Nas – Illmatic

Label: Columbia – COL 475959 1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: Originally 1994, Reissue (various years under barcode 5099747595912)
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Golden Era

Tracklist
Side A (40th Side North)
The Genesis
N.Y. State of Mind
Life's a Bitch
The World Is Yours
Halftime

Side B (41st Side South)
Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)
One Love
One Time 4 Your Mind
Represent
It Ain't Hard to Tell

Credits
Producers – DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S., Nas
Label – Columbia Records
Barcode – 5099747595912
Recorded at – Battery Studios, Unique Recording, Chung King Studios, D&D Studios
Mastered by – Tony Dawsey
Photography – Danny Clinch
Design – Chaim Mazo
Management – MC Serch

One of the greatest hip-hop records of all time with this European reissue of Nas – Illmatic on black vinyl. A landmark debut from the Queensbridge MC, Illmatic blends gritty street realism with poetic lyricism across ten flawless tracks. With production by DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, and L.E.S., the album delivers jazz-laced boom bap beats paired with Nas's vivid storytelling. This pressing retains the original artwork and sequencing, offering audiophiles and collectors a definitive version of the East Coast classic. Whether you're rediscovering its impact or hearing it for the first time on wax, this is essential listening that changed the sound of hip-hop forever.