Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Pianist

Nov 22

Director: One9
Writer: Erik Porter
Music Dept., Pianist: Wynne Bennett
Official Selection: Tribeca Film Festival

Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation. Twenty years after its release, Illmatic has become a hip-hop benchmark that encapsulates the socio-political outlook, enduring spirit, and collective angst of a generation of young black men searching for their voice in America.

“The movie dives in deep, thoroughly explaining how that world birthed Nas and his music. But in the process, it touches on subjects way bigger than them: racial segregation, educational inequality, public housing, and the prison system.”

“But part of what makes the film so good is its source material: the music itself.”

- Billboard

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Nas: Time Is Illmatic

“The movie dives in deep, thoroughly explaining how that world birthed Nas and his music. But in the process, it touches on subjects way bigger than them: racial segregation, educational inequality, public housing, and the prison system.”

“But part of what makes the film so good is its source material: the music itself.”

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