Nas – « ILLMATIC » Album Release Press Kit (1994)

Promotional Video for Nas’ debut album release of Illmatic. Nas Myspace: www.myspace.com Get Nas Music: www.amazon.com & itunes.apple.com Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (pronounced /nɑːˈsɪər/; born September 14, 1973), who performs under the mononym Nas (/ˈnɑːz/), formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was born and raised in the Queensbridge housing projects in New York City. Although he dropped out of middle school, he managed to attain a high degree of literacy which is prominent in his lyrics. His debut album Illmatic, was released in 1994 on Columbia Records. Illmatic was critically acclaimed and would go on to be widely hailed a classic. Nas was part of hip-hop supergroup The Firm, which released one album. From 2001 to 2005, Nas was involved in a widely publicized feud with rapper Jay-Z; both rappers verbally attacked each other in their songs. The two formally ended their rivalry through duet performances at concerts sponsored by New York City-area hip-hop radio stations. In 2006, he was listed number five on MTV’s 10 Greatest Emcees of All Time. Also in 2006, he signed to Def Jam, releasing his albums Hip Hop is Dead in 2006 and an untitled album in 2008. Nas was born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones in Long Island City, Queens, New York. His father, Olu Dara, is a African American jazz trumpeter and his mother, Fannie Ann Jones, was a Postal Service worker. He has one sibling, a brother named Jabari Fret who assumes the alias …

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25 commentaires sur “Nas – « ILLMATIC » Album Release Press Kit (1994)”

1. TheRealGeneralSpade dit :

   5 janvier 2012 à 16 h 20 min

   I like this! If you do too you might like my video! It’s funnier than seeing Newt Gingrich in a marathon and more manly than Lady Gaga! Okay nothing’s more manly than her but it’s still worth watching! Comment and send me your email address and I will send you a free copy of the song! Thanks!
2. hebrew81 dit :

   5 janvier 2012 à 17 h 10 min

   Nas birth hiphop with street poetry anybody from the hood can relate to his lyrics
3. micoin1994 dit :

   5 janvier 2012 à 17 h 45 min

   Poet, philosopher.Nasty Nas: Rakim and KRS-One are the other two who transformed Hip Hop to what Shakespeare would Define as Poetry.
4. RezAIIDay dit :

   5 janvier 2012 à 18 h 25 min

   if you actually give a fuck and read all of this, then thank you.

   i work my ass off 2 make it in the music biz, but its impossible 2 make it if noone

   ever hears you, and its hard to get? people to hear you when you have no

   exposure….i dont have the money for amazing music videos or big youtube

   advertisements….so all im left with is spam.

   if you could take two seconds to give me a thumbs up just so people know i

   exist…. you dont have to like me, just gimme a chance to be liked
5. MyChris2105 dit :

   5 janvier 2012 à 18 h 46 min

   @newyorkshardest3 illmatic was great but he had to shiw people he was still that elite eemce
6. ASHTREFISHER dit :

   5 janvier 2012 à 19 h 32 min

   Lol Young Dj Premier
7. Y2J316HBK dit :

   5 janvier 2012 à 20 h 24 min

   illmatic.
8. Akirsch16 dit :

   5 janvier 2012 à 20 h 30 min

   nas at 4 10 is on point. for real
9. oliverecords dit :

   5 janvier 2012 à 21 h 06 min

   02:04 Protect your neck!
10. chinodef55 dit :

    5 janvier 2012 à 21 h 21 min

    Illmatic « IS » the greatest hip hop album ever made. it is « THE » only album that i luv every song on it. i dont think there will ever be another like it, its been what…17yrs and i aint feel an album like i do Illmatic.
11. areyes1008 dit :

    5 janvier 2012 à 21 h 46 min

    @10fanboy
    It aint hard to tell
12. carlo2331 dit :

    5 janvier 2012 à 22 h 40 min

    @TheLastRealOne : I totally agree with u, Nas is a legend and should be recognized as great as PAC and BIGGIE, he is on that level, Noooo freakin doubt.
13. 10fanboy dit :

    5 janvier 2012 à 23 h 02 min

    Wat video is 5:32?
14. 10fanboy dit :

    5 janvier 2012 à 23 h 52 min

    Wat video is 5:34?
15. lebronshaqfaction dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 0 h 41 min

    @jogabonito97 use your brain wiz was stil a lil kid when this video was made
16. MootPoon817 dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 0 h 45 min

    I think RZA shoulda produced a track for Nas on Illmatic
17. cozunited94 dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 1 h 42 min

    It anit hard to tell!!! Hiphop will live for ever NAS IS THE BEST ALIVE! real hiphop for life respect to Nas,Az,Nature!!
18. Kurotensity dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 2 h 40 min

    @caterpillars1tounge im glad he is still alive and has released so many albums.
19. jogabonito97 dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 3 h 38 min

    is that wiz khalifa on 4:54
20. jogabonito97 dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 4 h 18 min

    is that wiz khalifa on 4:54
21. TheLastRealOne dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 4 h 30 min

    @caterpillars1tounge Just being the artist who released Illmatic is more than enough to make Nas a legend. He’s not recognized by everyone as that, the way Pac and Biggie are, but in the eyes of true hip hop fans Nas is one of the best ever.
22. TheLastRealOne dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 5 h 10 min

    The greatest album of all time
23. JEFFMAN90 dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 5 h 18 min

    lol i bought this album from hmv for 10 bucks yesterday
24. caterpillars1tounge dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 6 h 08 min

    wow imagine if nas died with biggie and pac and only had the illmatic album out he would be legend
25. ShadowXFX1 dit :

    6 janvier 2012 à 6 h 44 min

    Nigga Nas got some ill waves