Thursday, September 4, 2008

Illmatic to become a book






"Large Professor Reacts To Illmatic Being Turned To Book
September 4th, 2008 Author: Jake Paine

Hip Hop scholar, author and activist Dr. Michael Eric Dyson announced yesterday that he is currently writing a book on Nas' debut album Illmatic. The 1994 release received the coveted five mic rating from The Source magazine, and is considered by many, to be the greatest single Hip Hop album of all times.

"Every song on Illmatic will be analyzed, interpreted and then re-articulated in a kind of intellectual sense from his own base in Hip Hop and we’re trying to deal with that seriously," Dyson told AllHipHop.com Wednesday."

Full Story Here: HipHopDX

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