Illmatic
Album Summary
Illmatic is the debut studio album by the American rapper Nas, released on April 19, 1994, through Columbia Records. After signing with the label with the help of MC Serch, Nas recorded the album in 1992 and 1993 at Chung King Studios, D&D Recording, Battery Studios, and Unique Recording Studios in New York City. The album's production was handled by DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S., and Nas himself. Styled as a hardcore hip-hop album, Illmatic features multi-syllabic internal rhymes and inner-city narratives based on Nas' experiences growing up in the Queensbridge Houses in Queens, New York. He started writing lyrics for the album when he was 16 years old.
Tracklist
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A1 The Genesis
1:45
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A2 N.Y. State Of Mind 4:53
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A3 Life's A Bitch 3:29
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A4 The World Is Yours 4:50
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A5 Halftime 4:20
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B1 Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park) 4:07
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B2 One Love 5:24
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B3 One Time 4 Your Mind 3:18
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B4 Represent 4:13
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B5 It Ain't Hard To Tell 3:22
Total Runtime: 39:41
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Artist Discography
Carry the Cross, Chapter Two: The Rebirth
It Was Written (1996)
Nastradamus (1999)
I Am… (1999)
Stillmatic (2001)
God’s Son (2002)
The Freestyles (Vol. 2) (2003)
Street’s Disciple (2004)
Napalm (2006)
Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)
Scriptures & Testaments (2007)
[untitled] (2008)
Distant Relatives (2010)
Life Is Good (2012)
NASIR (2018)
Magic (2021)
King’s Disease II (2021)
King’s Disease III (2022)
Magic 2 (2023)
Magic 3 (2023)
Light‐Years (2025)
