21, 2012 - likely benefitting from download gift card redemptions after Christmas.īelieve Acoustic features eight acoustic and/or live tracks originally found on Bieber’s Believe studio album, released last year. The set became available to pre-order more than a month before its release - on Dec. Industry sources suggest that iTunes’ pre-orders equated to around 20%-25% of the album’s overall first-week. That robust digital share was expected, thanks in part to strong pre-orders via iTunes. Towards the end of his lengthy verse, the beat switches from luminous gloss to massive eruption, at which point Em acknowledges his own mortality: “I hit 50 via text / Told him that I love him ’cause I don’t even know when I’ma see him next / Tomorrow could be a death.Believe Acoustic performed strongly with digital retailers, as 75% of its sales were generated by downloads. An explosive collaboration ensues, although Em, a self-confessed hip-hop nerd, evidently excited at the prospect of sharing a beat with genre royalty, starts off a little shaky, spewing out random bars about Father Christmas and birth control.Īfter this erratic giddiness subsides, Em finds his rhythm and gives out flowers to some of rap’s greats and pays tribute to those we’ve lost. While it’s not the first time they have worked together (Em produced 2002 track ‘The Cross’), it is the first time Nas has rapped alongside the real Slim Shady. The brief sonic excursion continues on ‘YKTV’, where Nas – alongside A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and YG – brags about the many spoils of his opulent lifestyle over an earsplitting, bottomless bass.įor ‘EPMD 2’, Nas enlists the help of Eminem as well as the track’s legendary namesake. On ’40 Side’, a cautionary tale of hometown pride, Nas, an OG, imparts wisdom on the youth (“I can send n***as a slide/ I’d rather show them the ropes”), his pep talk peppered with hazy synths and rapid-fire hi-hats, while Future rides shotgun. Whether it’s the shimmering keys on the introspective ‘Moments’, the dusty groove of ‘Count Me In’, or the breezy backdrop on ‘Brunch On Sundays’, the King of Queens makes everything look so easy.Įven when Hit-Boy switches up the production in favour of something closer to contemporary trap, Nas isn’t thrown off his axis. ‘King’s Disease II’ sees Nas with a fully-charged battery in his back, comfortably manoeuvring his way through a collection of dirty breakbeats, sped-up soul samples and cinematic soundscapes.
He’s teamed once again with producer Hit-Boy, and the pair appear to have found themselves a collaboration cheat code they are armed with a kind of chemistry that doesn’t come around all too often. At the age of 47, the one they call God’s Son is at the peak of his powers – and he’s enjoying every second of it: “Ice in my veins, I make it look easy,” he raps on the album’s sumptuous lead single, ‘Rare’.
But with ‘Kings Disease II’, he has delivered a masterpiece of monolithic measures, completing arguably the best two-volume series in hip-hop. Only twice has he released two in the space of a year the results have been a mixed bag. Over the course of his almost 30-year career, Nas has released 13 studio records. This coincides with a fresh burst of creativity, resulting in the release of ‘King’s Disease II’, a sequel to last year’s highly acclaimed ‘King’s Disease’, which bagged the rapper his first-ever Grammy (for Best Rap Album). Recent pictures of him decked out in a luxurious silk short set, standing on the lawn of a lavish chateau, cigar in hand, toasting to the good life, oozes newfound contentment. The Queensbridge rapper’s trademark shy smirk has been recently replaced with a gleaming smile that has appeared more and more across his social media channels, his visibility at an all-time high.
Five days later, on August 3, the full tracklist was unveiled. The project was first announced on July 29, 2021, via an Instagram post revealing the album’s title, cover art, and release date. The album serves as the sequel to his August 2020 Grammy-winning album, King’s Disease.
King’s Disease 2 is the thirteenth studio album by Nas, released on August 6, 2021. The sequel to King’s Disease boasts features Blxst, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Charlie Wilson, Eminem, EPMD, Hit-Boy, Lauryn Hill & YG.
Join Us on Telegram To DOWNLOAD Latest HiPHOP (MP3) Files For FreeĪmerican rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur, Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known by his stage name Nas has released his new album King’s Disease 2.