Hip-hop legend Nas is performing his iconic debut album “Illmatic” with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to a sold-out crowd ...

Illmatic "re-asserted the principles and foundation of hip-hop, " says then- Vibe editor Alan Light, putting "more lyric-focused, elaborate writing back on the map. It was a flag in the sand." ...

Film Review: ‘Time Is Illmatic’ Documentary Pays Homage to Nas’ Seminal 1994 Hip-Hop Classic Few albums in hip-hop history are as universally celebrated as Nasir "Nas" Jones' 1994 debut ...

“Illmatic” brought things back to raw rap, with nods to classic New York MCs like Rakim and Big Daddy Kane. While the music incorporated sophisticated jazz influences, it retained a hard edge ...

Nas' 1994 Illmatic is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever — offering a raw and eloquent look at life in NYC's Queensbridge Projects. Now, more than 10 years ...

Time Is Illmatic opened the 13th annual Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday night, just days before the twentieth anniversary of Nas’ breakthrough album, Illmatic.

Nas, ‘Illmatic’ At 20: Classic Track-by-Track Review There are few artists in hip-hop who have ever truly matched their hype. Twenty years ago today, on April 19, 1994, Nasir “Nas” Jones ...

A musical work deemed as a "classic" must, at some point, pass a crucial test of timelessness. Hip-hop prodigy Nas's 1994 album Illmatic is one of those rare works that managed to seize an era and ...

Frustrating as such encounters may be, they're also kind of the point of Time Is Illmatic, which tells a valuable story about hip-hop history to an audience that might not be familiar with it. "We ...

Tribeca Film opened Time Is Illmatic at the Empire 25 in New York and LA at Burbank 30 on Wednesday. On Thursday the distributor opened the title in a series of one-night-only screenings in more ...

Nas: Time Is Illmatic will open theatrically via Tribeca Film beginning in New York on Oct. 1, with a national expansion to follow, and will be available on demand and iTunes on Oct. 3.