
Illmatic 30th Anniversary (7" Box Set)
GET ON DOWN EXCLUSIVE Illmatic 30th Anniversary Box Set Includes: -The full album plus 2 remixes on six big-hole 7-inches pressed on black vinyl. -The 7-inches are housed in a custom hardbound casebook that includes a 64-page book of extended liner notes by Sacha Jenkins with full lyrics, photos, and 12-inch singles discography. -The casebook is housed in a premium outer slipcase, featuring the iconic album art printed in gold. -This 30th Anniversary Edition is limited to 3000 copies Thirty years ago on April 19, 1994, Nasir "Nas" Jones dropped Illmatic which is regarded by many as the greatest hip-hop album of all time. Before 1994, Nas (under the name "Nasty Nas") was rapping and making demo tapes with Large Professor, and in 1991 performed an unforgettable verse on Main Source's "Live at the Barbeque." The next year Nas released "Halftime" for the Zebrahead soundtrack, another Large Pro cut, and signed a deal to record an album for Columbia Records. Nas was being compared to