Nas: Time Is Illmatic (2014)

A whole film about one record, and it earns it. Time Is Illmatic digs into how Nas made his 1994 debut, Illmatic, and the Queensbridge housing projects and family history that shaped it. Producers and peers such as Pete Rock, Q-Tip and Marley Marl explain the beats, while his father Olu Dara and brother Jungle give it more weight than a making-of. At 74 minutes it is the quickest watch on the list. Free with ads on Tubi, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, The CW, Plex and YouTube's free movies, and free with a library card on Kanopy and Hoopla.