of people’s u would meet and story’s u would tell and it’s more focused, making it a more complete work than it was written. 13.
Apr 14, 2014 · Perhaps most singularly, it also inspired the 2010 publication of Born To Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic – a book of scholarly essays edited by Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai. The results are far better than a quick glance at the contents might suggest: that studiedly wry tone which academia often adopts as it stoops to embrace ...
Apr 19, 2024 · The legend of Illmatic was built from street corner to street corner, person to person, party to party. The arguments of 1994—whether Illmatic was better than Snoop Doggy Dogg’s Doggystyle and ...
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Apr 19, 2024 · Three decades after Nas released his debut album, 'Illmatic' remains the holy grail of East Coast rap. From poetic, pulled-from-life lyrics to its all-star cast of producers, learn how 'Illmatic' reignited New York’s rap supremacy in the mid-1990s. After shaking up the rap game with a breakout verse on the Main Source’s "Live at the ...
