The lethal combination of Nas and Hit-Boy isn’t done with 2021 just yet. The Grammy Award-winning duo announced on Thursday (December 23) plans for a third project together titled Magic, which will arrive in mere hours and hit streaming services at midnight ET on Friday (December 24) as a Christmas gift under the tree.
The King’s Disease pair is set to collide for nine brand new tracks on Magic, with guest appearances coming from A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier on the same song. “Wave Gods” will serve as Nas and Premo’s first collaboration in a decade following 2011’s “Regeneration.”
“MAGIC is in the air. Midnight et brand new music to vibe to,” the Queensbridge legend wrote on Twitter. HipHopDX 2021 Producer of the Year nominee Hit-Boy added to the excitement on Instagram by writing, “2021 is not over. Completely new album. New beats new raps. I love all Y’all.”
After being introduced by Big Sean, Nas and Hit-Boy first connected for King’s Disease in August 2020, which went on to take home Best Rap Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards. The momentum continued this past summer with King’s Disease II, which is looking to earn Nas and Hit-Boy back-to-back Best Rap Album awards at the 2022 Grammys in January.
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Nas teased Magic in an interview with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden in August, in which he also hailed Hit-Boy as the Quincy Jones to his Michael Jackson.
“He’s like my Quincy [Jones], you know what I mean?” he said. “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. I think what we have is magic.”
Nas the GOAT. Nuff said…
If Nas really pulls off 3 of these in a row I don’t wanna hear any more of that “Jay Z is the goat” talk. Billions and Beyoncé don’t mean shit next to a dude still doing it at this level since the early 90’s
Exactly!!! Nas music getting better with time. We ain’t talking business we talking hip hop bar for bar, Catalog for Catalog. Nas keeps delivering.
Nas is 1000 times beter than gay z, + even Pac was a nas fan!
Facts, Pac loved Nas, until that crazy beef.
Jay and Nas is like Jordan and LeBron at this point. You got so many dudes who lived vicariously through Jay and Mike, you can’t have a serious GOAT discussion because they’ll take it personally. And they’ll only acknowledge the loses fit LeBron and Nas. They’ll talk about Nastradamus all day, but not a word about Kingdom Come or BP2. You still got dudes out here lying to themselves about It Was Written.
all his volume albums w the exception of 2, bp3, magna carta: holy fail, & 4:44 were aal less than empty. cant even use the terminology that they ‘sucked ass’, bevause even albums that suck ass, include dope joints…
Always down for new Nas music. Now with CLB out of the running for Best Rap Album, Nas has a better chance at winning a back to back Grammy. I would say Donda, but ever since Kanye was talking shit about the Grammys and pissing on his trophies, I think he’s hurt his chances at winning anything from now on. King’s Disease II is more deserving anyway, strongest album out of the nominations.
Okay it makes sense….that’s why he’s been in these interviews lately discussing music…hell to the yeah-yeah! Jigga need to let Nas become his positive inspiration to create again
stoked!
…so whats HOV putting out on the 24th?!
Get ready for more Magic.
Nas going for the trifecta! I’m all for it!
Love how Jay talking about he wouod wash anyone in Verzuz but probably wont even compete and then Nas just drops a fukin album on him. Hahhaa
Yep. Some people have to campaign every time they’re interviewed while the actual GOAT just keeps dropping heat.
Nas and Premo were together on DJ Khaled’s hiphop I wouldn’t say they haven’t collabed since 2011
Nas is half man, half amazing! He is the Greatest of All Time.
How can anyone say as a rapper they are better than Nas? Really folks!!! Listen to this new album!!!! Stop bullshitting and just listen….Album is insane!!!! Complete fire!!!