Sony Music Cmg Illmatic

Amazon.co.uk Nasir Jones made this debut album at the age of 20, already armed with the calm perceptiveness and been-there-done-that attitude of a much older ghetto vet, though sometimes his inner callow youth shows itself. Illmatic is a look back at a life spent in the culture of the projects, acknowledging joy as much as pain and taking note of violence as a fact of his environment rather than a focus of his life. It's enlivened by Nas's kicky, deep-threaded multiple rhymes--you can tell he grew up listening to Mr. Magic's rap show and internalising the secrets of everybody's flow--and by tracks from a bunch of all-stars, including the Large Professor, DJ Premier, and, most memorably, Q-Tip ("One Love"). --Douglas Wolk Product description About this ItemThe item format is a CDeurope, Format:CD,Album,RepressThe Artist Name is NasThe Title is IllmaticThe Catalog Number is 475959 2Condition UsedOther CommentsCD, AlbumThe Media Condition is Near MintThis disk is nearly perfect. It may have been played only a few times. It should play perfectly, The Sleeve Condition is Near MintThis sleeve has almost no defects, with only very slight signs of handling. It has no creases, no folds, no seam splits, no cut-out holes, or other noticeable or similar defects, it will look almost new. The Tracks of this item include: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)We Use Stock ImagesBecause we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. The Sleeve When we describe the sleeve we are describing the printed paper cover or booklet that is included inside the case. The case is not part of the sleeve. CD Version CD's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration (demo), not for sale, promotional (promo), special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The CD you receive could be any of these editions or variations. This CD Inner and Outer Sleeve For this specific sale, the CDs sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve and does n