{{Infobox album|Name = Illmatic|Type = studio|Artist = Nas|Cover = |Released = April 19, 1994|Recorded = 1992–93; Battery Studios, Unique Studios, Chung King Studios, D&D Recording; New York City|Genre = Hip hop

|Label = Columbia|Producer = DJ Premier, Large Professor, [[L.E.S. It was released on April 19, 1994 by Columbia Records. Nas recorded the album during 1992 and 1993 in New York City. The producers were Nas, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S., and DJ Premier.