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Considered on of the finest Hip Hop albums ever produced, Illmatic reflected the sound and style of New York, 94. Raw rap, soul samples and beat breaks. A gifted writer whose wordplay knows no bounds, Nas tells his own story, growing up in Queens, New York City, the loss of his original DJ and friend Willy 'Ill Will' Graham, how, as a young man, he has ambitions of ruling the world and escaping the gang rivalries and the troubled life of a teenager growing up in New York's inner city.
The son of Jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas draws on Jazz influences, with producer Pete Rock utilising Jazz piano chords and even having his own father play the trumpet solo at the end of "Life’s a Bitch". Jazz also permeates the albums most essential cuts, with The Ahmad Jamal-sampling, boom-bap classic "The World Is Yours" remaining a stand out track.