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</span></u></b><b><i><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Illmatic XX</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black"> Today!</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">“It Ain’t Hard To Tell (The Laidback Remix)” Now Streaming on Okayplayer.com</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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announced that <b>“It Ain’t Hard To Tell (The Laidback Remix)”</b> is now available to stream exclusively on
<b>Okayplayer.com. </b></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.okayplayer.com/news/throwback-thursday-nas-aint-hard-tell-laidback-remix-mp3.html#slide1">PRESS HERE</a></span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">to listen now. Nas’ new album, <b><i>Illmatic XX, </i></b>is a compilation of rare remixes, unreleased demos and freestyles commemorating the anniversary of his seminal debut
release <b><i>Illmatic</i></b>. The collection will drop <b>April 15th</b> via <b>SONY Legacy<i>.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">In conjunction with the new release, Nas will be touring the U.S. this spring and performing the groundbreaking album from front to back.
The tour kicked off last month with a special performance at the<b> Kennedy Center
</b>in <b>Washington D.C. </b>Nas will also appear at this year’s<b> Coachella Festival</b>. In combination with the release, <b><i>Time Is Illmatic</i></b><i> </i>– a feature length documentary film that examines the album – will open this year’s Tribeca Film
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Nas</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> emerged from the Queensbridge neighborhood of
Long Island City, a hotbed of rap artists since the ’80s. The son of jazz trumpeter Olu Dara, he has since gone on to sell over 20 million albums worldwide over the span of his legendary career, and has acted as an ambassador for hip-hop culture throughout
the globe. Since the release of <b><i>Illmatic</i></b><i>, </i>he has released 9 solo albums and 3 compilations all of which have been certified double-platinum, platinum and gold. His most recent release was 2012’s <i>Life Is Good, </i>which debuted at <u>#1</u> on
the <i><u>Billboard </u></i><u>Top 200</u>, marking the sixth <u>#1</u> album that <b>Nas</b> has produced in his career. The collection also received four GRAMMY nominations bringing the rap icon’s GRAMMY recognition count to 13 overall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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