The album cover
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The main album cover shows a childhood photo of Nas in the foreground, while the streets of Queensbridge projects, where he grew up with his mother and brother, are seen in the background. In the disc and vinyl releases, there were multiple covers showing Nas walking through the projects, as well as sitting in one of the parks with a bunch of residents around him. In the documentary, Time Is Illmatic, his brother, Jungle, revealed that every man in that photo is now either dead or locked up, including the two young boys. He recalls that photoshoot as being a moment where people who even had beef united to be able to be part of the shoot for the album.
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