Illmatic

"If Rakim was rap's Woody Guthrie, Nas was the Dylan figure expanding the possibilities and complexity of the form, twisting old fables to match contemporary failings, faithful to tradition but unwilling to submit to orthodoxy." - Jeff…

YEEZY SEASON continues as Ciaran Carrick looks back at Kanye's trail-blazing sophomore effort... Late Registration (2005) A decade on from the release of Nas’ Illmatic, a debut that stands as arguably the most important (and flat-out…

By the end of last year there was a reported 190,000 Irish users on Netflix and over 65.5 Million worldwide. That’s a whole lot of viewers. Netflix have been delighting audiences with a mix of classic movies, fan-favourite TV series and are…

Vince Staples Summertime '06 In an interview with Pitchfork last year, Vince Staples claimed that in music, especially ‘urban music’, “We’re all in the zoo, and the listeners are the people outside of the cage”.  It’s fitting then, that…

This weekend, New York rapper Nas makes the trek to the midlands of Ireland to perform his 1994 debut album Illmatic in its entirety at Mullingar's Life Festival. Widely recognised as a classic in the rap pantheon and hailed by many as one…