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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Nas</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> has released
<b><i>Illmatic XX</i></b><i> </i>today. The collection celebrates the anniversary of his iconic debut album
<i>Illmatic</i>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">More details on the release can be found below … please let us know if you would like music!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black">NAS * <i>Illmatic XX</i> (SONY Legacy)</span></u></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="cid:image001.png@01CF580D.E7D663C0" align="left" hspace="12" alt="NAS-ILLMATIC-2014-orange LR.JPG" height="241" width="240"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black">Illmatic XX</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black">,
the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary celebration of the landmark album that made Nas an icon, is out today via <b>SONY Legacy</b>. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black"> This exclusive collection features several rare remixes,
unreleased demos and freestyles to commemorate the anniversary. The <b>New York Times</b> called the release “a densely textured, deeply lyrical portrait of life in Long Island City’s Queensbridge projects [that] </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black">signaled</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black"> the
resurgence of the moribund New York hip-hop scene and helped pave the way for Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z and a new generation of New York rappers.”</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black"><a href="http://smarturl.it/illmaticxx_itunes" target="_blank">PRESS HERE</a></span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black"> to download <b><i>Illmatic
XX</i></b> on <b><i>iTunes</i></b>.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black">In addition, Nas will participate in a series of online events <b>TODAY</b> to celebrate the 20th Anniversary. The events include a Huffington Post Live segment, Reddit "Ask Me Anything",
Twitter chat and GoogleTalks chat. An overview of each event and a schedule is included below.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:black">In conjunction with the release, <b><i>Time Is Illmatic</i></b> – a feature length documentary film that examines the album – will open the <b>Tribeca
Film Festival</b> tomorrow night. The movie delves into the making of <i>Illmatic</i>; the social conditions that created it; and the music legacy passed down from Nas’ Mississippi-born father and celebrated jazz musician, Olu Dara.</span></span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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(<a href="mailto:Carleen@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank">Carleen@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:Katie@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank">Katie@pressherepublicity.com</a>)</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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