Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic by Michael Eric Dyson, Sohail Daulatzai

Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic

Michael Eric Dyson, Sohail Daulatzai

320 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction music poetry informative medium-paced

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At the age of nineteen, Nasir “Nas” Jones began recording tracks for his debut album—and changed the music world forever. Released in 1994, Illmatic was hailed as an instant masterpiece and has proven one of the most influential albums in hip-hop ...

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