Nas' "illmatic" cover

The hip-hop classic, Illmatic, is set to be re-released with new material. I’m not one to throw around the word classic, but there’s no doubting that Nas’ 1994 album is a without a doubt a classic. Nasir has teamed up with Get On Down for the re-release of the album, to be released on Monday, December 10. There will be both a CD-set and Vinyl-set available and both will come with pretty much the same materials such as a 48-page book, two production photos, a promotional poster with lyrics, a reproduction of the original press release, and more. Check out pics of the re-release sets in the gallery and read more below.

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The CD set will include: 24k Audiophile Gold Disc CD with re-mastered audio in a “Cherrywood Trophy Box” with a gold plaque and a black outer box with an original promotional Nas sticker.

The Vinyl set will packaged with a full lyric insert.

Both sets will include: a 48-page hard cover liner notes book containing full color, extended artwork, full lyrics, and liner notes from Jon Shecter (founder of The Source.) Both sets will also have: reproduction of the original promo for the album, two photos that were used in the campaign, and a rare poster from the ’94 promotion that included lyrics, according to Complex.