CD Charts
Welcome to The CD Charts, here you will find all the latest and top selling Music cds available to buy online. You can search and locate the best selling Music cd's and have them delivered to the door. We have a large selection of Music all with reviews.
Back to Home Page > Go back a page
Music : Illmatic: Parental Advisory
See Larger Image |
Illmatic: Parental Advisory by: Nas List Price: £9.99 CD-Charts Price: £4.87 You Save: £5.12 (51%)Prices subject to change. |
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 6 to 9 days
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099747595929 Format: Explicit Lyrics, Import Label: Columbia Manufacturer: Columbia Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Columbia Release Date: February 10, 1997 Studio: Columbia Sales Rank: 4637 Disc 1:
Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: 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 Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
 Rating: - A Hip-Hop ClassicIf there is one album in hip-hop history that should be heard by every music fan then it is Nasir Jones' Illmatic, released in 1994. Although this album is over a decade old, it still stands head and shoulders above anything that is being released today. Why? It has the two key components of a great rap album, fantastic production and incredible lyricism. Some people may be put off by the short track listing, only 10 tracks (1 of which is an intro) but don't be. Although the album is only about 40 minutes long, it is 40 unforgettable minutes that you will want to hear over and over again. From a lyrical perspective, this album has probably never been equaled. Whether it is multi's, wordplay, internal rhyming, story-telling, whatever ... Read More: Rating: - top tenthis has gotta be in the top ten of greatest hip-hop albums ever made, its also the only nas album i like ive heard most of his other albums and i didnt really like any of them but this album is class, great lyrics and great production, as far as rappers go though i think 2pac was a better rapper Rating: - Five micsGreatest hip-hop album of all time, and possibly the greatest poetic work of the 20th century Rating: - QUEENS BRIDGEIm keeping this short cause any real hip hop fan knows that this is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time,the whole album is dope and lyricly its maybe the best,just one word needed to sum it up CLASSIC Rating: - Greatest Rap Album Ever RecordedThere, i've started off my review with that statement. So why do I think Illmatic is worth that accolade. Well, I'd say it's the greatest for a number of reasons, one of them being the impact this album had on the rap world. Nas practically invented a new style of delivery, which influeneced every rapper going, and most rappers still use this style to this day. My other reason is the lyrics. Nas is a true poet, and possibly the best lyricist in the game ever, maybe not in terms of wordplay like Rakim, but just the ability to tell a story in an articulate way is just astounding. Tracks like N.Y. State Of Mind and The World Is Yours depict what life is like growing up in New York as a working class individual, and considering Nas was only ... Read More: |
|