Time is Illmatic Trailer

Illmatic came out a couple of days before my sixteenth birthday. The album took my life by storm. The streets were buzzing a few years prior to who this dude was kicking these rhymes, let alone saying the things he was saying, it just seemed so far ahead of its time. 20 years later the album to me is still untouched by any other hip hop album that has been released and until years of recent, has yet to have received the level of respect it so rightfully deserves.

Here is the trailer, if you haven’t caught the flick on tv or in the movies, you’re sleepin’. And as the album says, “Never Sleep, ‘cause Sleep is The Cousin of Death.”

With age comes wisdom, and with wisdom come great memories of things long gone. This album should take us all back to the days of quality boom bap Hip Hop and rhythmic patterns unheard before.

Pay Homage: 2 Greats Share The Same Birthdate (multiple videos)

Today marks the birthday of two of the most prolific and inspirational producers ever in the music industry & Hip Hop game. True many have sold more records than these two, but their contributions to the culture and music in general can never be denied.

Both of these men have had their helping hand in creating careers that have spanned a few decades. If it weren’t for these two men, not one MC who has ever attempted to claim being the greatest alive would exist to the extent they do.

I could go on and on for hours about the songs we all hold dearly in our hearts that they created but instead will simply play a few videos to pay my respect & to show the world what these two extremely talented individuals have crafted over the years. I feel very lucky to have grown up in an era where their music reigned supreme and their influence on my life was very positive.

Happy Birthday and nothing less than Peace, Love & Respect to you both:

DJ Premier & Large Professor

Happy 55th Birthday Russell Simmons aka Uncle Rush