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From the moment then nineteen-year-old Nasir "Nas" Jones began recording tracks for his debut album the hip-hop world was forever changed. Released in 1994, Illmatic, was hailed as a masterpiece and is one of the most influentialalbums in hip-hop history. In Born to Use Mics, Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai have brought together the brightest minds to reflect upon and engage one of the most incisive sets of songs ever laid down on wax.
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Adilifu Nama * Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. * James Peterson * Marc Lamont Hill * Michael Eric Dyson * Mark Anthony Neal * Kyra Gaunt * Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. * Imani Perry * and more
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Sohail Daulatzai is an assistant professor in African American Studies and Film and Media Studies at the University of California. He is currently in production on a documentary film on the history of hip-hop and African American Islam in the United States, and is also an executive producer on a benefit album for imprisoned Muslim leader Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown). Daulatzai lives in Los Angeles, California.
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