1994 was a cultural golden year for New York City. In April, Nas, then a young MC from Queensbridge, released Illmatic, now widely regarded as one of the finest hip-hop albums of all time. In June, the Knicks made it all the way to the NBA Finals, taking advantage of a Michael Jordan-less Eastern Conference, and the Rangers won their first Stanley Cup in over 50 years. In September, The Notorious B.I.G. released Ready to Die, his own genre-defining debut. And, the same month that Illmatic touche...
1994 was a cultural golden year for New York City. In April, Nas, then a young MC from Queensbridge, released Illmatic, now widely regarded as one of the finest hip-hop albums of all time. In June, the Knicks made it all the way to the NBA Finals, taking advantage of a Michael Jordan-less Eastern Conference, and the Rangers won their first Stanley Cup in over 50 years. In September, The Notorious B.I.G. released Ready to Die, his own genre-defining debut. And, the same month that Illmatic touche...
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