Illmatic

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hip hop album studio album

Illmatic is the critically acclaimed 1994 debut studio album by American rapper Nas, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop albums of all time.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Illmatic canonical	6
Illmatic XX	1
Illmatic: 10th Anniversary Platinum Series	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hip hop album ⓘ studio album ⓘ
artist	Nas ⓘ
awardReceived	5-mic rating from The Source ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time ⓘ
executiveProducer	Faith Newman ⓘ MC Serch ⓘ
follows	Zebrahead soundtrack contributions ⓘ
genre	East Coast hip hop ⓘ boom bap ⓘ hardcore hip hop ⓘ
hasCoverArt	photograph of young Nas superimposed over Queensbridge Houses ⓘ
hasPart	Genesis ⓘ Halftime ⓘ It Ain't Hard to Tell ⓘ Life's a Bitch ⓘ Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park) ⓘ New York State of Mind ⓘ surface form: N.Y. State of Mind One Love ⓘ One Time 4 Your Mind ⓘ Represent ⓘ The World Is Yours ⓘ
hasReissue	Illmatic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Illmatic XX Illmatic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Illmatic: 10th Anniversary Platinum Series
influenced	New York hip hop sound of the mid-1990s ⓘ lyrical style of later East Coast rappers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	39:51 ⓘ
mainSubject	coming of age ⓘ inner-city struggles ⓘ street life in Queensbridge ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Nas ⓘ
numberOfTracks	10 ⓘ
partOf	Golden age of hip hop ⓘ
performer	Nas ⓘ
placeOfRecording	New York City recording studios ⓘ Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: Queens, New York City
positionHeld	landmark of 1990s hip hop ⓘ
producer	DJ Premier ⓘ L.E.S. ⓘ Large Professor ⓘ Pete Rock ⓘ Q-Tip ⓘ
publicationDate	1994-04-19 ⓘ
recordedIn	1992 ⓘ 1993 ⓘ 1994 ⓘ
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Nas → notableWork → Illmatic ⓘ

Nas → debutAlbum → Illmatic ⓘ

AZ → featuredOn → Illmatic ⓘ

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones → notableWork → Illmatic ⓘ

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones → debutAlbum → Illmatic ⓘ

Illmatic → hasReissue → Illmatic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illmatic: 10th Anniversary Platinum Series

Illmatic → hasReissue → Illmatic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illmatic XX

It Was Written → follows → Illmatic ⓘ