On the heels of winning his first Grammy Award, Nas’s Illmatic album will be inducted into the Library of Congress, the Library said in a statement.

Nas’s debut album has been widely copied and proven broadly influential, featuring samples crafted by a group of “deeply talented and experienced producers” such as Q-Tip, Large Professor, Pete Rock, L.E.S. and DJ Premier, Library of Congress said.

“The sound they forged features gritty drums, hazy vinyl samples and snatches of jazz and ‘70s R&B. It has been described as the sound of a kid in Queensbridge ransacking his parents’ record collection. While the album pulls no punches about the danger, struggle and grit of Queensbridge, Nas recalls it as a musically rich environment that produced many significant rappers, and that he “felt proud being from Queensbridge…. [W]e were dressed fly in Ballys and the whole building was like a family,” stated in the Library of Congress release.

While the prolific album didn’t receive a great deal of mainstream attention after its release in 1994, the album joins a list of 25 albums that the Library seeks to preserve.

“The National Recording Registry will preserve our history through these vibrant recordings of music and voices that have reflected our humanity and shaped our culture for the past 143 years,” Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said in a statement according to XXL magazine.

Earlier this month, the rapper won a Grammy for Best Rap Album for his 2020 album King’s Disease.