Premier told fans at a show in Africa that he wants to produce an album for Nas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaO2cVhKknI&feature=player_embedded
Nas, who recently accused Def Jam of stalling the release of his new mixtape, Lost Tapes 2, has yet to give a response to Premier on the possibility. The two talked about doing the project as early as 2006, and Nas spoke to MTV about it in 2008, as well as about wanting to do an album with Dr. Dre. The upcoming Lost Tapes 2 is produced by Pete Rock; if the other two projects were to come to fruition, it would mark collaborations with arguably the three greatest producers in hip-hop.
Nas clearly wants to make an impact on the hip-hop world in the near future judging from his statements in the "open letter" he wrote to Def Jam about stalling his album: "Open the REAL budget. This is a New York pioneer's ALBUM, there ain't many of us." He is by no means afraid to expand his career to include interesting collaborations in order to do that, shown by the album with Damian Marley released in May of this year, Distant Relatives.
The making of that album was an early example of Nas sitting on the idea of a collaboration album. Ever since "Road to Zion," the track on Damian's 2005 album Welcome to Jamrock, Nas had wanted to do an entire album with the reggae-rapper, which was to be completed five years later.
Nas announced on his Twitter on September 15 that Lost Tapes 2 is coming soon.
I'm a big fan of Nas' earlier works, but I feel like he hasn't been coming as raw and hardcore since the turn of the century. I think his biggest mistake was squashing the beef with Jay-Z, I see that as a sign of weakness. I think two really good collaborations Nas should think about is maybe with Kanye West and Lady Gaga since they dominate the charts and know how to make hits. More than anything that would help is career, but I always look forward to new cuts from the God's Son
ReplyDeleteI agree, nothing has been as good all the way through since "It Was Written." Yeah, beefs are meant to boost the careers of both rappers but Jay-Z definitely came out on top of that deal. He's still overall successful and I respect him for going political since he can't rap about the streets anymore. Hey, that type of collabo helped Eminem's new album, I can't complain about the album with Damian Marley, though, that sounds nice
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