I've shared it with others but never upped it. Just thought I'd share this better version that I've been meaning to up on YouTube for a while. Which I'm pretty sure came from my youtube account (exkimo64). Hey Ivan I thought I'd just let you know that 'The Genesis (Instrumental)' is also a D.I.Y. Enjoy and turn it up!! Below is a clipped scan from the April '94 issue of The Source Magazine, featuring a review for Illmatic (courtesy of written by Shortie a.k.a. Standing at forty-six tracks deep, with a run time of just under three hours, this set is a keepsake for every Nas fan out there. Disc five is Nas’ 1991 demo tape, including two bonus tracks. Nas Illmatic 1994 Zipĭisc four contains a few acapellas from the Illmatic album, as well as a pair of instrumentals of tracks from Nas’ demo tape. Still, they’re the best you’re gonna find anywhere else! Disc three features the instrumentals from most of the b-side remixes featured on disc one. Not all of the beats were released commercially, so some of these versions are DIY versions. Disc two is the full Illmatic album in instrumental form. Disc one contains b-sides and remixes, mostly taken from Illmatic single releases. Allow me to explain how the discs are divided. And thus we traverse from The Illmatic B-Sides to The Illmatic Archives. All in all, this compilation is a 5-disc set chock full of b-sides, remixes, instrumentals, acapellas and other rarities from the Illmatic-era.

And then I decided “what the heck, I’ll throw the demo tape at the end for kicks”. What started as a one disc release – originally dubbed The Illmatic B-Sides – soon grew to two. And then last night, while I was wrapping up that compilation, I figured I’d do something similar for Nas. Of course, the alleged 1991 demo tape had been creeping around the internet for years as well, so I had to snatch that up too. Over the years I’ve collected a whole bunch of singles, remixes, beats and acapellas by Nas. The short run time, however, always made me hungry for some more. Each track is densely filled with Nas’ clever poetry and wordplay, plus the production is handled by some of the greatest beatsmiths of our time. And Illmatic, in my opinion, is absolutely flawless, thus earning the top spot amongst the trio. That, to me, is the holy grail – the trinity if you will – of the golden era’s finest albums. Whenever someone asks me what the greatest rap record of all time is, I throw ‘em three titles: Paid in Full, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, and of course Illmatic. Following the anniversary of Nas' seminal 'Illmatic', we decide to take a look at how all his other albums stack up against it. NAS - Illmatic XX (2014).rar - Welcome!| VK. Nas -The Rare & Unreleased 2 (2017) Mixtape.

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