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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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. theconversation.com › illmatic-at-30-how-nasIllmatic at 30: how Nas invented epistolary rap – and changed the

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   Apr 18, 2024 · As his nihilistic and visionary “reality storybook” album, Illmatic, turns 30, I ask: who has done more to open doors to self-expression in the hyper-masculine world of rap than Nasir Jones?

5. www.pastemagazine.com › music › nasThe Game Ain’t the Same: Nas’ Illmatic at 30 - Paste Magazine

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   Apr 19, 2024 · On Nas’ debut album Illmatic—which turns 30 today—the then-20-year-old, promising newcomer introduces himself as a tenacious go-getter with a hunger for more.

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

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   Apr 14, 2014 · Illmatic, even in the moments it might today feel like a period piece or a curio from an age of lost innocence, never quite lets us give up on those hopes. There’s another important way the writing on Illmatic has enhanced its reputation and prolonged its impact and influence.

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   Is Illmatic a good album?

   • The focus on contemporary inner-city issues, paired with well-composed instrumentation and delivered with zeal and gusto, has cemented Illmatic as one of the greatest albums of all time, across all genres. And, with more than three decades in the game, Nas has become the face of conscious rap.

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   Is 'Illmatic' the Holy Grail of East Coast rap?

   • 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.

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

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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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   Why is Illmatic so popular?

   • Upon its arrival, Illmatic became the motivation the world needed then, and endures as what it needs now. The early 1990s delivered some of the best East Coast hip-hop albums of all time—including Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and the Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready To Die.

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   What is Illmatic & how does it influence modern hip-hop?

   • Illmatic, too, continues to inform modern hip-hop. The live instrumentation and jazz sounds of Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 album To Pimp A Butterfly can easily be traced back to Nas’ debut—and artists like Chance The Rapper, Vince Staples, J. Cole and Rapsody are clear students of the New Yorker’s conscious craft.

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   What is Illmatic rap?

   • The Illmatic track One Love (1994) introduced the “epistolary narrative”, or written letter technique, to the rap genre. This literary device had been previously employed by African American creative writing giant Alice Walker for her novel The Color Purple, a book Nas has referred to several times throughout his career.

   Illmatic at 30: how Nas invented epistolary rap – and changed the

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8. www.clashmusic.com › features › no-illmatic-isnt-theNo, ‘Illmatic’ Isn’t The Best Rap Album Of All Time

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   ‘Illmatic’ is a technically magnificent achievement, but for all Nas’ deft couplets, literary allusions, and complex internal rhyme structures the album’s narrative thrust remains the same as many other East Coast rap albums of the era.