Illmatic is the debut studio album by the American rapper Nas. It was released on April 19, 1994, by Columbia Records. After signing with the label with...
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group, Main Source's 1991 song "Live at the Barbeque". Nas's debut album, Illmatic (1994) is considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time;...
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Illmatic, the 1994 debut album by Nas, made a significant impact on the hip hop genre. The album has been credited as one of the pivotal works that returned...
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Nas: Time Is Illmatic is a 2014 documentary film directed by One9 and produced by One9, Erik Parker and Anthony Saleh. The film recounts the circumstances...
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for other artists. In 1994, Serch executive produced Nas' debut album, Illmatic. Serch grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City. He attended Far...
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Columbia Records. After the modest commercial success of his debut album Illmatic (1994), Nas pursued a more polished, mainstream sound for It Was Written...
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pad for many East Coast rappers during this era. Nas's 1994 debut album Illmatic has also been noted as one of the creative high points of the East Coast...
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socially conscious and philosophical themes similar to that of his 1994 debut Illmatic. Nas' lyrics address topics such as ghetto life, American politics, and...
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first production credit landed on Nas' popular song "Life's a Bitch" from Illmatic album in 1994. The following year saw him producing his first charted single...
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Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Barack Obama, Nas's debut album Illmatic, Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur and Hurricane Katrina. Dyson was born on October...
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From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes is an extended play by Nas. It includes six remixed versions of songs from the earlier Nas LPs Illmatic, It Was...
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the Zebrahead soundtrack album and the lead single from his debut album Illmatic, on October 13, 1992. "Halftime" was produced by Large Professor and features...
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is a song by hip hop recording artist Nas from his debut studio album Illmatic (1994). The song's production was handled by DJ Premier who sampled two...
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the fifth and final radio single in promotion of his debut studio album Illmatic (1994). The song was produced by Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, who also...
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Is Yours" is a 1994 song by American rapper Nas, for his debut album, Illmatic. The song was released one month after the released as the album's fourth...
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guest appearance on Nas' 1994 single "Life's a Bitch", from his album Illmatic (1994). Cruz was then signed by EMI to release his debut studio album,...
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stages of their careers. Following the acclaim of his landmark debut album Illmatic (1994), Queensbridge-based emcee Nas decided to concentrate his efforts...
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Cassandra Wilson, followed in a similar vein. Dara played on the album Illmatic (1994) by his son, rapper Nas, and on the song "Dance" (2002), also by...
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the second single and last track from American rapper Nas' debut album, Illmatic. Although the track was technically the second single on the album, it...
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Prodigy later revealed that Nas' Illmatic album heavily influenced Mobb Deep when making The Infamous, saying that the Illmatic album made them look at themselves...
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and DJ Premier, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Nas' debut album Illmatic (1994). In the track, they announced that their long-awaited collaborative...
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Born to Use Mics (redirect from Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic)
Nas's Illmatic, edited by Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai is a collection of scholarly essays and historical documents presenting Illmatic from...
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production with the Wu-Tang Clan. The success of albums such as Nas's Illmatic and Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die in 1994 cemented the status of the...
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"Life's a Bitch" is the third single from Nas' debut album Illmatic (1994). It was released as a 12" single on April 19, 1994 by Columbia Records. It features...
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La Soul Is Dead – De La Soul The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest Illmatic – Nas Life After Death – The Notorious B.I.G. Aquemini – Outkast The Blueprint...
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Records, where he released his debut album Illmatic in 1994. Including Nas's solo debut track "Halftime", Illmatic was certified double platinum in the US...
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Notorious B.I.G. He has been compared to rapper Big L and Nas during his Illmatic era. In January 2022, Joey Badass stated in an interview with radio personality...
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Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin', The Latin Kings's Mitt Kvarter and Nas's Illmatic as his early influences. In 2012, Håstad met Yung Sherman and Gud in a...
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that would later be recognized as classics, including Nas's debut album Illmatic, Oasis's debut album Definitely Maybe, Hole's album Live Through This,...
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production. In 1994, he produced the single "One Love" from Nas's debut album Illmatic and performed the song's chorus. He also remixed the Nas single "The World...
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