Nas Celebrates The Anniversary Of "Illmatic"

April 19, 1994, will go down in hip-hop history. 

Nas dropped his debut album Illmatic on that day, it's still ranked as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. 

The 39-minute and 51-second, 10-track album was celebrated today on social media by AZ, Erykah Badu and Nas himself. 

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25 Years! Can’t Believe It. #illmaticXXV (link in bio)

A post shared by Nasir Jones (@nas) on Apr 19, 2019 at 10:28am PDT

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Celebrate 25 years of #Illmatic with a video essay from Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Professor Large and more revisiting the album on @AppleMusic apple.co/Nas_Illmatic_

A post shared by Nasir Jones (@nas) on Apr 19, 2019 at 2:03pm PDT

You can’t rewrite history.. 25 years is a milestone that should not be over looked., our camaraderie was never about competition but more of complimenting one another., - We sketched our name in the culture for eternity.,
I salute you, I respect you, I Thank you.. @nas Illmatic pic.twitter.com/m4I22wXM1d

— AZ (@quietAZmoney) April 19, 2019

This was my measuring stick when I was workin on my demo . @Nas we love you, comrade. 🙏🏽#NASillmatic25 pic.twitter.com/69l3kdfiwL

— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 19, 2019

Do you think Illmatic is one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time?