Nasir

Description

Hip-Hop icon Nas whos legendary career spans over two decades as one of the undisputed greatest MCs of all time releases his 11th studio album, and his first new solo release since 2012s Life Is Good. NASIRs seven tracks are produced by Kanye West. West was also creative director for the exclusive Cali Thornhill Dewitt designed merch collab, which will be available on .
NASIR is the fourth of five consecutive weekly albums produced by West, each with seven tracks: Pusha Ts Daytona, Kanye Wests ye, the Kids See Ghosts collaboration between Kanye and Kid Cudi, Nas NASIR, and next weeks finale from Teyana Taylor.
Nas (Nasir Jones) first reached an international audience when his track Halftime was tapped by producer MC Serch as the opening cut on 1992s 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 Aint 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 Sweet 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 Wont See Me Tonight (featuring Aaliyah).