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Genre: Rap, Hip-Hop
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating: PA
Release Date: 19-APR-1994

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Nasir Jones made this debut album at the age of 20, already armed with the calm perceptiveness and been-there-done-that attitude of a much older ghetto vet, though sometimes his inner callow youth shows itself. Illmatic is a look back at a life spent in the culture of the projects, acknowledging joy as much as pain and taking note of violence as a fact of his environment rather than a focus of his life. It's enlivened by Nas's kicky, deep-threaded multiple rhymes--you can tell he grew up listening to Mr. Magic's rap show and internalizing the secrets of everybody's flow--and by tracks from a bunch of all-stars, including the Large Professor, DJ Premier, and, most memorably, Q-Tip ("One Love"). --Douglas Wolk

• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
• Language : English
• Product Dimensions : 5.03 x 5.62 x 1.76 inches; 4.48 ounces
• Manufacturer : Sony Legacy
• Original Release Date : 1994
• Run time : 40 minutes
• Date First Available : December 7, 2006
• Label : Sony Legacy
• Country of Origin : USA
• Number of discs : 1