Nas re-releasing Illmatic 20th year anniversary - "Illmatic XX" & "Time Is Illmatic" Documentary

[Redwing80]

common retail

original retail

The difference is different coloured CDs?

 

[DaveyDave]

i have the dirty.

A real one? Or just one where someone has reversed he edits? I've got a reversed one but been waiting for a proper dirty release

 

[-DMP-]

Not a huge nas fan like that but this is a good look. I love our hip hop legends and classics being revered. Might even cop it my self.

Imma need that 20th anny reasonable doubt in a couple of years tho

-DMP-

 

[Thoughts]

Had 2 copies, bendin' corners, ...a lot of brehs unjustly got beat the fukk up or shot at on the the strength of this joint. For that I am sorry.

 

[Big Mel]

A real one? Or just one where someone has reversed he edits? I've got a reversed one but been waiting for a proper dirty release

100% real one.


http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/29099306/file.html

 

[notorious8562]

I got the original retail and I remember when the 10th anniversary ediition came out and made me feel old...


Why isn't "Nas will prevail" on this? Or any Illmatic re-issue?

Or any of the demo stuff, really: Life Is Like a Dice Game, Deja Vu, Understanding, Everything Is Real. Really surprised they took On the Real back off of it too.

They could make a damn near Lost Tapes caliber 2nd disc here.

 

[DANJ!]

I got the original retail and I remember when the 10th anniversary ediition came out and made me feel old...


Why isn't "Nas will prevail" on this? Or any Illmatic re-issue?

They might not have the original master recording of it, and they ain't tryin' to throw some vinyl/cassette rip or J-Love drops on that bytch Sometimes stuff like that isnt necessarily owned by the label, or even in the artist's own collection anymore.

I remember Clark Kent sayin that about the joints he did with Jay-Z during the Reasonable Doubt era... he was saying there were a lot of joints that couldve made the album and had that same vibe, but they were all on cassettes and he doesn't even have them shyts anymore. There's prob a gang of shyt from artists of that era that we'll never get to hear, or never get a CDQ version of... just sittin' on a 90-minute TDK in somebody's basement. Wu-Tang prob got loads of songs that ain't seen the light of day.

 

[Juliano Soprano]

that shyt sounds classic, fukk u hating for

Not hatin, like Hiphopfan456 said

Yea, Song reeks of attempt at a crossover top 40 hit... way outside of Nas's lane

But I'm interested to hear the song though, it think it will be dope even if Jay and Nas verses are average, the production and Tim/JT vocals alone should make this song

Plus I don't fukk with that song on Magna Carter, this sounds like part two

 

[tybo]

All I got from all of this sh!t is that we are not getting a NEW nas album until fall at the earliest!

 

[Pazzy]

how about the illmatic instrumentals instead?

 

[mson]

I'm not buying this again. This is ridiculous.

I love NaS but I purchased this album a good 3 times on multiple formats plus I have "12" singles.....sorry but a young up and coming artist deserves my support.

Nobody's forcing you playa.

 

[criminology]

i wish there were more demo remasters than remixes. already have villain in cdq too.

 

[Big Mark]

Is that the official track list? A little disappointed. I was hoping for the q-Tip remix of memory lane and the alternate version of represent by premo. Eric sermon had a song that didn't make Illmatic but I guess Sony didn't have those Masters. Happy about the one L remix with Sadat X.

 

[MenacingMonk]

Can't wait on that doc.

 

[dubsmith_nz]

I've actually never paid for a copy of Illmatic in my life lol. This might be the one.