Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Illmatic/archive2

Illmatic

 * Nominator(s): Davest3r08 > : )  (talk) 13:52, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

This article is about Illmatic, the debut album of American rapper Nas. It was recorded between 1992 to 1993, and covers topics such as poverty, gangs, and desolation. Although the album was released to initially low sales, it was well recieved by music critics and was later certified 2x platinum in the United States and gold in the United Kingdom and Canada. It also renewed interest in East Coast hip-hop/rap and is considered a landmark work of the genre. This is my first nomination at WP:FAC, and, if everything goes well, I will nominate this article for TFA on April 19 of this year, the album's 30th anniversary. Davest3r08 > : ) (talk) 13:52, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I would have to oppose and recommend withdrawal based on the cleanup tag in the accolades section and multiple unreferenced sentences. Heartfox (talk) 20:30, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Actually, you're right. I should do that first. I withdraw my nomination for the time being. — Davest3r08 > : )  (talk) 20:49, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

As the nomination is still open, I'll add a comment. At a glance, this article looks very long. WP:XTools tells me that it is in excess of 11,000 words of readable prose (see here), not counting tables and the such. This is almost certainly too long, and I would advise seeing what can be done to get it down to a more manageable length before renominating. TompaDompa (talk) 23:16, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 01:16, 21 March 2024 (UTC)