The Illmatic album covered the topics of poverty, gang rivalries, street violence, drug violence, etc. Nas based the album on his life experiences and narrated it into music. Although the album was released in 1994 it still relates to common issues in the 21ST century. For Example, there is still urban poverty, street violence, and drug violence still going on every day. As well as people still dying and getting locked up due to the same issues.
The world is yours and education vs schooling go hand and hand simply because Nas is giving the youth a positive message by saying the world is yours. Basically that education is the key to unlocking what is yours. For example he talked about how he schooled himself by watching Gandi and how he inspired
The world is yours and education vs schooling go hand and hand simply because Nas is giving the youth a positive message by saying the world is yours. Basically that education is the key to unlocking what is yours. For example he talked about how he schooled himself by watching Gandi and how he inspired