Nas and DJ Premier have announced their long-anticipated joint album with the release of the first single “Define My Name.”
Released on the 30th anniversary of Nas’ iconic debut album Illmatic, the song features Premo’s distinct boom bap production and vocal scratches, and is named after a line from one of the pair’s fan-favorite collaborations, 1999’s “Nas Is Like.”
The lyrics see Nas reflecting on his longevity in Hip Hop as he raps: “At 20, I said I’d better quit by 30/ Then by 30, I thought by 40 rapping is corny/ How wrong was I?/ Never would have thought at 50, new songs by Nas would be hard and live.”
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