April 29, 2012

10 Things You Didn't Know About Illmatic


1. Large Professor Would Edit Nas’ Rhymes

2. Russell Simmons Passed On Signing Nas

3. Nas Did “N.Y. State of Mind” In One Take

4. It’s Short Because It Was Rushed

5. Nas Wanted To Sample “Juicy Fruit” Before Biggie

6. Nas Begged Large Professor To Executive Producer The Album But He Refused

7. Large Professor Almost Had To Smack The S**t Out of MC Serch

8. Busta Rhymes Could Have Had The “Halftime” Beat

9. Q-Tip’s Original Idea For “One Love” Was “My Summer Vacation”

10. AZ’s Verse On “Life’s A B***h” Lead To A Bidding War

LINK: Complex: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Illmatic

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