![]() ![]() Dre‘s “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang”, the opening seconds of “Wave Gods” hear West Coast hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg‘s iconic line, “Ready to make an entrance, so back on up.” Nas also pays homage to Wu-Tang Clan on “Wu for the Children”, Big L on “Ugly”, and, of course, slips in deep, lyrical messages on songs like “The Truth” and “Dedicated”. A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier make an appearance on “Wave Gods”, which carries the very same East Coast conscious rap vibes that have defined Jones’ career. This latest offering from Nas hears nine tracks over 29 minutes and contains just two featured artists. ![]() Frequent collaborators as of late, the relationship between the two dates back to 2020 with the release of King’s Disease and marks their third album together. ![]() Magic marks Nas’ second full-length album of 2021, following the August 6th release of King’s Disease II, which also saw production work from Hit-Boy. Arriving on December 24th via Mass Appeal Records, Magic sees production work from Hit-Boy, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Nas (real name Nasir Jones). ![]() Listen below.Nas treated fans to a surprise release over the holiday weekend, dropping his 14th studio album, Magic. Nas has also unveiled a new webstore featuring merch designed by Cali Thornhill Dewitt and creative-directed by Kanye West. Kanye tweeted earlier this week that he and Nas were “trying new ideas” based on “gut feeling,” so it’s entirely possible that the allegedly “done” album has actually changed a lot. Who can say how much the album has changed since then knowing West, the whole thing could have been scrapped and reworked in the week leading up to this release. Nas’s most recent record, Life Is Good,was released in 2012, and DJ Khaled’s “Nas Album Done” came out in 2016. It’s the latest in a series of G.O.O.D Music summer releases that began with Pusha T’s DAYTONA and continued with West’s own ye and the West/Kid Cudi collaboration Kids See Ghosts next on the schedule after Nas is a new album from Teyana Taylor. Kanye West’s multiweek foray into seven-track albums on G.O.O.D Music continues with Nasir, the new album from hip-hop icon Nas. ![]()
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