Tonight, the premiere of Time Is Illmatic, the documentary by producer/writer Erik Parker and director One9 which explores the making of Nas' classic debut LP, will take place at the TriBeCa Film ...

On this date in 2014, a One9, Erik Parker and Anthony Saleh-produced documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival celebrating the illustrious career of Queensbridge rap legend Nasir Jones titled ...

Aging gracefully in hip-hop isn’t easy. Year after year, old rappers, old sounds, old styles are swept under the rug in favor of the new and youthful. Which is partly what makes the longevity of… By ...

A documentary about Nas’ classic debut album, Illmatic, called Time Is Illmatic will be opening this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. We now get to see a trailer of the film which will be a must see for ...

Yesterday, the first official trailer for Nas’ Time Is Illmatic documentary released. And just as the collective excitement reached a calming point, an alternate look at the highly anticipated flick ...

20 years later, Illmatic has done for Nas what the iPhone has done for Apple. On many tastemakers top 10 Hip-Hop albums of all time, the story of Illmatic has never really been told until One9 and ...

“I thought Nas was gonna be a great trumpeter.” – Olu Dara, Nas’ father Nas’ esteemed father couldn’t have been more wrong, as his lyrical genius of a son would craft a classic called Illmatic 20 ...

The documentary about the rapper's legendary 1994 debut album lives up to its name. By Alex Gale, Billboard Nas Performing Time is Illmatic - H 2014 Still, Illmatic wasn’t a blockbuster commercially ...

The Tribeca Film Festival just announced its opening film will be Time is Illmatic, a documentary about Nas and the 1994 album that launched him. Following the April 16 screening, Nas will then ...

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