Unlike Kanye West, Nas managed to deliver his latest album on time with King’s Disease II. Now, he’s being rewarded with his best first-week position on the chart in nearly a decade.
According to Billboard, the thirteenth studio effort from the Queensbridge legend lands at No. 3 on Billboard 200 chart with over 56,000 total album-equivalent units earned. The Top 3 position is an improvement over the original King’s Disease, which debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart with roughly 47,000 total album-equivalent units earned.
It’s Nas’ highest charting album since 2012’s Life Is Good, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with roughly 149,000 copies sold.
King’s Disease II also marks Nas’ fifteenth Top 10 debut, 25 years after his first. His sophomore effort, It Was Written, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, his first of six chart toppers.
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Packing features from the likes of lead producer Hit-Boy, Eminem, 2021 HipHopDX Rising Star Blxst and more, the album features a remix to the King’s Disease track “EPMD” appropriately called “EPMD 2” featuring Erick Sermon, Parish Smith and Eminem.
“This was Hip Hop doing a full 360 and heading back to the golden era,” Smith told HipHopDX of the collaboration. “With Nas, the connection with my grandfather being from Queens and Nas being from Queens, I used to be, and still am, a big fan of Main Source, the original foundation where Nas actually started.
“When Nas paid homage to EPMD on the first ‘EPMD,’ it was only right for Erick and I to get on the track and show love as well. Once Nas dropped the song, it got so big that it created a vibe that cut through everything, like, ‘Yeah, you know, I can hear EPMD doing the song with Nas.’ Then through the communication between both camps, we were able to get it done.”
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Nas since Life is Good has reinvented himself, people finally started appreciating his music. I mean Jay Z after Watch The Throne has put out 1 album that sticks out 444 anything else has been okay at best. Nas career aged better than Jays both King Disease’s is like a later version of Illmatic and Stillmatic….and the dude that goes by “fuckqueensbridge” is about to comment wait for it! Lmao
Life is Good is so underrated dawg
Facts
are these people retarded?
Nas killed it with this album. Shout out to that Boldy James Album and that Dave East Album also.
Where’s fuckqueensbridge he lackin lmaoooo
Loved the album but wished for more The firm biz foxy AZ and Nas mega or nature can go but damn
Well deserved Nas… This is a real good album.
Nas is a musical genius. His rhymes are filled with knowledge.
Your review of this album only proves you’re out of touch with the true hip hop heads. Nas is a legend top 3 of all time.
50 Cent > Nas
The great thing about this is Nas is still relevant since 1991. Totally amazing how he holds on this long. We all want or feen for quality rap albums again. Today’s generation, 1 non lyrical song with no meaning. We forget about them in 1 year. Kudos to the great Nas! I must say this a great album! 1991 until present unbelievable run! First fool album in 1994. Kudos to F Nas!!!
Nas is simply amazing man. What can we say? Dude is certified and stamped in history.
Nas is untouchable. Goat—-ness!
Death Row East is fire!
I got an album I Produced of remixed of various nas verses that is better then kings diseases 1 or 2 just waiting for the right time to drop also hot a wu album and a various who’s who’s of the 90s al remixed verses of crazy new beats …straight up tho he need to do an album with dj premier and Pete rock that’s the only nuccas that can bring out the classic nasty nas. o and large pro 2.
I don’t think Nas will ever drop an album of wack rhymes but I don’t know about the production on some of these jams. I do appreciate the drums and the attempts at late 90s glamour thug imagery just don’t know if the actual songs hold up to repeated listens. The beats just sound kind of generic to me.
Just say you don’t know music
King’s disease 2 did not reach number 3 it hit number one you fucking idiot