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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nas will mark the game-changing debut of his album "Illmatic," with a re-release 20th anniversary edition, a documentary film and a tour. The rapper, born Nasir Jones, shared the news on his ...

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 ...

The rapper Nas had no shortage of people to thank at the debut of the new documentary about his groundbreaking first album, “Illmatic.” Especially notable on the list – a certain tough-guy ...

Time Is Illmatic opened the 13th annual Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday night, just days before the twentieth anniversary of Nas’ breakthrough album, Illmatic.While the ten-track 1994 release ...

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 ...

The fall has unleashed a barrage of new specialty releases, and this weekend will be no different. Paramount’s TIFF debut Men, Women & Children by Jason Reitman likely will have a leg up at ...