The debut album from New York rapper Nas. Also the best album ever released. 5 of the albums 10 songs were released as singles. A 10th anniversary edition was released in 2004 with a bonus disc containing 5 songs. The album was certified platinum in the United States. Nas' lyricism on Illmatic is unmatchable and insurpassable.
Sean: Yo Nasir, what's your favorite rap album of all time?
Nasir: Illmatic no doubt.
Sean: Ok ok, spit me something real quick.
Nasir: It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath
I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond
Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion
Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin
Cause in my physical, I can express through song
Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong
I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell
From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell
Nasir: Illmatic no doubt.
Sean: Ok ok, spit me something real quick.
Nasir: It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath
I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond
Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion
Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin
Cause in my physical, I can express through song
Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong
I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell
From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell
by It Was Written March 9, 2010
To be Illmatic is to represent your background and culture with great eloquence and expertise.
Became famous with Nas' extra-hype debut album, Illmatic.
Became famous with Nas' extra-hype debut album, Illmatic.
by Malcolm X-Terminator May 2, 2008
This word pertains to two different words.
Ill (a subtext of chill)
Matic (One of Dj's Famous Terms)
You use this word when something is extremely chillen and good.
Ill (a subtext of chill)
Matic (One of Dj's Famous Terms)
You use this word when something is extremely chillen and good.
by Jeff Risely February 19, 2004
ill means to be sick. -matic means willing to perform. So sickly willing to perform. But language can be fluid. Willing to perform could be the same as driven(ambitious). In this sense it means to be sickly driven. Sickly because of the environment that Nas grew up in.
by Ceasar Mancuso September 9, 2020
Nas debut album "Illmatic" is considered the greatest hip hop album of all time...Consequently, all his work after that is always matched up to it....The "illmatic treatment" is when you take an artist album and you compare it to their debut album.
Did you hear Jay Z's album "Kingdom Come"?
Yea i heard it, but im gonna have to give him the illmatic treatment..Kingdom Come was nothing like Reasonable Doubt
Yea i heard it, but im gonna have to give him the illmatic treatment..Kingdom Come was nothing like Reasonable Doubt
by rashean September 5, 2007
by Billiam Vunderschnagensteiner February 2, 2004