Nas has launched the tracklisting of his remaining album with Hit-Boy and it has just one visitor contributor, albeit a extremely notable one: Lil Wayne.
Magic 3 would be the conclusive installment of the duo’s six-album, two-trilogy run that earned them two Grammy nominations and one win for Finest Rap Album in 2021.
The LP is about to drop on Friday (September 15) — a day after the Queens rapper turns 50 — and is made up of 15 songs, amongst which is a minimize titled “By no means Die.” This may mark Nas and Wayne’s third crossover, and the primary time solely the 2 of them will rap on a report collectively.
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The 2 Hip Hop veterans first joined forces on Nas and Damian Marley’s 2010 album, Distant Family, which hosted the Younger Cash mogul and Joss Stone on the track, “My Technology.”
The next yr, the Mass Enchantment co-founder appeared on the “Outro” of Tunechi’s Tha Carter IV alongside Bun B, Busta Rhymes and Shyne.
In 2016, throughout a conversation with REVOLT’s Andre Harrell, the East Coast MC mentioned the trendy state of Hip Hop and even revealed his favourite artists of the style on the time: Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Rick Ross and, after all, Lil Wayne.
Nas and Wayne’s admiration for each other goes manner again. To have them collaborate as soon as once more is a deal with to Hip Hop fans, particularly since it is going to be part of the 50-year-old New Yorker’s final hurrah in laying certainly one of his extra prolific phases to relaxation.
Wheras the King’s Illness trilogy by Nas and Hit-Boy was promoted a good quantity round every drop, the Magic sequence has been delicate and launched on quick discover. Up to now, the primary two elements have featured cameos from A$AP Rocky, DJ Premier, 50 Cent and 21 Savage.