Nas & Hit-Boy has released the sequel to their Grammy-winning album King’s Disease. King’s Disease II, the album features performances by Ms. Lauryn Hill, Eminem, YG, Charlie Wilson, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Blxst and EPMD.
Hit-Boy produced the whole album, and features on track “Composure”. Ms. Hill’s collaboration with Nas is one of her few recent musical outings. The first single off King’s Disease II is “Rare,” which has a music video directed by Savannah Setten. The video for “Rare” sees Nas go back-and-forth between video and still photography, color, and black-and-white.
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Eminem also shows respect to the Hip Hop’s pioneers and architects on his feature on “EPMD 2”. He raps, “R-I-P out to DMX, Stezo E and Nipsey/ Ecstasy and Prince Markie Dee, MF DOOM, I hit 50 (Cent) via text, Told him that I love him ’cause I don’t even know when I’ma see him next”.
Eminem also shouts out the Hip-Hop staples, “And my name’s with the Kane’s and the Wayne’s, and the Jay’s and the Dre’s / And the Ye’s, and the Drake’s and the J Dilla’s, Jada’s, Cool J’s / And the Ra’s and amazin’ as Nas is, and praise to the Gods of this / Shout to the golden age of Hip-Hop”.
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Last year’s King’s Disease won Best Rap Album, beating D Smoke, Freddie Gibbs & the Alchemist, Jay Electronica, and Royce Da 5’9”. It was the rapper’s 14th nomination and first win. Stream the new album below