"The 10-track offering—which finds the Detroit lyricist paying homage to Nas’s classic debute LP, Illmatic—was produced entirely by Will Sessions. Fellow D-Town MC Royce da 5’9” and Illmatic beatmaker Pete Rock also make appearances. Fans can pre-order limited edition physical copies of the disc and other merchandise at elzhi.com."
This dropped the other week but I've been to busy to listen to it. I finally had to time to give it a once over and I can say it's got some strong tracks on it. I'm a huge fan of Nas' classic debut so to hear a new take on it is always interesting. It's still very similar to Fashawn's ode to Illmatic that came out a while back but on the whole I would say El's interpretation edges it with it's reworked instrumentals and re-imagined concepts.
Free download courtesy of XXL mag HERE.
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