I'm kind of surprised nobody has posted about this yet. Illmatic is a classic, that's no secret. This is a video of Dr. Michael Eric Dyson speaking on Nas. I'm sure you've heard of him. If not, peep..
"Thirdly, cause i'm dropping a book on Illmatic. I'm co-editing a book. Every song on Illmatic will be analyzed, interpreted and then rearticulated in the kind of intellectual sense from his own base in Hip Hop"
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"Thirdly, cause i'm dropping a book on Illmatic. I'm co-editing a book. Every song on Illmatic will be analyzed, interpreted and then rearticulated in the kind of intellectual sense from his own base in Hip Hop"
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