A few days ago, my buddies over at Hip-Hop Is Read and Lyrics To Go compiled and posted the samples to Nas‘ legendary debut album Illmatic. It just so happens that my partner Thomas was compiling them at the same time, but they beat us to the punch. In 2004, Illmatic was reissued as a 10th Anniversary Edition with a bonus second disc. Here are the samples for that second disc. Consider this a supplement to Illmatic [The Samples].
- “Close The Door” by Teddy Pendergrass
- Sampled in “Life’s A Bitch (Remix)”
- Produced by Rockwilder
- “I Love You” by Kenny Rankin
- Sampled in “The World Is Yours (Remix)”
- Produced by Vibesmen
- “At My Most Beautiful” by REM
- Sampled in “The World Is Your (Remix)”
- Produced by Vibesmen
- “Waiting By The Hotline” by Deniece Williams
- Sampled in “One Love (Remix)”
- Produced by Nick Fury
- “Nobody Beats The Biz” by Biz Markie
- Sampled in “Ain’t Hard To Tell (Remix)”
- Produced by Nick Fury
- “Move Over” by The Soul Children
- Sampled in “On The Real”
- Produced by Marley Marl
- “One Love” by Nas
- Sampled in “On The Real”
- Produced by Marley Marl
- “Hip Hop” by Large Professor
- Sampled in “Star Wars”
- Produced by Large Professor
- “Ken Russell” by David Axelrod
- Sampled in “Star Wars”
- Produced by Large Professor
- “Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)” by John Williams
- Sampled in “Star Wars”
- Produced by Large Professor
- Download Illmatic (10th Anniversary Edition) Sample Supplement
- Download Hip-Hop Is Read & Lyrics To Go Illmatic [The Samples]
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Nice! I’m glad I held off on this one. Now we split the Illmatic credits! ;-D
Props on this one!