![]() But it just didn’t have enough weight to tell the story of Illmatic as I thought it might needed it to be told, so I got with One9 here and a few other friends who, One9 is a big fan of Illmatic, and comes from the same kind of world view and perspective that I do but he’s a visual storyteller, a visual artist, and I have a journalist background and we all got together and started shooting interviews. When was the first time the idea of the documentary came up?ĮP: I was a music editor for VIBE in 2004 and I was working on the story for the 10-year anniversary of Illmatic, and when that story came out we did an interview with Nas, what people thought about Illmaticand that sort of thing. State of Mind” and “One Love,” while also noting the influence of Illmatic on hip-hop and how it gave a ”voice to the voiceless.” Check out a snippet of the interview below and head to HYPETRAK for the full piece. ![]() The two speak on how their different backgrounds in street art and music journalism had helped bring to life themes touched on in hits like “N.Y. In this latest segment, producers One9 and Erik Parker shed some light on the production of the documentary. Last week HYPETRAK caught up with Nas to chat about his Time is Illmatic documentary - a film which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Queens rapper’s Illmatic LP.
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