Any objective rap fan of a certain age approaches legacy albums like Nas and DJ Premier’s Light-Years with learned skepticism. For 30-odd years, rap was exclusively a young person’s game, defined by ...

Hip-hop has always been driven by moments. Some moments define generations. Some reset the culture. And some return decades later with the same force they once carried. The announcement of Light-Years ...

For the past few months, Mass Appeal Records has been releasing a series of albums from New York rap greats under its Legend Has It… banner, including projects from Big L, De La Soul, Ghostface Killah ...

Nas and DJ Premier revisit their creative chemistry from Illmatic with new material that nods to past classics. The project reflects a decades-long collaboration that helped shape the sound of East ...

It took decades of pestering, but golden-era hip-hop heads finally got their wish. The duo’s synergy has been obvious since the Queensbridge rapper’s 1994 debut, Illmatic, which features three ...

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On December 12, Nas and DJ Premier will finally release their long-awaited joint album after decades of speculation under the auspices of Mass Appeal Records’ Legend Has It… banner. Today, they ...

All-time rap greats Nas and DJ Premier have been working together for more than three decades. Premier produced three of the 10 tracks on Nas' almighty 1994 debut Illmatic, and the two have made a lot ...

We are less than a month away from the Nas and DJ Premier collaboration album. While on stage in England with The Alchemist, Preemo revealed the album is set for Dec. 12. “How many people are ready ...

Nas and DJ Premier’s joint album is reportedly slated for release in December 2025, revealed via a Comic-Con flyer De La Soul’s new album, set for November, is titled Cabin in the Sky, inspired by a ...

Nas and DJ Premier’s long-promised joint album has officially outwaited Detox. Yet unlike Dr. Dre’s scrapped release, this one is actually on the way. Or so they say it is. You can’t knock a little ...