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The Architects of Illmatic: Jungle

blame it on Meka April 23, 2019

As they continue to celebrate the silver anniversary of Nas’ debut album Illmatic, Mass Appeal unveils another installment of their commemorative series.

This time, Nas’ younger brother Jungle speaks on the elder Jones’ thought process heading into the release of Illmatic. “He really just wanted it to be dope,” Jungle recalls. “He was really nervous about putting out some wack sh*t.”

Watch below.

As a bonus, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah shared their thoughts about the album.