Nas / Illmatic XX (1LP Clear)

Illmatic is only 39 minutes long, yet it is the single most perfect hip-hop album ever pressed to wax. At 20 years old, Nasir Jones walked into the studio with a notebook full of Queensbridge street scripture and walked out with a masterpiece that rewrote the rules. No skits, no filler, no guests rapping verses�just ten tracks of pure cinematic street poetry over the greatest collection of beats ever assembled on one record.