Many have considered how this digital ecosystem influences the buying and selling of music. But a related question has mostly escaped inquiry: How does it impact the way music is honored and remembered?
Illmatic's release initially flew under the mainstream radar. It sold just a few thousand copies in its first week and didn't achieve platinum status until years later.
In the decades since, it has steadily accumulated accolades. Illmatic is high on many all-time greatest albums lists (in any genre), and in 2021, was the first hip-hop album inducted into the Library of Congress.
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