1 The Genesis 1:45
2 N.Y. State Of Mind 4:53
3 Life’s A Bitch 3:30
4 The World Is Yours 4:50
5 Halftime 4:20
6 Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park) 4:08
7 One Love 5:25
8 One Time 4 Your Mind 3:18
9 Represent 4:12
10 It Ain’t Hard To Tell 3:22
Description:
Don’t f*** with the East… we are BACK.’ Illmatic was actually a slow-burn, which might surprise fans that have come to its genius more recently. Despite an unheard-of ‘5 Mics’ in The Source – despite an unwritten rule of never awarding classic status to debuts – it didn’t go gold until early 1996, and didn’t hit platinum status until late 2001. But when you dive deeper that shouldn’t be a shock: like Black Moon and Wu-Tang’s debuts, it was a dark, hard record, made for heads in New York, not teeny-boppers in Des Moines. There were no dance beats, no crossover love songs. Just boom-bap and rhymes, skills and heart.
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