Illmatic | Black LP Knekelhuis Linda Smith recording her first

Linda Smith recording her first album in her Brooklyn apartment all those years ago

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Illmatic | Black LP Knekelhuis Linda Smith recording her firstNas Illmatic Black LP Release date: 09. 06. 2020 "I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death."" No album better reflected the sound and style of New York, 94. Raw rap, soul samples and beat breaks. A gifted writer whose wordplay knows no bounds, Nas tells his own story, the archetypal anti hero with ambitions of ruling the world, escaping the conflict, violence and brutality of New York's underbelly. The son of Jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas draws