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“It’s a new decade, I’m in a whole new arena.” Nas knows that times have changed. But he’s at it again: his ability to depict his world and feelings makes him a rapper that is anything but irrelevant, even at 50 years old. His series of collaborations with the producer Hit-Boy continues with Magic 3, an album characterized by its writer’s ability to present himself as a role model, now and forever, and by his incomparable way of avoiding an ego trip. Magic 3 differs from its predecessors. Hit-Boy changes his production paradigm, still based on sampling, yes, but with samples that he modifies only slightly and loops with respect. He can then compose with the original rhythmics, taking away some of the heaviness in order to lean into the variety in the beats. And then, sometimes, just because he feels like it, and also because it’s important to make your voice heard, hip hop reclaims its musical rights, warlike, for example on the track “I Love This Feeling.” The two heavyweights manage, yet again, to draw in the listener thanks to their technique and expertise. © Brice Miclet/Qobuz
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - Steven William Duboff, Composer - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), Steven William Duboff (Beechwood Music Corporation/Luvlin Music Inc./Sony Music Publishing, BMI), MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalStudioProducer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Alex Maria Johan Callier, Composer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), Alex Maria Johan Callier (EMI/Sony Music Publishing, SABAM), MusicPublisher - Jelani Lockert, Composer
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Penelope McClendon, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), Penelope McClendon (Jobete Music Co. Inc/Sony Music Publishing, ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Dexter Wansel, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, MusicPublisher - LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music / U Can't Teach Being the Shhh / Songs of Universal BMI), MusicPublisher - Dexter Wansel (Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp BMI), MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Deke Richards, Composer - Dwayne Carter, Composer - Lil Wayne, FeaturedArtist - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - Beatrice Verdi, Composer - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Dwayne Carter Jr., RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Cristal Viramontes, RecordingEngineer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher - Deke Richards (Jobete Music Co. Inc/Sony Music Publishing, BMI), MusicPublisher - Beatrice Verdi Jobete Music Co. Inc/Sony Music Publishing, ASCAP, MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Leroy Bonner, Composer - Marshall Jones, Composer - Ralph Middlebrooks, Composer - Marvin Pierce, Composer - Andrew Noland, Composer - Norman Napier, Composer - Walter Morrison, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - Gregory Webster, Composer - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher - Bridgeport Music Inc, BMI, MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - George Kerr, Composer - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher - George Kerr (Gambi Music/Songs of Universal Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - George Patterson, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher - George Patterson (Kama Sutra Music, MusicPublisher - Inc./Dimp Paco Music/Sony Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - Randolph Muller, Composer, MusicPublisher - BMI, MusicPublisher - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Jun Kim, MixingSecondEngineer - BMI), MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - Nasir Jones (Sun Shining, MusicPublisher - Chauncey Hollis Jr (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, MusicPublisher - LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, MusicPublisher - Larry Donnal Payton, Composer, MusicPublisher
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Album review
“It’s a new decade, I’m in a whole new arena.” Nas knows that times have changed. But he’s at it again: his ability to depict his world and feelings makes him a rapper that is anything but irrelevant, even at 50 years old. His series of collaborations with the producer Hit-Boy continues with Magic 3, an album characterized by its writer’s ability to present himself as a role model, now and forever, and by his incomparable way of avoiding an ego trip. Magic 3 differs from its predecessors. Hit-Boy changes his production paradigm, still based on sampling, yes, but with samples that he modifies only slightly and loops with respect. He can then compose with the original rhythmics, taking away some of the heaviness in order to lean into the variety in the beats. And then, sometimes, just because he feels like it, and also because it’s important to make your voice heard, hip hop reclaims its musical rights, warlike, for example on the track “I Love This Feeling.” The two heavyweights manage, yet again, to draw in the listener thanks to their technique and expertise. © Brice Miclet/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:43
- Main artists: Nas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mass Appeal
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
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