| Upcoming Nas and DJ Premier album | ||||
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| Studio album by Nas and DJ Premier | ||||
| Released | 2025 | |||
| Recorded | 2024–25 | |||
| Studio | Kaufman Astoria Studios (New York) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Label | Mass Appeal | |||
| Producer | DJ Premier | |||
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American rapper Nas and record producer DJ Premier are scheduled to release a collaborative album through Mass Appeal sometime in 2025.
In January 2006,during an interview for Scratch ,Nas announced that he would be working with DJ Premier on a collaboration album. [1]
In 2011,Nas revealed that the album was still in the works. [2]
On April 19,2024,a new single entitled "Define My Name" was released by Nas and DJ Premier,to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Nas' debut album Illmatic (1994). In the track,they announced that their long-awaited collaborative album was "coming soon",with a press release by Mass Appeal Records stating that it would be released in late 2024. [3]
On April 16,2025,Mass Appeal Records announced a series titled Legend Has It...,which features seven albums coming in 2025,from Nas &DJ Premier,Ghostface Killah,Raekwon,Mobb Deep,De La Soul,Big L,and Slick Rick. [4] [5]