God’s Son Is Back: Nas Announces Long-Awaited New LP

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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New York rapper Nas has announced plans to release a long-awaited new solo album later this year.

According to reports, Nasty Nas broke the big news to drop a summer album during an Orlando, Florida concert this past weekend.

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Last year, Nas revealed clocking in studio time with producer Timbaland and working on his Time Is Illmatic documentary gave him the inspiration needed for another studio release.

“I started working with Tim, I want to say a year and a half ago. I think it was the same year I dropped my last album, Life is Good. I started with Tim and it felt really powerful; it felt like it was really powerful. And I stepped back from it. Tim’s like, “What are you doing?” and I’m like, “I just need a minute to like — I just need a minute to take it all in, just live a little and enjoy day-by-day stuff and daily stuff I’m doing.” It’s just — I didn’t want to go back in the studio that quick. I felt like I needed to be inspired. … I wasn’t really, really, really inspired, to tell you the truth, until we started to, kind of, embark on this 20th anniversary. It wasn’t ’til then that I really started to feel it.” (NPR)

In 2013, the rap veteran admitted he decided to fall back on announcing his forthcoming project because it may have been too premature.

“I got a little busy, and I wasn’t sure it was really a real fit for the record. It felt like I came up with it too easy. And I like that because “Life Is Good” came up on its own. It just popped in my head. So the next title came up in a similar way, but it was probably too early.” (Huffington Post)

In summer 2013, Nas said life was inspiring his next solo album’s content.

“Life. I feel like Alexander Graham Bell, knowing that he’s about to do something that’s never been done. I’m bursting with excitement, but focused more than I’ve been in the past. I’m at a place where there’s so many things that ain’t been said. Things I’ve seen that I never talked about that I wanna share. I’m so excited to tell this story because it’s real sh*t. It’s needed. I hate to sound like that–to say it’s needed for hip-hop–but f*ck it. It is.” (VIBE)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

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  1. illmatic
    It was written
    Iam. (Favor 4 favor ,small world)
    Stillmatic
    Godson (most underrated nas album)
    Untitled/Nigga

    All classic works imo
    Jus the lyrical content
    The rhyme schemes and patterns
    Story telling ability
    Nas probably drop another classic from the lyrical standpoint but its jus sad the industry too dumbed down to reconginze it

    • That’s a damn good list. I agree with every choice on there. Only one I would add is The Lost Tapes. Every album you named is fire though. Street’s Disciple not his best, but even that has some dope cuts.

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