Over the course of 10 weeks, producers from all across the globe came together to help create a vision… a vision to recreate a classic; to pay homage to Nas‘ 1994 debut album Illmatic. Trav Williams came to me with this idea in the fall of 2008. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to hold a beat contest on the site and get everyone involved. As one of the five judges, I can say that picking the beats wasn’t easy, but in the end I think we all gave Trav some great material to work with. Trav quickly went into the studio and here you have… IllTravis.
Preface to IllTravis:
Before anything and above all I got to thank all the winning producers for thier hard work and effort and all the producers that submitted for even trying, you are appreciated. G.C., S.2, DJ Qvali, Tokyo Cigar, JLH, Digivillanous, EvolveAudio & Natown Legend, you are respected.
Now…let me say this; this project ain’t about “blowing up” off Illmatic; this project ain’t about who don’t like it; this project ain’t about controversy; this project, just like all my shit, ain’t about money; this project is something that I been wanting to do since my Illmatic tape popped on the school bus on a hot ass day many Mays ago. Realistically, I got a bucket list and this was on it. So I did it and before I grow up too much I hope to check a few more things off the list.
Needless to say, I hope y’all dig it. But I make music for people that want to hear what I want to hear, so if you don’t dig it, then you ain’t one of them people. But if you dig it, dig it; good look.
-Peace TW
Tracklist:
- The Exodus [prod by G.C.]
- Meditation [prod by G.C.]
- Life’s The Shit (feat. Pee Duble) [prod by Tokyo Cigar]
- Mechanics [prod by G.C.]
- Quarterlife Crisis [prod by Digivillainous]
- Claustrophobia [prod by JLH]
- Light it Up [prod by EvolveAudio]
- Dedicated [prod by DJ Qvali]
- Bootleg Cable [prod by S.2]
- Super Ill [prod by S.2]
- BONUS – Walk Wit Me [prod by Skidmatik]
- BONUS – Something New [prod by 20 Keys]
- BONUS – Zoom [prod by Keenan]
- BONUS – Victory Lap [prod by Keenan]
- BONUS – Clockwork [prod by G.C.]
- BONUS – You Gets Done (feat. Pee Duble)
- BONUS – Nobody Knows Me (feat. K Hill) [prod by Keenan]
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Been waitin! “Super Ill” is it.
Sweet, can’t wait to check this out!!
Well im intrested to say the least
upset with myself for stoppin like half way threw… happy to see the album come out tho.
Great work Trav – Imma send you anotha load of beats this week… I’ve got the juice to get the words flowing…
Congrats to Trav and everybody that got on the project.Dling right now.
Peace to everyone who participated in the contest. This is DEFINITELY worth downloading.
Finally!! Dope shit!!
I love a good, free album. downloading right now i’ll let you guys know how i like it.
peace
YOOOO!! I’m downloading this joint now. Cant wait to hear it. One love to all my peoples that repped on this. Peace to Trav, Kev, GC all the producers and judges that contributed to this.
i’m lovin it so far. love the beats, the lyrics, and i really love trav’s voice. much love to trav and all producers on IllTravis.
best peace,
psy
“The Exodus” – “back in the day the tape had to be righteous you had to play that joint all the way through or you would mess up your batteries.” (C) Trav W.
^^^ that’s the truth
“how they gonna rap with all them balls in they mouth?” haha i’ve never laughed so hard from a rap song. that made my day.
**“how they gonna rap with all them balls in they mouth?” haha i’ve never laughed so hard from a rap song. that made my day.**
Psymun, to this day that is one of my favorite Trav tracks, and I am glad to have been able to produce it. The depth and commentary he presents on that track is sick.
yeah that track really is dope as hell man, expecially the production. you’ve got skills G.C. keep up the good work i’ll be listening.
much love my good man,
psy
Just started listening and it already sounds great. Great stuff right here guys!
Yeah, looking forward to this!! Great stuff Trav, and everyone involved.
I’m Happy to finally hear the finished album! Good job Trav and the producers on the album, it really came out Dope! All the beats blend very well. Props and respect to everyone who made a beat for this contest, and big Thank you to Trav Williams, Kevin, Akil, Thomas, and the rest of the Judges for letting me be a part of this. I look forward to hearing more from you Trav, and all the beat makers. For those that have never heard of me, Pay attention, I got some new material coming!!!…
Honestly this is the Best Mixtape I have heard in my life. Seriously!
*cringes* this is not a mixtape, but glad you like it… lol
lol My fault
Definitely been lookin forward to this! Just mad my beat ain’t get picked lol! No love loss….it’s still good music.
Trav’s first verse on “Zoom” is some sick ish. Last comment for the night!
yo yo yo son…i normally don t even fuck with u niggaz cause i done download some super shit from this site b4 (i m talking jurassic park garbage)..but this shit rayihear nigga..this shitrayehear nigga……yall need to make a documentary (like the making of the illtravis beats) that ll be dope..FO REAL..MAKE A DOCUMENTARY
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I keep getting that whenever I try to open the link.
Weird… I just tried it and it worked fine. Anybody else?
grady
what “super shit from this site b4 (i m talking jurassic park garbage)” have you downloaded from the site? Just curious?
thomas-glad u feelin zoom, i think that was the first song trav and me ever did
Yeah….Keenan that track and lyrics go hand in hand. Track reminds me of “Stroke of Death” off of Supreme Clientele a little. Nevertheless its hot.
WTF is this dude Grady talkin bout? lol
Lifes the shit is my favorite, 2nd place would be dedicated, 3rd is quarterlife crisis peace….
album is overall very dope but damm travs voice woulda blended on one of my beats sooo clean
grady’s right
oh man there was one compilation of eminem that was out of synch, then there was on english guy whose flow was really really bad (it made the beats cry for help)..man there s been a few actually..i can trully in a while i taught was neat. i remember listening back then and thinking .”that s why they call it undergroung .cause i m not coming out of the bassement with those songs on my pod”. i m no hater…u guys had me turned off from listening to free music for a while…nohate, just fact..i might be back now..we need the doc on these chops
i almost forgot the one mixture of nas illmatic and micheal jackson thriller..thrillmatic..i remember that nigga..i didn t visit this site for like a month after listening to that thing..nice try though..no hate, just fact
LOL, ya’ll crazy!!
*bump* we gonna keep this one on top!
A documentary though? hmmm… that might have been easier if we chronicled the process at the time. Maybe we can do something though.
what happened to the beat by natown legend that was kinda like crunk version of ny state of mind? its not on the mixtape.
Dont know what happened yesterday, but it worked fine now, downloading it…
Natown Legend, for some reason, was not available when Trav contacted him to make changes to his beat. The original beat did not fit Trav’s verses and the overall theme of the album when it came down to it. Since Natown did not answer Trav’s emails, Trav went to the runner up which was G.C.
the drums on ‘nobody knows me’ is real crips..
‘clockwork’ has great potential but that bassline needs some work son..
victory lap could be the next ‘heart of the city’ with some extra work..
who the fuck chopped nysom..son that is some very demented stuff..
except from the hook part it (gets a bit too much for the spitter to handle at that part..
the bass and drum on ‘bootleg cable’ could be better equed but the track is promising..
haven t quite figured out the what s wrong with the other tracks yet.
overall somewhat impressif
just when i was about to give up on good music..maybe there is hope out there
(btw that other illmatic on whatever other site is not quite up to parr)
Now let s talk documentary
I finally got to listen to this today, and I still stand by my previous statements. This was aight, maybe like high D low C range for me. Nothing spectacular, but it was ok. I didn’t listen to the bonus cuts just the first 10 tracks. I’m going to listen to it once more for a more in depth review, but as of now its about a 68-72 on the KN scale.
THIS ALBUM IS OFFICIAL LIKE THAT…SHAME ON YOU IF YOU NOT BUMPING THIS ALBUM.
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No joke, this album reminds of what I like about hip-hop. Thanks!
Yo Son this joint is Dope Kid NAAAHH MEAN. On the real they need to sign this kid. When the next Joint coming on Homie. I heard Trav on a track with Stat Quo didnt sound bad son. Drop some more music Homie.
Thanks for the support Rapperman. Trav Williams will be putting out his next album on HiPNOTT Records by the end of the year. He should be wrapping up a new mixtape by the end of this month…. The Learning Curve 2.