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1. www.reddit.com › r › hiphop101Genuine question, why is illmatic regarded so highly?

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   Illmatic is impressive in a much different way than TPAB. TPAB does a lot of experimentation with sound, writing, song structures. Illmatic is in a lot of ways opposite to that. It's stripped down to what really matters.

2. www.reddit.com › r › LetsTalkMusic25 years on - Why Nas's debut album Illmatic is the greatest ...

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   TLDR: Illmatic is a greatest album in hip-hop because of the benchmark it set and the influence it caused in the genre.

3. www.reddit.com › r › nasWhy is Illmatic better than It Was Written? : r/nas - Reddit

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   The beats are better than Illmatic’s, the lyrics aren’t. You believe every word Nas spits on Illmatic, you don’t on IWW. However, It Was Written is nonetheless a remarkably penned collection of songs. I’ll never understand how some choose to overlook it.

4. ambrosiaforheads.com › 2016 › 04It Ain’t Hard To Tell… Nas’ Illmatic Is Decidedly Your ...

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   Apr 6, 2016 · Producing three songs (two singles) on Illmatic (“Halftime,” “One Time 4 Your Mind,” “It Ain’t Hard To Tell”), Large Professor helped open the studio doors to beats by DJ Premier, Q ...

5. www.vice.com › en › articleThe Story Behind Nas's 'Illmatic' Is Almost as Great as the ...

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   Sep 30, 2014 · Widely hyped for its complex internal rhyme schemes, jazz samples, and gritty tales of urban decay, Illmatic is one of the most influential albums of all time—at least according to Kendrick...

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6. thequietus.com › opinion-and-essays › anniversaryBack Down Memory Lane: Illmatic By Nas Revisited

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   Apr 14, 2014 · There is, though, some interesting elision in the backstory. There’s a startling contrast between where Nas got to with the incredibly tight writing on Illmatic‘s nine full tracks – a bare 21 stanzas shared between them – and where he’d been on those early visits to the recording studio.

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   Is Illmatic a good album?

   • Widely hyped for its complex internal rhyme schemes, jazz samples, and gritty tales of urban decay, Illmatic is one of the most influential albums of all time—at least according to Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu, and Pharrell, who talk it up in the film.

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   What makes Illmatic so special?

   • The songs on Illmatic are so closely tied with specific characters and traumatic memories from Nasir Jones’s frenzied adolescence that a true celebration of their greatness required sharing old footage and audio with a new generation of hip-hop heads.

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   Why did Illmatic sell so low?

   • The rave responses didn’t initially translate to album sales. Ilmatic debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200, only selling around 60,000 copies in its first week. The low sales were attributed to pre-Internet leaks, with renderings of Illmatic in circulation up to a year before its official release date, according to Clash.

   How 'Illmatic' Defined East Coast Rap: Nas’ Landmark Debut Turns 30

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   Can Illmatic be taught in schools?

   • To inspire others through the redemptive tale of Illmatic, producer Parker says he’s working on launching an educational supplement to the film so that it can be taught in schools and in prisons. “It’s an amazing story that showed us that Nas’s journey isn’t just about music,” he tells me.

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   When was 'Illmatic' released?

   • On this warm summer eve in Morrison, Colorado, Nas performed his opus, Illmatic, with Hodge conducting the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. The show marked a belated 30-year celebration of the album, originally released on April 19, 1994.

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   Why was Illmatic a great rap album?

   • The album also revived the fleeting dominance of NY rap, and unexpectedly inspired other rappers to release albums with their baby pictures on the cover. Its influential power, and the amalgam of musical forces that threaded the album together, made Illmatic one of the definitive East Coast rap albums of the golden age.

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8. www.grammy.com › news › how-nas-illmatic-definedHow 'Illmatic' Defined East Coast Rap: Nas’ Landmark Debut ...

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Three decades after Nas released his debut album 'Illmatic,' the LP has maintained its distinction as the holy grail of East Coast rap. From poetic, pulled-from-life lyrics to its all-star cast of producers, 'Illmatic' reignited New York’s rap supremacy in the mid-1990s.