{"title":"Nas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFive Queensbridge albums spanning 1994 to 2025. Illmatic set the standard at 22 years old and nothing in the catalog has drifted from that foundation. From the Get on Down LP pressings to the DJ Premier collaboration on Light-Years, this is the most consistent long-form argument in New York rap.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nas-illmatic","title":"Illmatic (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen tracks. Five producers. One borough. Released in April 1994, Illmatic set the standard for what a New York rap debut could be. Q-Tip, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Large Professor, and L.E.S. each brought a side of Queens that Nas rendered with a clarity no one else could match. Nothing before it sounded like it. 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