Illmatic [PA] by Nas

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... Minimize