Illmatic

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  The Genesis
  1:45
  4.0 ★
• 2
  N.Y. State of Mind
  4:54
  4.8 ★
• 3
  Life's a Bitch

  feat. AZ & Olu Dara
  3:31
  5.0 ★
• 4
  The World Is Yours
  4:51
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Halftime
  4:21
  4.6 ★
• 6
  Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)
  4:08
  4.9 ★
• 7
  One Love

  feat. Q‐Tip
  5:26
  4.8 ★
• 8
  One Time 4 Your Mind
  3:19
  4.5 ★
• 9
  Represent
  4:13
  4.8 ★
• 10
  It Ain't Hard to Tell
  3:22
  4.7 ★
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  I'm a Villain
  4:31
• 2
  The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show on WKCR October 28, 1993

  feat. 6'9", Jungle & Grand Wizard
  7:47
• 3
  Halftime (Butcher remix)
  4:37
• 4
  It Ain't Hard to Tell (remix)
  2:50
• 5
  One Love (LG Main Mix)
  5:33
• 6
  Life's a Bitch (Arsenal Mix)

  feat. AZ
  3:30
• 7
  One Love (One L Main Mix)

  feat. Sadat X
  5:43
• 8
  The World Is Yours (Tip Mix)
  4:29
• 9
  It Ain't Hard to Tell (The Stink Mix)
  3:21
• 10
  It Ain't Hard to Tell (The Laidback remix)
  3:36

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Release credits

• AZ
  guest [3]
• Anton Pukshansky
  engineer [10]
• DJ Premier
  producer [2, 6, 9]
• DJ Ron
  turntable [9]
• Diego Garrido
  engineer [10]
• Dino Zervos
  engineer [4]
• Eddie Sancho
  engineer [6, 9]
• Illmat!c
  named after release group
• Jae Supreme
  producer [1]
• Jamie Staub
  engineer [4]
• Jason Vogel
  engineer [3]
• Joe The Butcher
  producer [3]
• Julian Baker
  remixer [10]
• Kevin Reynolds
  engineer [5, 8]
• L.E.S.
  producer [3]
• Large Professor
  producer [2.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.10]
• Nas
  co [3]
• Olu Dara
  trumpet [3]
• Pete Rock
  producer [4]
• Q‐Tip
  additional [8], producer [7], remixer [8]
• Simon Gilbert
  remixer [10]
• Stan Wallace
  engineer [10]
• The Creators
  remixer [10]
• The LG Experience
  remixer [5]
• Tim Latham
  engineer [7]
• Show all credits (25)

Issues

• 

  I
  (Combined release view)
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  CD
  15 April 1994
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  CD (explicit)
  19 April 1994
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  CD (explicit)
  19 April 1994
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  CD (clean)
  19 April 1994
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  Cassette (clean)
  19 April 1994
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  Cassette (explicit)
  19 April 1994
• I
  Illmatic

  CD
  19 April 1994
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  12" Vinyl
  1994
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  CD
  1994
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  CD
  21 August 1996
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  2x CD (10 year anniversary Illmatic platinum series)
  30 March 2004
• I
  Illmatic

  2x CD (10 year anniversary Illmatic platinum series)
  30 March 2004
• I
  Illmatic

  12" Vinyl
  2006
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  CD (Gold Edition 01)
  2012
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  12" Vinyl (explicit)
  2012
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  Digital Media (explicit)
  4 April 2014
• 

  I
  Illmatic

  Digital Media (clean)
  4 April 2014
• 

  I
  Illmatic XX

  2x CD (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit)
  14 April 2014
• 

  I
  Illmatic XX

  2x Digital Media (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit)
  15 April 2014
• 

  I
  Illmatic XX

  2x CD (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit)
  15 April 2014
• 

  I
  Illmatic XX

  2x CD (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit)
  15 April 2014
• 

  I
  Illmatic XX

  2x CD (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit)
  14 October 2016
• Show all issues (22)