Nas has been enjoying his victory lap following the release of his King’s Disease 2 sequel and becoming a co-owner of Escobar Cigars.
Speaking to Apple Music’s Ebro Darden on Rap Life Radio on Friday (August 27), Nas compared Hit-Boy, who produced the entire effort and earned HipHopDX’s 2020 Producer of the Year honors, to the legendary 28-time Grammy Award winner Quincy Jones.
“He’s like my Quincy [Jones], you know what I mean?” said Nas. “So I feel like the next thing I do, if I was to work with Hit-Boy on the next thing I do, I think that we might do something that is going to be magical.”
Nas went on to tease the idea of doing a third installment of the King’s Disease series down the line. The first, earned the Queensbridge legend his first-ever Grammy Award win.
“I think what we have is magic,” he continued to shower Hit-Boy with praise. “I think if we do another one, I’m excited about that idea, but you know, we’re celebrating this one now.”
During an after-party for King’s Disease 2, Hit-Boy flaunted his lethal connection in the studio with Nas and seemed to take a couple of subliminal shots at Kanye West.
Nas Is The New Co-Owner Of Escobar Cigars
“It’s just me and Nas in the studio,” he said. “There be n-ggas in the studio. It’s just me and bro, bro. Do y’all hear this shit? It’s just me and this n-gga in the studio. He’s barred up, I’m making beats. No hooplah.
“We not on fuckin’ Twitter botherin’ y’all. We not on IG Live putting a weird-ass stream up, n-gga. We doin’ this shit for real though, n-gga! Stop playin’!”
Will be a legendary trilogy
Nas and Hitboy definitely have good music chemistry, but come on Nas—don’t forget your boy Salaam Remi! Everything they do together is amazing. Hopefully they work together again in the future too.
YES. he gets a lot of hate but Salaam has been behind a handful of Nas classics…
Thief’s Theme
Get Down
Nazareth Savage
Made You Look
like, c’mon. smh
True, some of Nas’ best tracks were made by Salaam.
Salaam remi fuckiing sucks. He’s the main reason people say Nas beat selection is garbage… facts!
nas looks like a complete stoner.
@Evan And you look like you work at Best Buy you white boy BUM. Don’t ever disrespect the God, GUEST.
Nah he tweakin
How’s what Hit-boy said in subliminal shots at Kanye? A producer and rapper alone in the studio working is foundational to Hip-Hop.
What Kanye tends to do is to gather a team of creatives in music, production, design, etc to try and evolve the art form of hip hop, not just sonically, but aesthetically too.
I think Hit-Boy is proud and humbled by the fact that he knows how to successfully tap into the foundation of making hip hop music and has excelled in a classic way. Nas shines on the beats as an OG and understands and respects it too. A good combination for ongoing success. Keep it coming.
Nah we need a billmatic
Oy. Hit Boy is MEH. Theres other producers, use them.
It’s actually ridiculous how good King’s Disease 2 is.
Just one Primo produced album bro….can we EVER get that? Been calling for that since like ’99 smh…
Sorry I don’t get the hype, I think both kings disease were underwhelming. Great lyrics but let down by sub par twinkle beats. Nas classics are illmatic and the message. If Nas wants to create another classic he needs premier, Pete rock, large professor etc
Nas is a broken sell out who just wants to remain relevant at all cost. Hes worked with premo, large professor, dre, salaam and no id, yet hit boy is his quincy? How hard is he reaching to appeal to these kids?
I’d be surprised if these kids knew who Quincy was
How is Nas desperate to appeal to the kids? His music literally sounds nothing like what’s hot among the 15-30 age bracket these days
Facts bro, there are plenty of hiphop connoisseurs that prefer NAS and his type of lyrics to mumble rap and auto-tune rap.
I enjoy the Kings Disease albums. It shows where Nas is at in his life while hooking up with his veteran peers as well as new school cats who look up to Nas. And I think Hit-Boy’s beats suit Nas’ current stage well. Grown man rap at its best.
Spot on….
WTF is wrong with Nasir these days?
Getting money.. broke boy!
Fantastic work-from-home opportunity for everyone, Work for three to eight hours a day and start getting paid in the range of 7,000-14,000 dollars a month. Weekly payments……. Salary8.com
Salaam remi is garbage… part of the reason people used to hate on Nas’ beat selection… Premo is a legend but come on, when is the last time anyone’s felt motivated by a premium beat? Dude hasn’t evolved in years, no offense… large pro is good for a beat or three but I wouldn’t center a whole album around him… Kanye is lame/weird af now a days… Pete Rock will forever be a legend and amazing…. I think Nas found something great in linking up with Hit Boy… Nas sounds fresh n new without betraying himself… plus hit is well rounded af
Honestly I would like to hear Nas on more Hit boy shit but throw in Some Alchemist, statik selektah and No ID in there!!
Hit Boy is overrated, sonically King Disease 1 and 2 sounds like shit.The track Epmd 2 sounds like it was mixed in a cave.You put Hit boy over Premier, come on man, stop drinkin.
It ain’t my fault if premo hit his peak on 1999 … he’s a legend no doubt… but come on… name 5 hot premo joints that have come out since 2010….. other than the joint with Griselda… which was a recycled beat by the way
Papoose – Turn it UP
The Lox – Move forward
Fat Joe -your honor
His project with Royce Da 59
joey badass- Unorthodox
And the list goes on….
He ‘s here since the 1990’s , he had his name on many classic Hip hop records …name one classic project from hitboy, please
Papoose – Turn it UP The Lox – Move forward Fat Joe -your honor His project with Royce Da 59 joey badass- Unorthodox And the list goes on…. He ‘s here since the 1990’s , he had his name on many classic Hip hop records …name one classic project from hitboy, please
i agree 100% about premo he has not evolved and his production is always just “pretty good” never something you go back to… salaam has his moments but it gets weak, This latest nas album is very good
Thank you… somebody gets it! Don’t get me wrong the golden era of hip hop (1992-2000) is my absolutely favorite era of rap and I respect all the legends from that time… but a premo album for Nas at this point wouldn’t be much to be wowed about. Premo is waaayyyyy past his prime… not even close to it. And Salaam has some cool moments but way more lackluster, almost wack beats that come to mind
Salaam Remi is trash??? BRO WHERE ARE YOU ALL FROM STATE YOUR STATE AND CITY BEFORE YOU SPEAK ON RAP!!!!
I’m from NYC… my whole family is but currently reside in Baltimore… and yes Salaam Remi a few decent beats but overall dude is TRASH… yes… he’s the reason Nas Got dragged for his beat selection for years … everybody can’t be wrong about his beats I don’t wanna hear Nas over none of his beats nor any of Swizz either
I guess. nas don’t wanna rap over premier and professor because he probably feel like he gotta rap about smoking Ls and drinking henny in pissy hallways while blasting biz and whodini out of a fiends stereo…like he cant rap about anything else? maybe premier and professor beats too raw for this part of his life. you cant rap about stock options over scratched in vocal samples you gotta rap about pandemic trife life son nobody in the post pandemic hoods tryna hear someone rap about black opulence over a premo beat my g you rap about black forces walking by syringes when you rap over a premo beat yeah let hitboy make his new music Premier come get at a real emcee black forces music for souls my g
Hood don’t listen to Preemo beats. They don’t listen to Nas either. Unless you only talking about old heads.
What? I live in a neighborhood and I listen to Preemo beats and definitely listen to NAS. I bet your mom does too!
You’re an internet white boy, you never been to the hood. The only hoods that would listen to Preem are in NY, but even they are listening to wack artists like Fivio and Dave East.
Stfu!
At the end of the day most of you fuckers have no clue what your talking about, just spewing a worthless, pointless opinion when at the end of the day, ya’ll gonna burn in hell anyway…the you can enjoy your Kanye and Nas brats caue you’ll all be in the same I Fresno with you’re losers….I mean heroes.
I agree bro! I look forward to meeting you in heaven! Love you bro
Goat Nas…
Folks have to understand that Nas has been in the game since 1991, first LP 1994 illmatic. Think for a second hip hoppers, fans and haters. It is 2021 and this dude is still pounding out good albums. Not just records but albums…Nas run is insane! This is rap music genre where most of your favorite rappers are done! Past Tense… Give Nas his flowers because I don’t see anyone past or present can fill his shoes rap music wise! Maybe Jay Z but that dude is now a Pop Artist! For real…
Man…. aint feeling hitboy as a producer. Period. Back to the Premo, Large Pro, Qtip, Pete Rock, Trackmasters, Havoc, Dre, … hell even EasyMoBee production. Even Nas knows that if Hitboy produced his Illmatic debut, he’d never would reach 5 mic status and Godlike MC respect from his peers and fans since 1994. Neva!
Uhhhhh this is dumb lol nas and firm were at their worst with dre producing
Come into the new millennium bro. Everyone else has.
i didn’t want to like this album. Nas my favorite rapper, but i wasn’t impressed with KDI. needless to say I had low expectations even after the Grammy win. I have to apologize. Hit-Boy got in his bag and brought out a polished nostalgic Nas we haven’t gotten in years. This is all Nas ever needed.
My issue w nas is he flip flop a lot. But thats part of growing up. KD2 is official moments, epmd2, pressure this and lloyd banks album are the best this yr