{"id":13126,"date":"2010-06-18T10:57:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T08:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=13126"},"modified":"2011-07-31T00:10:42","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T22:10:42","slug":"nas-the-making-of-illmatic-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/nas-the-making-of-illmatic-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Nas &#8211; The Making Of Illmatic (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"100%\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yVecv1O4nrM?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a great look into the making of &#8220;Illmatic&#8221;, but more importantly a look at the unique aspects of life and reality beyond hip hop music which can&#8217;t ever be duplicated or reproduced. &#8220;The Making Of Illmatic&#8221; takes you directly into the studio workspace with feature interviews from DJ Premier, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, Large Professor, who give their thoughts about providing the best music to match Nas&#8217; unique vision. 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