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But as great as вЂњNas Is LikeвЂќ is, wouldnвЂ™t you trade it in a heartbeat to get a full LP from the dynamic duo? Rather thanВ Primo and Nasty getting down to make a classic LP, Premier could bless Nasir with вЂњNas Is Like,вЂќ Nas could make it a single, and it would be all good.

This also meant that producers werenвЂ™t tied to artists anymore.Д®very producer from The Neptunes to Timbaland to even DJ Premier was able to use this to their advantage, and started slingingВ hot beats to whomever had a paycheck. And like a film that has a different director for every scene, albums became unfocused affairs. Next thing you knew, rap albums started having a different producer for every song. Every song on Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) was produced by RZA. Every song on The Chronic was produced by Dr. Every song on The Low End Theory was produced (or at least co-produced) by A Tribe Called Quest. Take a look at the production credits of the classic rap albums immediately preceding Illmatic and youвЂ™ll see the same trend. Who produced It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back? The Bomb Squad. Think about all the classic rap albums from the вЂ80s: Who produced License To Ill? Rick Rubin and The Beastie Boys. That lead to an overall decline in the cohesion and quality of rap albums and ushered in the era of superproducers.Д«efore Illmatic came out, rap albums were created the same way albums across all genres are created: With one artist or group and one producer (sometimes a team) who create a singular vision. IllmaticВ did have one terrible lasting impact: It gave rise to the idea that rap albums would be better served with multiple producers. It set the gold standard for every album after it. ItвЂ™s probably the greatest rap album of all time. Written by Insanul Ahmed ( and foremost, no one is saying that Nas' Illmatic is in any way, shape, or form wack. One of the greatest rap albums ever had an unintended consequence.

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