Damian Marley and Nas teamed up last year for their first collaborative album Distant Relatives, touring together since last year. But now that the tour is a wrap, the reggae artist says that there are no immediate plans to continue the project and hopes that they’ll be able to one day make a sequel.
“For a while. This will be the last we’re doing in America for a while,” he told Longhorn Hip Hop, shifting to the prospect of a follow-up LP. “That would be nice. Hopefully.”
He also spoke on the reaction he got from African listeners. Though the two never made it to the continent to perform, he says that it’s helped to form a bridge between the western hemisphere and Africa.
“Yes. Well I want to tell you that one of the things that’s left to do with this project is go to Africa and perform. But most of the people we’ve spoken to so far, yes, I embrace it as a great idea. I think it helps to strengthen the bridge between the western hemisphere and Africa.”
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Nas collabs coming/rumored
Nas/Common
Nas/Premo
Nas/J Cole
Nas Mobb Deep
Nas/AZ
Nas/Game
Nas/Raekwon
Nas/Damian Marley 2
Nas need to get off the collab and drop a album of his own, what this nigga dont have enough songs on his own
nas j.cole and nas game? i didn’t hear about them.
Nas is too ill everyone wants to work with this nigga…..don’t forgot Nas/Jay-z
Marley, Premo & Common collabos all sound good to me. Fuck the rest. Distant Relatives 2!
Nas/AZ should of been made back in the ninties.
U people wanna know why all these artists wanna work with him is coz he knows how to make Modern Classic hip-hop compared to YMCMB and their pop shit.
I Swear Damian goes harder than 90% of all these rappers.The mans whole catalouge has substance most these rappers will never match
nah u wrong 100% of dese rappers
Jr gong will murder any rapper matter of fact almost any artist from Jamaica will murder dese rappers richie spice is dat Nigga too
Agreed man one of a kind in our modern times. The Marley’s definitely have a gift.
i just spoke on this yesterday wow!!! i hope they do it. loved that album. something about the roots reggae and hip-hop just goes together so well.
A Damian Marley/Nas Track with a Ziggy Marley Hook…. that would be soooooo fresh!
A sequel unfortunately probably wouldn’t be worth it considering da cd went over alotta ppl’s heads dat were expecting it to be a Nas cd rather than a collaboration.I truly appreciate it & will enjoy it for many yrs to come. #DISTANTRELATIVESCLASSIC
Excited to hear this. Hopefully, it will go through because the first one is a modern classic. Still sounds fresh every time I listen to it.
^^ co-sign
Such an under appreciated album. Considering the theme of the project they should definitely do some shows in Africa.
Amen. My favorite album of 2010, and a all-times favorite of mine. Over 3 years later, and this album still holds it’s ground. I consider it a classic.
Why is Nas wasting his time and talent with this reggae bum?
hahaha that “Reggae Bum” is worth 20 million USD, he’s 3 mil richer than Nas lol. Not sayin Nas isn’t a Legend, cus he is and I’ve supported him since Illmatic but credit where credit is due son, this album is a modern day classic.