Tracklist
| 40 Side North | |||
| A1 | The Genesis | 1:45 | |
| A2 | N.Y. State Of Mind | 4:53 | |
| A3 | Life's A Bitch | 3:29 | |
| A4 | The World Is Yours | 4:50 | |
| A5 | Halftime | 4:20 | |
| 41st Side South | |||
| B1 | Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park) | 4:07 | |
| B2 | One Love | 5:24 | |
| B3 | One Time 4 Your Mind | 3:18 | |
| B4 | Represent | 4:13 | |
| B5 | It Ain't Hard To Tell | 3:22 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Made By – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Distributed By – Sony Music
- Published By – Gifted Pearl Music
- Published By – Ill Will Music, Inc.
- Published By – Minder Music (USA)
- Published By – Taking Care Of Business Music
- Published By – Total Experience Music Publishing Co.
- Published By – Hit'n'Hold Music
- Published By – Pete Rock Publishing
- Published By – Large Professor Music Ltd.
- Published By – EMI April Music Inc.
- Published By – EMI Unart Catac.
- Published By – MJQ Music, Inc.
- Published By – DJ Premier Publishing
- Produced For – Works Of Mart Productions
- Produced For – Mecca And The Soul Brother Productions, Inc.
- Produced For – Paul Sea Productions, Inc.
- Produced For – A Tribe Called Quest, Inc.
- Produced For – Serchlite Productions, Inc.
- Recorded At – Unique Recording
- Recorded At – Chung King Studios
- Recorded At – Battery Studios, New York
- Recorded At – D&D Studios
- Mixed At – Unique Recording
- Mixed At – Chung King Studios
- Mixed At – Battery Studios, New York
- Mixed At – D&D Studios
- Engineered At – Power Play Studios
- Licensed From – PolyGram Special Products
- Licensed From – Warlock Records
- Mastered At – Sony/CBS, Haarlem – 01 475959 20
- Pressed By – Optimal Media Production – B676645
Credits
- Art Direction – Jo DiDonato*
- Design – Aimée Macauley
- Executive-Producer [For Serchlite Productions, Inc.] – M. C. Serch*
- Photography By – Danny Clinch
Notes
European repress of the 1994 original European issue.
Reissue has printed "Made in the EU" on the back cover and the vinyl label, while the original issue has "Made in Holland".
Cat# on spine and vinyl label: 475959 1
Cat# on back cover: COL 475959 1
B5 is misspelled as "It Aint't Hard To Tell" on the vinyl label.
Back cover: © 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. […] Distribution Sony Music. Made in the EU.
Vinyl label: ℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
"NY State Of Mind" produced for Works Of Mart Productions. Recorded and mixed at D&D Recording, NYC.
Contains a sample of "Mind Rain" as performed and written by J. Chambers.
Gifted Pearl/Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music (ASCAP)
"Life's A Bitch" recorded and mixed at Unique Studios and Chung King Studios, NYC.
Contains a sample of "Yearning For Your Love" as performed by The Gap Band and written by R. Wilson and O. Scott. Used courtesy Polygram Special Products, Inc.
Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Minder Music (USA) (ASCAP)/Taking Care Of Business Music/Total Experience Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
"The World is Yours" produced for Mecca And The Soul Brother Productions, Inc. Recorded and mixed at Battery Studios, NYC.
[…] T La Rock, courtesy of Warlock Records. Published by Hit'n'Hold Music (ASCAP)
Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Pete Rock Publishing (ASCAP)
"Halftime" produced for Paul Sea Productions, Inc. Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC.
Contains samples of "Dead End", "Soul Travelin'" and "School Boy Crush".
Large Professor Music Ltd./EMI April Music, Inc./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Minder Music (USA) (ASCAP)
"Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park)" produced for Works Of Mart Productions. Recorded and mixed at D&D Recording, NYC.
Contains sample of "We're In Love" as performed by Reuben Wilson and written by R Wilson and P. Barsella.
EMI Unart Catac./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Gifted Pearl (ASCAP)
"One Love" produced for A Tribe Called Quest, Inc. Recorded and mixed at Battery Studios, NYC.
Contains sample from "Smilin' Billy Suite Pt. II" as performed by The Heath Brothers and written by J. Heath.
Ill Will Music, Inc/Skematics Music (ASCAP)/MJQ Music, Inc.(BMI)
"One Time For Your Mind" produced for Paul Sea Productions, Inc. Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC.
Contains sample of "Walter L" as written by G. Burton.
Large Professor Music Ltd./EMI April Music Inc./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music (ASCAP)
"Represent" produced for Works Of Mart Productions. Recorded and mixed at D&D Recording, NYC.
Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/DJ Premier Publishing/Gifted Pearl (ASCAP)
"It Ain't Hard To Tell" produced for Paul Sea Productions, Inc. Initial Tracking at PowerPlay Studios, Long Island City, NYC. Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC.
Contains samples of "Human Nature" as performed by Michael Jackson and written by J. Betties and J. Pocaro; and "N.T." as performed by Kool & The Gang and written by G. Redd, Sr., G. Redd, Jr., R. Handy, C. Horne, R. Bell, R. Bell, R. Mickens, D. Thomas, G. Brown and C. Smith.
Large Professor Music Ltd./EMI April Music Inc./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music (ASCAP)
Reissue has printed "Made in the EU" on the back cover and the vinyl label, while the original issue has "Made in Holland".
Cat# on spine and vinyl label: 475959 1
Cat# on back cover: COL 475959 1
B5 is misspelled as "It Aint't Hard To Tell" on the vinyl label.
Back cover: © 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. […] Distribution Sony Music. Made in the EU.
Vinyl label: ℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
"NY State Of Mind" produced for Works Of Mart Productions. Recorded and mixed at D&D Recording, NYC.
Contains a sample of "Mind Rain" as performed and written by J. Chambers.
Gifted Pearl/Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music (ASCAP)
"Life's A Bitch" recorded and mixed at Unique Studios and Chung King Studios, NYC.
Contains a sample of "Yearning For Your Love" as performed by The Gap Band and written by R. Wilson and O. Scott. Used courtesy Polygram Special Products, Inc.
Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Minder Music (USA) (ASCAP)/Taking Care Of Business Music/Total Experience Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
"The World is Yours" produced for Mecca And The Soul Brother Productions, Inc. Recorded and mixed at Battery Studios, NYC.
[…] T La Rock, courtesy of Warlock Records. Published by Hit'n'Hold Music (ASCAP)
Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Pete Rock Publishing (ASCAP)
"Halftime" produced for Paul Sea Productions, Inc. Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC.
Contains samples of "Dead End", "Soul Travelin'" and "School Boy Crush".
Large Professor Music Ltd./EMI April Music, Inc./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Minder Music (USA) (ASCAP)
"Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park)" produced for Works Of Mart Productions. Recorded and mixed at D&D Recording, NYC.
Contains sample of "We're In Love" as performed by Reuben Wilson and written by R Wilson and P. Barsella.
EMI Unart Catac./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Gifted Pearl (ASCAP)
"One Love" produced for A Tribe Called Quest, Inc. Recorded and mixed at Battery Studios, NYC.
Contains sample from "Smilin' Billy Suite Pt. II" as performed by The Heath Brothers and written by J. Heath.
Ill Will Music, Inc/Skematics Music (ASCAP)/MJQ Music, Inc.(BMI)
"One Time For Your Mind" produced for Paul Sea Productions, Inc. Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC.
Contains sample of "Walter L" as written by G. Burton.
Large Professor Music Ltd./EMI April Music Inc./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music (ASCAP)
"Represent" produced for Works Of Mart Productions. Recorded and mixed at D&D Recording, NYC.
Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/DJ Premier Publishing/Gifted Pearl (ASCAP)
"It Ain't Hard To Tell" produced for Paul Sea Productions, Inc. Initial Tracking at PowerPlay Studios, Long Island City, NYC. Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC.
Contains samples of "Human Nature" as performed by Michael Jackson and written by J. Betties and J. Pocaro; and "N.T." as performed by Kool & The Gang and written by G. Redd, Sr., G. Redd, Jr., R. Handy, C. Horne, R. Bell, R. Bell, R. Mickens, D. Thomas, G. Brown and C. Smith.
Large Professor Music Ltd./EMI April Music Inc./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music (ASCAP)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 5 099747 595912
- Barcode (Scanned): 5099747595912
- Rights Society: SACEM/SDRM/SACD/SGDL/BIEM
- Label Code: LC 0162
- Other (On back sleeve): 02-475959-20
- Other (On inner sleeve): 01-475959-20
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): B676645-01 A1 A 01 475959 20 3A1 :
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): B676645-01 B1 A 01 475959 20 ̶0̶ 2B1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): B676645-01 A1 A ┴TΛ 01 475959 20 3A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): B676645-01 B1 A XVΛ 01 475959 20 ̶0̶ 2B1
Other Versions (5 of 106)
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Illmatic (LP, Album) | Columbia | C 57684 | US | 1994 | ||
| Illmatic (Cassette, Album, Wide Window, Grid Bottom , White Tape Guide) | Columbia | CT 57684 | US | 1994 | |||
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Illmatic (CD, Album) | Columbia | CK 57684 | Canada | 1994 | ||
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Illmatic (CD, Album, Club Edition) | Columbia | CCK 57684 | Canada | 1994 | ||
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Illmatic (CD, Album) | Columbia | 758.206/2-475959 | Brazil | 1994 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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anyone else thinks this Nas - Illmatic might just be a variant of this same reissue? shal we start a merging process?
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When I first purchased this and had a bookshelf stereo and an entry level Sony table, I wasn’t impressed.
Now that I have a 1970s Pioneer table, an AT-VM95ML cart, a cheap Fosi tube preamp, and a basic Klipsch home theater as my setup? Wow.
Bass is full and rich. No surface noise. No skips, crackles, or pops. It’s a tiny bit on the quieter side, but I know how to operate my volume knob. This makes me think it’s cut from the OG version.
This ain’t no urban outfitters hipster money grab pressing as some have suggested. -
Edited one year agoPoor quality hipster repress
Ignore all attempts to defend it
They are from people used to accepting poor quality vinyl in return for their hard earned cash
These same people also accept poor quality coffee from Starbucks for $8 and brag it
We must make a stand against this and their bare foot shoes they prance around in while on a grenola fueled sugar high
🫵Oi, hipsters, NO! -
Edited 2 years agoIt appears that this reissue used the same plates as the original European pressings.
Compare here: Nas - Illmatic
Sounds great to me. No sibilance distortion on my setup. -
Picked one up in VG condition, but underneath the gentle clicks from the light scratches all over I hear none of the problems stated here. Sounds quite good overall. I will definitely be hunting for a VG+ or better, as I really like the groove and flow of the album.
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Edited 6 years agobass warps a bit at higher volumes, and I have vocal scratching on the left channel of track A5 Halftime and both channels of B4 & B5. -
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Great album!! Unfortunately I have a lot of distortion and noise on my version too :( Columbia, you had one effin job...!! *Sigh*
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Agree with others here on the inner groove distortion and pressing quality. I have to use a micro linear stylus to remove the sibilance and distortion. "Halftime" & "It Ain't Hard To Tell" sound horrible with lower-end carts.
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