Nas gives us a sneak peek into the upcoming video for ‘The Don’, the first single off his new album Life is Good.
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4.19.2012
Nas – ‘The Don’ (Video Teaser)
Nas gives us a sneak peek into the upcoming video for ‘The Don’, the first single off his new album Life is Good.
4.17.2012
New Music: Nas – ‘Black Girl Lost Pt. 2′
Nas releases the follow up to his “Black Girl Lost” track off his 1996 album “It Was Written”. The song will not be appearing on his upcoming album “Life Is Good” album.
3.30.2012
Video: Nas Interview w/ Peter Rosenberg
Nas sat down with Peter Rosenberg at SXSW, as part of his Noisemakers interview series, for an in-depth chat about Jay-Z, Michael Jackson, his divorce and much more.
3.16.2012
New Music: Melanie Fiona ft. Nas – ‘Running’
Here's a new track Nasir did with Roc Nation’s Melanie Fiona. This one will be off her upcoming album The MF Life dropping on March 20th. Pre-order the album on Amazon now.
New Music: Nas – ‘The Don’ (Produced by Salaam Remi, Da Internz & Heavy D)
Here's Nas' new single off his upcoming album Life Is Good. Still no word on the album’s release date. The track was produced by Heavy D, Salaam Remi & Da Internz.
3.15.2012
Nas Releases Single Cover For "The Don"
Nas reveals the cover art for his new single "The Don."
Nas has revealed the cover art for his new single "The Don," premiering tonight on Funkmaster Flex's show on Hot 97.
The single, assumed to be off his upcoming untitled album, comes in the wake of his previous street single "Nasty." It is currently unclear when the LP will release.
Production duo Da Internz recently spoke on the album, likening it to It Was Written in terms of style and lyricism.
“This Nas album is not the Nas that is just like, This is cool. This is cute,” said Tuo. “This is the Nas like really, ‘I’m trying to tear the skin off your face.’ He’s not playing around. Nas is taking you back to the lyrics and concepts like It Was Written.”
2.18.2012
New Video: K’Naan – ‘Nothing To Lose’ (Feat. Nas)
K’Naan and Nas present their street adventures in the music video for their collaboration off More Beautiful Than Silence EP, in stores now. K’Naan will be releasing a new studio album later this year.
2.15.2012
Behind The Scenes: K’Naan ft. Nas – ‘Nothing To Lose’
Before the music video premieres on Friday, here’s some behind the scenes footage from K’Naan and Nas’ latest collaboration. More Beautiful Than Silence EP is out now.
1.20.2012
New Music: K’naan ft. Nas – 'Nothing To Lose'
Everyone’s favorite Somali rapper K’Naan is back again. This time he recruits Queen’s rapper Nas for this joint off his upcoming ‘More Beautiful Than Silence’ EP which drops on January 24th.
12.29.2011
Nas Reflects On Issues With Tupac And Working With Dr. Dre
Recently, Nas spoke on the 10th anniversary of Stillmatic. Today, God’s Son reflects on the album which garnered his first platinum plaque, 1996’s It Was Written. In an interview with XXL’s Carl Chery, he speaks on reaching the one million mark on that LP, working with Dr. Dre in the midst of the East Coast/West Coast beef, and Tupac having issues with him following “Street Dreams.”
For “Street Dreams” what was the process like to clear the Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams” sample?
Oh, they took everything. They took everything. Word. For real.
That song also partially led to ‘Pac taking issue with you ’cause he had the same track on All Eyez on Me that he released that same year. What was your reaction when you heard that ‘Pac accused you of taking the same track?
See, I was always into ‘Pac early before his controversial side blew up all over America and the world. I was already into his music. I saw him as a kindred spirit, I saw him as a brother, so it was like beefin’ with your brother. Not even beefin’, it felt like, your brother over there’s a little mad. This is an issue right now, so you gotta deal with it.
Below, Nas talks his studio experience with Dr. Dre and Lauryn Hill….
You worked with Dr. Dre in the middle of the East Coast/West Coast feud. What was the response on the East Coast?
It was unbelievable ‘cause Dre had The Chronic, he had Doggystle. And really that was it. So it was unbelievable. It was crazy.
So nobody was like, “Why you working with dude?”
Nah, they thought, “Wow, it’s amazing. It fucked ‘em up. Then Biggie had him and Bone Thugs. Nice move. I was like, “Wow, nice move.”
Do you feel like the Lauryn Hill has gained even more value over the years considering she doesn’t work with rappers anymore?
Yeah, yeah. That’s one of the reasons. All records gain value through the years, but definitely that. Lauryn’s one of those. True to the core at this shit. Everything about her, from her performance… she’s last of a dying breed.
Read the rest over at XXL
12.22.2011
Video: Common Interview With The Breakfast Club
The promo rounds continued for Common as he made a stop on The Breakfast club show on Power 105 this AM. He spoke yet again on ‘Sweet’, Serena Williams, One Day It’ll All Make Sense book, working with No I.D. and more. At the 14:30 mark, he confirms that Nas and him will release a joint album called Nas.com.
12.14.2011
Video: DJ Premier Confirms Joint Album With Nas
Hardknock TV chats with DJ Premier about his Regeneration project, working with Slick Rick & Nas, Guru’s passing and more. At the 3:40 mark, Premo has he has submitted beats for Nas’ forthcoming LP and they’re definitely going ahead with the joint album that has been talked about before.
12.03.2011
Video: Nas Sells His First Painting For 14K And Performs In Miami
While in Miami, Nasir apparently impressed someone with his artwork and sold it for 14 stacks with the amount going to charity. He also performed ‘NY State Of Mind’ and ‘Made You Look’ at Ricochet Lounge.
11.03.2011
New Music: Amy Winehouse ft. Nas – ‘Like Smoke’
Listen to Amy Winehouse’s “Like Smoke” featuring Nas. The new song, produced by Salaam Remi in 2008, is the lead single from the late, great singer’s upcoming posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, which will be released on December 5.
10.27.2011
Video: Nas On 106 & Park
Nas stopped by 106 & Park yesterday alongside with Eddie Murphy to promote the new movie Tower Heist for which Nas has created the lead single with Rick Ross. After promoting the movie above, Nas speaks on his first single ‘Nasty’, appreciation for Rick Ross and new album Life Is Good (below).
10.26.2011
New Video: Nas ft. Rick Ross – ‘Tower Heist’
You wish there was a proper video for the song but instead, we get some scenes from the movie coupled with brief in the studio footage. Better than nothing. The Brett Ratner directed film will hit theaters on November 4th.
10.13.2011
New Music: Nas ft. Rick Ross – "It's A Tower Heist"
A day after dropping the visuals for his 1st single ‘Nasty’, Nas drops his latest joint featuring MMG Boss Rick Ross. Produced by Salaam Remi.
Nas Covers XXL (November 2011)
Nas has completed 20 years in Hip-Hop and XXL has paid tribute to the legend by putting him on the cover of their November issue which hits news stands on October 25th. In the issue, he’s interviewed by Tyler, The Creator where they discuss music, religion, family, drugs, the Internet and much more. Below is an excerpt.
“Are you, like—this question might catch you off guard, but I ask myself this—like, when you wake up, like, are you happy,” Tyler asked. “Like, are you satisfied how everything turned out?”
“Dawg, I was naming my album Life Is Good because of how happy I am about how happy things have turned out,” Nas answered. “Sometimes I may wake up and wish my kids were living with me. That’s the only thing, you know what I mean? Our loved ones that are not around no more, like my mom. That’s the only thing. But other than that, everything is great, even when I’m alone. Even when there’s no one around.”
10.12.2011
New Video: Nas – ‘Nasty’
Nasir Jones finally premieres his long delayed video for the first single off his 10th studio album which is tentatively titled Life Is Good and is set for an early 2012 release. Jason Goldwatch did a good job.
9.22.2011
New Mixtape: DJ Rhude – ‘Nas: The Found Tapes’
While Nas reconsiders releasing The Lost Tapes II, DJ Rhude has gone ahead and made his own version of the project. The Found Tapes compiles a slew of tracks we've heard over the years from the Queensbridge MC, be it through online leaks or random spins on the radio. There's the original version of "Hope," a remix of "Street's Disciple" with Kool G. Rap, and "Projects 2 Hot," which features 50 Cent and Nature. Rhude has also done his best to master each track and make them CD quality. Yeah, it should go without saying that you should be downloading this now.
You can stream the mixtape below and download it here.