Nas releases new album, song with Lauryn Hill

In 1996, Nas released the catchy single, “If I ran the world (imagine that)With Lauryn Hill. In 2021, you’re still likely to hear a DJ drop the song so the crowd can throw the hook in the air with wistful smiles on their faces.

Thursday evening, this epic pairing reunited with a new song called “Nobody”, from Nas’s new album, King’s disease II, a sequel to his Grammy– winning album King’s disease (2020).

After the album’s release, Lauryn quickly started trending on Twitter, not least because of her lyrics. Yes, she addresses herself directly criticisms and jokes about his penchant for delays, jokes, “My consciousness like Keanu in The matrix / I save souls and you all complain I’m late.

It’s far too Friday to think too much and assess this sort of thing, but I couldn’t help but notice that the song’s length is just four minutes and forty-four seconds. Yes, 4:44. Jay-Z is the reason seeing these numbers posted will never be “normal” again.

The vulture provides more scoop on the new album and the significance of Lauryn’s appearance:

Ms. Hill’s collaboration with Nas is one of her few recent musical releases, including recording a studio version of “Guarding the Gates” for the Queen & Slim soundtrack. The first single released King’s disease II is “Rare,” which according to Pitchfork has a music video directed by Savannah Setten. the video for “Rare” sees Nas going back and forth between video and photography, color and black and white. Setten also directed a video for Baby Keem. Last year King’s Disease took home the award for 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 his first victory. Besides, the traditional King’s disease is gout.

Along with Lauryn, the new album also features notable artists such as Eminem, Charlie Wilson and YG.

By the way, I have to mention it out loud, but finding Getty Images of Nas is much more difficult now that Lil Nas X exists (which is hilarious, given the inspiration behind his stage name – basically it was a game of the many modern rappers with “Lil” in their name and he decided to go with the rapper nickname OG).

If you want to listen to Nas’ “Nobody”, starring Lauryn Hill, watch it below: