When Old School Was New: Nas It Aint Hard To Tell : The Record hide captionNas, in a photo from the mid-1990s. Courtesy of the artist Nas, in a photo from the mid-1990s. Since the heyday of hip-hop, one man has been broadcasting the music videos, the culture and the people in the community all throughout New York City. McDaniels knows everybody. The man widely known as Uncle Ralph has stories we want to share, so occasionally on The Record he'll pick a classic video and take us behind the scenes. Illmatic is now considered a classic — a masterwork of story-telling, lyricism and beat-making. In the early to mid-'90s hip-hop was at a creative peak, as regional styles were maturing and bleeding into each other. "I call it street corner rap," McDaniels says. The winter before Illmatic was due to be released, executives from Nas' record label asked McDaniels to make a video package they could send around the media to drum up coverage of the album. Ralph McDaniels: "Nas is from Queensbridge. "I had been familiar with Nas, and he had a big buzz.
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