19 Jan 1988
Rock
Documentary — featuring both interviews and live footage — about underground rock music in Russia, during the last years of the Perestroika.
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The journey. The music. The legacy.
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.
Top Billed Cast
Nas Self
Alicia Keys Self
Busta Rhymes Self
Q-Tip Self
Pete Rock Self
Fab 5 Freddy Self
M.C. Serch Self
Marley Marl Self
Pharrell Williams Self
Cornel West Self
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Self
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