Category: Music

Tracks 8 and 9 may not have met the critical acclaim of other tracks on Illmatic, and they may not be at the top of very many lists when ranking the album’s…

One Love, track number 7 on Illmatic was not only a continuation of the great sounding music that is the album, but it was also a landmark in Hip-Hop song concepts. The…

From the outset, as soon as the sounds from track 6, Memory Lane (Sittin’ in da Park) hit your ear, it was like confirmation that this album’s greatness was ongoing. It may’ve…

Some might find it odd that I’d post this after being in the new year. I completely get that, but technically we are still within the birth-year of the album. Illmatic doesn’t…

The song that started off the landmark album, would end up being a landmark track for Nas, the genre, and the culture. N.Y. State of Mind was like hearing what made Nas,…

I’m probably turning off a lot of Rap and Hip-Hop fans when I ask this, but I have to ask; where are we going with these Rap beefs? I, like every other…

On April 13th, 1994, one of the best (if not the best) and most critically acclaimed rap albums ever recorded was released, Illmatic. It was released by one of the (if not…