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Pitchfork wrote: Nas has announced plans to release a 20th Anniversary edition of his classic debut album, Illmatic. The reissue, Illmatic XX, will feature a bonus disc containing rare remixes, demos, and freestyles. Illmatic XX is out April 15 via Sony Legacy. Check out the tracklist below, and listen to the Stink Mix of "It Ain't Hard to Tell" over at Rap Genius.

Time Is Illmatic, a feature-length documentary about the making of the album, will also be released in 2014, directed by One9 and Erik Parker.

Nas will tour the U.S. in the spring, performing Illmatic from front to back. The tour kicks off with a show at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and includes stops at both weekends of Coachella. More info on the tour will be announced soon.

Illmatic XX:

Disc One:

01 The Genesis
02 N.Y. State of Mind
03 Life's a Bitch
04 The World Is Yours
05 Halftime
06 Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park)
07 One Love
08 One Time 4 Your Mind
09 Represent
10 It Ain't Hard to Tell

Disc Two:

01 I'm a Villain (previously unreleased)
02 The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show on WKCR October 28, 1993 (previously unreleased freestyle)
03 Halftime (Butcher Remix)
04 It Ain't Hard to Tell (Remix) (promo single)
05 One Love (LG Main Mix)
06 Life's a Bitch (Arsenal Mix) (promo single)
07 One Love (One L Main Mix)
08 The World Is Yours (Tip Mix)
09 It Ain't Hard to Tell (The Stink Mix) (UK single)
10 It Ain't Hard to Tell (The Laidback Remix) (UK single)