Illmatic
Date
April 19th, 1994
Credits
- Aimée Macauley Designer
- Danny Clinch 2 Photographer
- Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones Artist
Format
- Album Art 643
Illmatic is the debut studio album by the American rapper Nas.
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.
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.
