Nas announced today that a special 20th Anniversary Edition of his debut album Illmatic will be released on April 15th via Sony Legacy. The remastered double disc album — titled Illmatic XX — will feature several rare remixes, unreleased demos and freestyles, and is currently available for pre-order through iTunes and Amazon.
To help push the re-release, Nas will also go on a U.S. tour where he will perform Illmatic in its entirety; the tour will include dates at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and this year’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. You can check out a quote from the man himself, as well as the tracklisting for the project, below.
“With Illmatic, I didn’t think about it. I just did it. I believe everybody has good instincts. Now I’m a man from that past and I’m supremely grateful. There’s a Nigerian proverb ‘What is past is prologue’. I’m here today because of Illmatic.”
Disc 1: Remastered original album
1. The Genesis
2. N.Y. State Of Mind
3. Life’s A Bitch
4. The World Is Yours
5. Halftime
6. Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park)
7. One Love
8. One Time 4 Your Mind
9. Represent
10. It Ain’t Hard To Tell
Disc 2: Demos, Remixes & Live Radio
1. I’m A Villain (previously unreleased)
2. The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show on WKCR October 28, 1993 (previously unreleased freestyle)
3. Halftime (Butcher Remix)
4. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Remix)(promo single)
5. One Love (LG Main Mix)
6. Life’s A Bitch (Arsenal Mix)(promo single)
7. One Love (One L Main Mix)
8. The World Is Yours (Tip Mix)
9. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (The Stink Mix)(UK single)
10. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (The Laidback Remix)(UK single)
