Nas and DJ Premier have lastly introduced the title and launch date for his or her long-teased collaborative album: Gentle-Years is out December 12 by way of Mass Enchantment. See the album cowl—that includes {a photograph} by Danny Hastings and artwork route by Mike Lukowski of Mass Enchantment—beneath.
Nas and DJ Premier have labored collectively for the majority of their careers, relationship again to the Queens rapper’s iconic 1994 debut, Illmatic. The artists reunited final yr for “Outline My Title” and started to tease an album.
Gentle-Years caps Mass Enchantment’s yearlong celebration of New York hip-hop that has included new albums from Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, the late Large L, and De La Soul.
Nas shared his newest studio album, Magic 3, in September 2023. DJ Premier, this yr, has launched collaborations with Roc Marciano (The Coldest Career) and Ransom (The Reinvention).
Examine Nas’ Illmatic at No. 5 in Pitchfork’s “The 100 Finest Rap Albums of All Time.”
