Nas: God’s Son completely delivers with his ‘Legend Has It…’ compilation album
If you’re anything like me and my love for movies - there’s something about behind the scenes and those cast interviews - well, Nasir Jones a.k.a. Nas comes through in an epic way with his Legend Has It… studio album drop focusing on a handful of his guest appearances on anthems plus his details about the collaborations.
It’s pure genius and long overdue. Completely lose your mind on this musical drop.
GRAMMY-Award winning rap icon Nas released the Legend Has It.. Nas Feature Presentation - a curated digital and physical release highlighting all of Nas’ featured guest appearances across the Legend Has It… album series. Listen HERE.
Each track comes with exclusive commentary from Nas offering deeper insight into his collaborations on each album and also includes Nas’ original verse on “Omerta” from Raekwon's The Emperor's New Clothes.
Inspired by the classic, raw Smack DVD culture of the early 2000s, the Legend Has It.. Nas Feature Presentation creates a one-of-a-kind collector experience for diehard hip hop fans alike - available now at shop.massappeal.com.
Spearheaded by Mass Appeal, the Legend Has It… series, celebrates some of the most important and influential Hip Hop artists of all time, gifting a year long run of historic releases from culture defining artists including; Nas, DJ Premier, Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Big L & De La Soul. Nas and DJ Premier closed out the Legend Has It…renaissance with the release of their highly anticipated collaborative albumLight-Years via Mass Appeal. Light-Years is a 30-year working legacy reborn, further cementing their status as one the greatest rapper-producer duos of all time. Listen to the album HERE.
Mass Appeal also recently announced the launch of Imagine That, inviting fans to submit their dream artist-to-artist or artist-to-producer collaborations and see which project Mass Appeal will bring to life. Fans can visit https://imaginethat.massappealrecs.com to get started on building their dream collab by selecting up to 4 artists and 4 producers they would want to hear together on a project. Once their lineup is set, an Imagine That visual will be generated featuring their dream lineup to share across social platforms and spark conversation. From there, fans can follow every step of the journey from submission and final selections, to signings and insight into the very moment the music is made.
About Nas
Nas (Nasir Jones) first reached an international audience when his track “Halftime” was tapped by producer MC Serch as the opening cut on 1992’s Zebrahead movie soundtrack. Signed to Columbia Records, the first full-length album by poet and rhyme-master Nas arrived in 1994, Illmatic. The RIAA platinum hip-hop landmark featured “It Ain’t Hard To Tell,” “The World Is Yours,” and “One.” 1996 brought the breakthrough double-platinum It Was Written (#1 R&B for 7 weeks, #1 pop for 4 weeks), with his first major crossover singles “Street Dreams” and “If I Ruled the World (Imagine That).” Success continued with the double-platinum I Am in 1999 (again #1 pop and #1 R&B), with the chart singles “Nas Is Like,” “Hate Me Now” (featuring Puff Daddy), and “You Won’t See Me Tonight” (featuring Aaliyah).
Subsequent albums by Nas included: the RIAA platinum Nastradamus (1999, #2 R&B, #7 pop, with “Nastradamus” and “You Owe Me,” featuring Ginuwine); the platinum Stillmatic (2001, #1 R&B, #5 pop, with “Got Ur Self A…,” “ “One Mic,” and “Rule”); the platinum God’s Son (2002, #1 R&B, with huge R&B/pop crossover hits “Made You Look” and “I Can”); and the platinum double-CD Street’s Disciple (2004, #2 R&B, #5 pop, with “Bridging the Gap” and “Just a Moment”). And his 2012 album, Life Is Good earned him 4 Grammy nominations including Rap Album of the Year and is certified RIAA gold.
Over the years, Nas has also been the featured guest on a number of crossover hits by other artists, among them: Allure (“Head Over Heels,” 1997); Missy Elliott (the #1 “Hot Boyz,” 1999); fellow Queensbridge rapper Mobb Deep (“It’s Mine,” 1999); Jagged Edge (“I Got It 2,” 2002); J-Lo (“I’m Gonna Be Alright,” 2002); Kanye West (“Classic (Better Than I’ve Ever Been),” 2006); DJ Khaled (“Nas Album Done,” 2016); Swizz Beats (“Echo,” 2018); Jhene Aiko (“10K Hours,” 2020) and others.
In August 2020, Nas released King’s Disease. King’s Disease marked Nas’ first new album in 2 years. The album was entirely produced by Hit-Boy, and Gabriel “G Code” Zardes serves as the albums co-executive producer. The album won “Best Rap Album” at the 2021 GRAMMYs, marking Nas’ first ever GRAMMY win.
In August of 2021, Nas released King’s Disease II, a sequel to the GRAMMY Award winning album. King’s Disease II was executive produced by Nas and Hit-Boy and features collaborations with Eminem, EPMD, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, YG, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Hit-Boy & more. Most recently, the album earned a nomination for “Best Rap Album” at the 64th GRAMMY Awards.
In November 2022, Nas released the third installment of the King’s Disease series. With no features, King’s Disease III was produced by Hit-Boy and executive produced by Nas and Hit-Boy.
In addition to his successful career in music, Nas has pursued a career in motion pictures that began with his co-starring role (alongside DMX) in 1998’s cult classic crime drama Belly, a film by director Hype Williams (with whom Nas has done several music videos). Most recently, he was the executive producer of the 2016 Netflix series The Get Down.
Nas is also the co-founder of Mass Appeal Records.
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