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Illmatic [PA] by Nas
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Personnel includes: Nas, AZ (vocals); Olu Dara (trumpet). Producers: DJ Premier, L.E.S., Pete Rock, Q-Tip, The Large Professor. Engineers...
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Personnel includes: Nas, AZ (vocals); Olu Dara (trumpet). Producers: DJ Premier, L.E.S., Pete Rock, Q-Tip, The Large Professor. Engineers include: Eddie Sancho, Jason Vogel, Jamey Staub. Recorded at Chung King Studios, D & D Recording and Battery Studios, New York, New York. Personnel: Nas, A.Z. (rap vocals); Olu Dara (trumpet). Producers: DJ Premier, L.E.S., NAS, Pete Rock, The Large Professor, Q-Tip. Engineers include: Eddie Sancho, Jamey Staub, Kevin Reynolds. Out of a seemingly endless array of hip hop albums, every now and again something fresh and powerful rises to the top of the pile. Hailing from the Queensbridge Housing Projects in Long Island City (home to Marley Marl among others), 20-year old Nasir "Nas" Jones is less concerned with being an impersonator than with being an originator, bypassing adolescent fantasies and B-boy braggadocio in favor of jazzy beats, rap noir realism and new answers to urban despair. ILLMATIC is his story, a cautionary tale of the inner city streets, and as Nas mak...
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Pros: An All-Time classic. PERIOD.
Cons: Barely.
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This is Lyricism of the Highest Calibur. Read More
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Pros: Classic. Hot beats and rhymes.
Cons: Only 10 tracks -- we want more!
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Pros: Tight lyricism, perfect production, A.Z
Cons: None!!
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One of the greatest hip hop albums of all time Read More
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Pros: Beats, lyrics, nasty nas!
Cons: none
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Illmatic= classic hip hop and incredible thought provoking lyrics Read More
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Pros: Nothing about this album is unnecessary no skits guest appearances
Cons: none except that Nas can't outdo this one
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I have a love affair with this album and you won't hear me recommend anything nearly as highly. Read More
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Pros: A hip-hop classic!!!!! A must have!!!!
Cons: No Mobb Deep or Large Professor
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Pros: One of the greatest albums of all time
Cons: Only 10 songs
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Pros: READ THE ANALYSIS
Cons: ARE YOU KIDDING?
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Nas' Illmatic contains some of the greatest poetry I have ever read, and as an album it is one of the greatest in any genre of music Read More
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