Illmatic: The 30 Year Anniversary To Nas’s Timeless Hip-Hop Classic
Reading Time: 3 minutes Illmatic – one of the most anticipated albums in Hip Hop history, is 30 years old
April 19 1994 is a special day in hip hop history as it notes when Classic Nas debut album 'Illmatic' was released. This album came at the time when Gangsta Rap had taken over the airwaves as well as the Underground and was highly anticipated as a response to this trend and a return to lyricism. Nas's lyrical wordplay and rhythmic flows had created a buzz with his opening verse on the Main Source track 'Live at the Barbecue'. This was our first introduction to the rapper known as 'Nasty Nas' at the time. He would have been around 17...