{"id":50207,"date":"2012-04-20T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T06:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=50207"},"modified":"2012-04-20T00:25:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T22:25:38","slug":"10-things-you-didnt-know-about-illmatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-illmatic\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Didn’t Know About “Illmatic”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday marked the 18th year anniversary of Nas\u2019 landmark debut Illmatic. Nas has made so many great songs (and a few awful ones) but still, his legacy lies in his debut. Illmatic is arguably the greatest rap record ever and an album just about anyone who calls themselves a hip-hop fan knows all the words to.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why in celebration of the album, we dug through the archives of various articles about the album and pulled together 10 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About Nas\u2019 Illmatic. And if you do know these things already, then congratulations you win the Rap Nerd of the Day award….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday marked the 18th year anniversary of Nas\u2019 landmark debut Illmatic. Nas has made so…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t