Nas: Time Is Illmatic

...applies enough emotion and visual flourishes to steer clear of hacky Behind The Music territory, and it’s an incredibly smart choice to subtitle the lyrics during the performance scenes...

...Life's a bitch and then you die. Here's 74 minutes well spent.

...en fortælling om, hvordan historien blev til musik. Og hvordan musikken bevarer historien.

A chronicle of the effects of poverty and poor housing on a generation of New York’s black kids, Illmatic was a scouring exposé.