Dad Reacts to Nas - Illmatic
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Published 2022-08-17
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0:00 Intro
0:50 The Genesis
2:31 N.Y. State of Mind
5:43 Life's a Bitch (ft. AZ & Olu Dara)
9:11 The World Is Yours
11:25 Halftime
14:05 Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)
16:35 One Love (ft. Q-Tip)
19:54 One Time 4 Your Mind
22:21 Represent
25:02 It Ain't Hard to Tell
Nas - Illmatic
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Illmatic is the debut studio album by American rapper Nas. It was released on April 19, 1994, by Columbia Records. After signing with the label with the help of MC Serch, Nas recorded the album in 1992 and 1993 at Chung King Studios, D&D Recording, Battery Studios, and Unique Recording Studios in New York City. The album's production was handled by DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S., and Nas himself. 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 City.
The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 63,000 copies in its first week. However, its initial sales fell below expectations and its five singles failed to achieve significant chart success. Despite the album's low initial sales, Illmatic received rave reviews from most music critics, who praised its production and Nas' lyricism. On January 17, 1996, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and on December 11, 2001, it earned a platinum certification after shipping 1,000,000 copies in the United States. As of February 6, 2019, the album had sold 2 million copies in the United States.
Since its initial reception, Illmatic has been recognized by writers and music critics as a landmark album in East Coast hip hop. Its influence on subsequent hip hop artists has been attributed to the album's production and Nas' lyricism. It also contributed to the revival of the New York City rap scene, introducing a number of stylistic trends to the region. The album is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip hop albums of all time, appearing on numerous best album lists by critics and publications. Billboard wrote in 2015 that "Illmatic" is widely seen as the best hip-hop album ever". In 2020, the album was ranked by Rolling Stone at number 44 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and in 2021, it was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
All Comments (21)
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like someone once said: “Illmatic is the best hip-hop record ever made. Not because it has ten great tracks with perfect beats and flawless rhymes, but because it encompasses everything great about hip-hop that makes the genre worthy of its place in music history. Stylistically, if every other hip-hop record were destroyed, the entire genre could be reconstructed from this one album.”
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He wrote most of this album in between the ages of 16-19. Dude is genius
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It’s crazy to think NAS wrote a lot of ILLMATIC at 17 and released it at 20. He deserves to sit in the argument of best hiphop album frfr.
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this album is at the Library Of Congress and taught at Oxford and Harvard University. He's a legend. I was 21 when this masterpiece dropped, was an amazing time in Hip Hop.
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i feel like kevin would love joey badass 1999. how joey is able to capture the 90s feel at 17 is incredible
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The sax solo at the end of Life's A Bitch is actually played by Nas' dad
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AZ's verse and transition into the chorus is a top 5 moment in Hiphop history. He goes so hard and the transition is so smooth... such an amazing part it never ceases to amaze me
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Absolute hip-hop masterpiece. Made Nas legendary. The album's production was handled by DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S.. Pretty rare to have that many well-respected producers on one album at the time.
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"i never sleep cos sleep is the cousin of death" has got to be one of the greatest lines of any genre
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Nas wrote a lot of Illmatic between the ages of 16-19. It was recorded when he was 19 and released when he was 20. To this day, in my opinion, nothing has surpassed Illmatic lyrically.
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Having been 17 living in NY when thus album came out I can tell you that it completely put the game on its head....His lyricism is on a completely different level.
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When I was 20 I was lucky enough to get VIP tickets to watch Nas perform the full Illmatic album on its 20th anniversary tour in Birmingham UK, it was incredible!
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Nas is perfectly good on "Life's A Bitch." Great, really. But DAMN, that AZ verse is legendary for a reason.
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The World is Yours has one of the greatest beats in history IMO, such a classic
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Nas breath control and delivery on this album was insane!!
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To clarify, he was 20 when this released. He wrote most of it between age 16-19. Imagine that! Blows your mind even more.
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Fun facts! - NY State of Mind was done in ONE TAKE, also that is Nas’ father playing at the end of Life’s a Bitch - so glad you guys finally did this! Keep it up!
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I would love to see A Tribe Called Quest be reacted to next. Continue the 90s hip-hop
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I still get chills hearing this album. I got this album pre-leaked, still brought it about 6 times and after today about to go but it again. An absolute must have album, full of nostalgia and masterful lyricism.
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In my 30 years living on this planet earth, I have yet to hear another artist outshine another rapper on his album like AZ did to Nas. AZ is sooo sooo soo criminally underrated as a MC. His one verse on life’s a bitch is just straight up crazy to me..
