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Nas has been waiting for his moment. After the heavy criticism of his last album produced by Kanye West, Nasir, he has needed to honour his status as an American rap legend. This time around, he has recruited another producer, a protege of Kanye West: Hit-Boy, known of course for his work with his boss, but also with Jay-Z, A$AP Rocky and Beyonce. On King’s Disease, his thirteenth album, Nas has returned to something fundamentally more down-to-earth, almost as if he has something to excuse himself for. At 46 years old, the Queensbridge native has released 13 tracks that raise questions of what steps need to be taken, life’s low points and past mistakes. It is never too late.
Nas has sometimes been reproached for being bogged down with a dated sound, for being musically stubborn. This criticism is no longer valid on his last several albums, including this one. We can hear, for example, the fusion of his deep voice with that of the prince of drill Lil Durk (on Til The War Is Won), or experimentation with trap beats (27 Summers). But Nas is also a product of the 1990s, and continues to remind us of this time, notably by reuniting the members of his old group The Firm (AZ and Foxy Brown) as well as his great childhood friend Cormega on the track Full Circle. Such an event, reuniting the four rappers should bring with it a monumental storm, but it is ultimately the cold atmosphere which comes out on top. King’s Disease is not pretentious: it’s real and true. True in its intention which can be summarised as the denunciation of a capitalist downward spiral and its impact on the individual. It is also true in terms of its balance between eras and the album’s protagonists. It’s the return of a very good Nas to the great delight of rap aesthetes. © Brice Miclet/Qobuz
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Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Corbett, Producer, Co-Producer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roget Chahayed, Producer, Co-Producer - Penthouse Parti, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Wilson, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, Author, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, FeaturedArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Audio Anthem, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roget Chahayed, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Haze, Producer, Co-Producer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - Big Sean, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Toliver, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - Lil Durk, FeaturedArtist - Durk Banks, ComposerLyricist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Britell, ComposerLyricist - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anderson .Paak, FeaturedArtist - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Paak Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Nicholas Race, ComposerLyricist - Jhair “Jha” Lazo, Producer
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brucie B., FeaturedArtist - Brucie Robinson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Foxy Brown, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Cormega, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - The Firm, FeaturedArtist - Az, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Thicke, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - G. Ry, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hit-Boy, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A$AP Ferg, FeaturedArtist - Darold Brown, ComposerLyricist - Gabriel Zardes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fivio Foreign, FeaturedArtist - Maxie Ryles, ComposerLyricist - Luis "Bordeaux" Compazano, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Derek Milano, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
Album review
Nas has been waiting for his moment. After the heavy criticism of his last album produced by Kanye West, Nasir, he has needed to honour his status as an American rap legend. This time around, he has recruited another producer, a protege of Kanye West: Hit-Boy, known of course for his work with his boss, but also with Jay-Z, A$AP Rocky and Beyonce. On King’s Disease, his thirteenth album, Nas has returned to something fundamentally more down-to-earth, almost as if he has something to excuse himself for. At 46 years old, the Queensbridge native has released 13 tracks that raise questions of what steps need to be taken, life’s low points and past mistakes. It is never too late.
Nas has sometimes been reproached for being bogged down with a dated sound, for being musically stubborn. This criticism is no longer valid on his last several albums, including this one. We can hear, for example, the fusion of his deep voice with that of the prince of drill Lil Durk (on Til The War Is Won), or experimentation with trap beats (27 Summers). But Nas is also a product of the 1990s, and continues to remind us of this time, notably by reuniting the members of his old group The Firm (AZ and Foxy Brown) as well as his great childhood friend Cormega on the track Full Circle. Such an event, reuniting the four rappers should bring with it a monumental storm, but it is ultimately the cold atmosphere which comes out on top. King’s Disease is not pretentious: it’s real and true. True in its intention which can be summarised as the denunciation of a capitalist downward spiral and its impact on the individual. It is also true in terms of its balance between eras and the album’s protagonists. It’s the return of a very good Nas to the great delight of rap aesthetes. © Brice Miclet/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:11
- Main artists: Nas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mass Appeal
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2020 Mass Appeal ℗ 2020 Mass Appeal
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