"It Ain't Hard To Tell" is the second single and last track from American rapper Nas' debut album, Illmatic.

The first single, "Halftime," was released two years prior to Illmatic's debut.

"It Ain't Hard To Tell" was produced by Large Professor, and samples Michael Jackson's 1983 hit single "Human Nature", "N.T."

by Kool & the Gang, "Long Red" by Mountain and "Slow Dance" by Stanley Clarke.

Nas created a homage to Wild Style (1983), the first hip hop motion picture, while shooting the music video, as he shot portions of the clip on the same stage used for the final scene of Willy Style.