Some of y'all sounding real emotional right now about songs you've never even HEARD to hate on
All this "we we well...Nas SHOULD WORK WITH PRIMO CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANT!!" belly aching are not TRUE fans, simply people who want to further pigeon-hole the artist into what YOU THINK they should be doing.
Again, Nas is an ARTIST who has been at this for TWENTY YEARS. The man spit his first 16 on wax at the age of 16 and is still putting out albums at damn near 40. Still relevant, still headlining shows, still selling records, still reaching a national platform with his art. Who the hell are WE to speak as if this dude doesn't know what the hell he's doing?
Nas will work with whomever, whenever and however he wants. The album is HIS VISION. Not yours, not mine, not Premo's or Pete Rocks or Alchemist's. Every single time for the past 10 years or so this has not been a secret, Nas has done pretty much whatever the hell he feels like doing at the time and the albums he releases are always reflective of his state of mind at the particular moment. If producer A doesn't fit that vision and Producer B does, then is he supposed to listen to the thousands of dikk riders and naysayers complaining on the Internet all day about "Why you can't make another Illmatic/It Was Written/Stillmatic/ etc" or is he supposed to go with his instinct? INSTINCT has gotten him this far, not the opinions of others.
The album will be as ALL NAS ALBUMS HAVE BEEN. A reflection of his mentality to capture a moment in his life. Either take it or leave it, if you ride with it then buy the album, if not then skip it. Simple as that