May 18, 2008
Deconstructing Illmatic
If you always wanted to know what the musical input was for - ahum - 
the greatest hip hop album of all time, check out Oh Word's sublime deconstructing piece.
Oh Word did a breakdown of all the key samples that went into the making of Illmatic, beat by beat. It’s not entirely exhaustive, but all the key grooves and some drum breaks are included in the following deconstructions. And yes, you are right, according to Oh Word, this took a while.
Deconstructing Illmatic by Oh Word
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