Description
At the age of nineteen, Nasir Nas” Jones started recording tracks for his debut albumand changed the music world without end. Released in 1994,
Illmatic used to be hailed as an instant masterpiece and has proven some of the influential albums in hip-hop history. With its close attention to beats and lyricism, and riveting first-person explorations of the isolation and desolation of urban poverty,
Illmatic used to be pivotal within the evolution of the genre.
In Born to Use Mics, Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai have brought together renowned writers and critics including Mark Anthony Neal, Marc Lamont Hill, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., and plenty of others to confront Illmatic song by song, with each and every scholar assessing a person track from the album. The result is a smart engagement with and statement upon some of the incisive sets of songs ever laid down on wax.