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Thirty-one years ago today, Nasir Jones—better known as Nas—dropped his groundbreaking debut album Illmatic, forever changing ...
One of the greatest rap albums of all-time is getting remixed. Driving the news: The Philadelphia Orchestra will provide the beat for Nas' 1994 hit "Illmatic." The Grammy-winning rapper is performing ...
In a statement, Hastings, whose catalog also includes work with Wu-Tang Clan and other titans of rap, looked back on the pre-Illmatic 1993 session he had with Nas. As Hasting pointed out ...
Mass Appeal’s ‘Legend Has It...’ includes 7 albums from Nas, DJ Premier, Mobb Deep, De La Soul, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, ...
The city’s prestige festival, which presents 350 shows — two-thirds of them free — from June 26 to July 5, is feeling ...
The Montreal Jazz Fest dropped the complete lineup for their 2025 edition, including headliners Nas, Thundercat and Ayra ...
Series is meant to celebrate and spotlight "some of the most important and influential hip-hop artists of all time.
Their ’Legend Has It...’ series also will feature releases from Ghostface Killah, Big L, and ”the epic return of a surprise ...
Mass Appeal started out in the ’90s as a slick cultural zine named after a great Gang Starr song. The company has been ...
Allison Russell, Men I Trust, Ben Harper and Jeff Goldblum will also perform at the event, running from June 26 to July 5 ...
Mass Appeal have launched their new Legend Has It... project. The label teased the project with full billboards, and the results more than meet the hype - ...