Nas loves rap too much to retire. He might take time off or go back to a irregular release schedule but NEVER rapping? Naw
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Nas loves rap too much to retire. He might take time off or go back to a irregular release schedule but NEVER rapping? Naw
How many times is he going to make the same album?
As many times as Drake is going to use the same writers
Icewatermetallik
TheEastisintheHouse
It's crazy because Nas used to take mad long between albums. The time bt Life is Good and Lost Tapes 2 was like 6-7 years.
And between Untitled and Life is Good was like 4 full years.
Nas blessing us with this much music now is crazy. 5 albums in 3 years with Hit
Don't know why he wasn't doing this 10 years ago
And between Untitled and Life is Good was like 4 full years.
Nas blessing us with this much music now is crazy. 5 albums in 3 years with Hit
Don't know why he wasn't doing this 10 years ago
Mods cleaned up the garbage 
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
Get that Nas insider from Reddit to explain what this all really means. 
Because he was on a major
Gotta agree with my fellow Nas fan, thank gawd the gawd dropping another album so soon
1). He WAS working at a fast rate throughout his career. From 96-2002 we got an album a year and in 99 and 02 we got two albums in a year.
2). We got an album every two years during the Def Jam era and would have had Lost Tapes 2 during that era as well but Def Jam wouldn’t give Nas the budget he wanted nor would they count it against the albums he owed them so he scrapped it.
Nas Pens Angry Letter To Def Jam Execs?
Rapper Nas allegedly wrote an email to executives at his label, Def Jam, demanding the release of his “Lost Tapes Vol. 2” album.
www.billboard.com
3). 10 years ago he was setting up Mass Appeal. The plan was always for him to release his own music, for which he owned all the publishing and masters, on his own label. Mass Appeal was launched in 2014.
Nas Launches Independent Label
Trending on Billboard Nas, who turned hip-hop on its ear 20 years ago with his groundbreaking debut album “Illmatic,” is going indie. The venerated rapper, 40, is launching Mass Appeal Records, an independent record label, which, in addition to shepherding a new generation of hip-hop hopefuls...
www.billboard.com
He owed Def Jam one more album, which became Nasir. It makes no sense strategically, to release a flurry of albums on a label your leaving. You wait until your free to do it on the label you own.
prophecypro
Hollywood North
I do feel like a little too soon for another album. Hes just throwing them out with no care now
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