Detroit’s Jason Powers d/b/a Elzhi attempts to recreate history & pay homage to NaS on ‘ELmatic,’ produced & played live by Will Sessions, in partnership with XXLmag.com.
While I don’t review albums – for a thousand different reasons – I will say that NaS is a decorated legend & a hard act to follow. Kudos to El for setting his sites so high. (See what I did there?) & while I’m not a fan of the rapper tribute album, Illmatic is most definitely a classic that deserves all the praise it gets. Forever. Now, without further ado…
Track listing:
1. The Genesis
2. Detroit State of Mind (Houseshoes Shout)
3. Halftime
4. Memory Lane
5. The World Is Yours
6. Represent
7. Life’s A Bitch feat. Royce da 5’9 and Stokley Williams of Mint Condition
8. One Love
9. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Pete Rock Shout)
10. Pete Rock Shout
I CAN NOT WAIT to download this. Elzhi is a DOPE lyricist, and he picked one he’ll of an album to pay homage to.