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Hip hop, East coast hip hop, Boom bap, Hardcore hip hop 40 min 10 tracks Columbia
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.
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Story songs, sincere, polished and overwhelming.
15 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers.
Forty minutes, no filler, a whole city in it. The production is a museum of a year that never came back.
Metacritic 89/100
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10 tracks, 40 minutes.
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