Nas's Illmatic electro dual-guitar and eighth-note bass riffing

dual-guitar and eighth-note bass riffing

but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon

Author Sara Marcus

an unexpected group of musical eccentrics came together to play their very first performance at a college party in Athens

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Nas's Illmatic electro dual-guitar and eighth-note bass riffingNas was playing a role on Illmatic, even if it was himself. By constructing this persona, Nas not only laid out his own career for the next decade plus, but the careers of dozens of other rappers who were able to use their considerable skills to develop similar personas. His brazen ambition has become a road map for every rapper who hopes to reach an artistic peak. It seems right that Nas would make Illmatic at the age when maturity begins to turn