Dr. Michael Eric Dyson To Examine Nas's "Book Of Rhymes".

"Large Professor Reacts To Illmatic Being Turned To Book
September 4th, 2008 Author: Jake Paine

Hip Hop scholar, author and activist Dr. Michael Eric Dyson announced yesterday that he is currently writing a book on Nas' debut album Illmatic. The 1994 release received the coveted five mic rating from The Source magazine, and is considered by many, to be the greatest single Hip Hop album of all times.

"Every song on Illmatic will be analyzed, interpreted and then re-articulated in a kind of intellectual sense from his own base in Hip Hop and we’re trying to deal with that seriously," Dyson told AllHipHop.com Wednesday."

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CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Whilst Michael Erick Dyson sometimes strikes me as a smart guy prick that is passionately in L.O.V.E. with the sound of his own voice (or, in this case, his own writings), I would be interested to read an academic analysis of "Illmatic". Nas has never been very good with words outside of the booth, however, he can be a genius once he steps behind the mic.

Also, keep in mind, that Nas was like 19 or 20 when he started recording many of these records - to put that in perspective, Nas was around 17 or 18 years old when he penned his verse for Main Source's classic "Live @ The BBQ". Fast forward to 2008 and Soulja Boy (whom I do NOT hate) is now roughly the same age as Nas was when he 1st hit the scene - do you think that he has any profound statements to drop anytime soon ... like, ever? LOL. Yeah, kids are very different these days.