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Title Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Published DogWoof, 2014
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): .flv file, sound
Summary 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. Time is Illmatic tracks the musical legacy of the Jones family, handed down to Nas from his jazz musician father, Olu Dara. It also examines the social conditions and environmental influences that contributed to Nas' worldview. Along the way, Time Is Illmatic shows how Nas--with the support of his Queensbridge neighborhood crew, the loyalty of his younger brother Jabari "Jungle" Jones, and sacrifices of his mother, Ann Jones--overcame insurmountable odds to create the greatest work of music from hip-hop's second golden era. Official Selection at the **BFI London Film Festival** and **Tribeca Film Festival**
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Film
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Performer Alicia Keys, Busta Rhymes, Fab 5 Freddy, NAS, Q-Tip
Event Originally produced by DogWoof in 2014
Notes In English
Subject Music.
History.
Documentary films.
Music
History
history (discipline)
Documentary films.
History.
Music.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Parker, Erik, film director
, One9, film director
Keys, Alicia, actor
Rhymes, Busta, actor
5 Freddy, Fab, actor
, NAS, actor
, Q-Tip, actor
Dogwoof (Firm)
Kanopy (Firm)