Time Is Illmatic
Director1
- One9
Summary
One9's documentary on Nas's 1994 debut Illmatic, released for the album's twentieth anniversary. The film traces Nas's upbringing in Queensbridge, the production sessions with DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, Large Professor and L.E.S., and the album's cultural reception. It opened the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.
Hip-hop relevance
The most thorough on-camera account of Illmatic — repeatedly named one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever made — and of the Queensbridge housing-project environment that produced it. A reference document for the album's place in the canon.
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- Nas
- illmatic-album
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