I had the honor to DJ for a sold out Belasco crowd, for one of the best of all time a legend Nas! 20 years since his first album #ILLMATIC dropped and he’s still driving the culture. Nas performed ”Hate Me Now”, “If I Ruled The World”, and “Made You Look,” DTLA was on fire for Esco!
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Nas Brings Out Lauryn Hill & Damian Marley At Coachella (Video)
Nas returned to Coachella for the festival’s for the second weekend and brought the Illmatic celebration with him. During his set, he brought out Damian Marley for “Road To Zion” which lead to L. Boogie for “If I Ruled The World”.
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Nas Premieres “Time Is Illmatic” Documentary (Video)
The 13th annual Tribeca Film Festival kicked off last night at the Beacon Theatre with the premiere of the Nas documentary, Time Is Illmatic. Festival co-founder and Oscar winner Robert De Niro introduced the film and admitted he was 20 years too removed to listen to hip-hop.
After premiering the documentary, Nas hit the stage and performed Illmatic in its entirety. Illmatic XX in stores now.
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Nas Reflects On 20 Years Of ‘Illmatic’ On HuffPost Live (Video)
Nas stopped by “HuffPost Live” last night he reminisced on the 20th anniversary of his seminal debut Illmatic and his legacy.
“I knew that it would be an important album at the time,” he said of his groundbreaking debut, “but I just thought at the time and maybe five years from there, but not this far.”
He touched on his relationship with Biggie (“I miss him today because he was a class act”), his rivalry with Tupac (“I had way too much respect for Tupac. He was a god”), and his original idea to put Maxwell instead of Ginuwine on “You Owe Me.”
On Saturday, Nas brought out his former rival Jay Z during his Coachella set. He laughed while looking back on their infamous feud.
“It was something that had to be done at the time, but great things came out of it,” Nas said of their beef. “Hip-hop changed after it and it became all battle. It was like a rebirth of hip-hop.”
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DJ Premier On Nas’ “Memory Lane (Sittin’ in da Park)” (Video)
We had a chance to get in the studio with DJ Premier to work on a new audio-biography, Leaks That Collected Dust. It will be available for download on 05/12/14. If you’ve never heard any of our audio-biographies, you can check some of them out HERE. With the 20 year anniversary of Nas‘ Illmatic being this week, we felt it was only right to release this video first, DJ Premier talked to us on the making of “Memory Lane (Sittin’ in da Park)”.
Nas – Time Is Illmatic (Trailer)
Commemorating Illmatic‘s 20th anniversary, Nas will be sharing the creating process of the album on the silver screen. Before the documentary premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday, here’s a preview. IllmaticXX in stores Tuesday.
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Nas Talks Illmatic With Zane Lowe (Audio)
While Nas was in the UK he stopped by the studio with Zane Lowe, and talked about recording Illmatic,and the time he lost his rhymebook on the train, got it back, then lost it again. He also speaks on working with DJ Premier, Q-Tip, Pete Rock and Large Professor on the album, the inspiration behind “One Love”, flying the Fugees out for the “If I Ruled The World” video and much more.
Listen below…
Nas At Belasco In DTLA, Sounds By: Justin Credible (Pictures & Video)
Last night I had the honor to DJ for a sold out Belasco crowd, for one of the best of all time a legend Nas! 20 years since his first album #ILLMATIC dropped and he’s still driving the culture. Nas peformed “Hate Me Now”, “If I Ruled The World”, and “Made You Look,” DTLA was on fire for Esco!
Watch below…
Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Remix) (Audio)
On April 15, Nas will commemorate the 20th anniversary of his seminal debut Illmatic with the release of Illmatic XX, a two-disc compilation including rare remixes, unreleased demos, and freestyles.
After dropping his “’93 Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle” earlier this month, he dropped this remix to “It Ain’t Hard to Tell.”
Listen below….