Nas a envoyé à MTV le nouveau titre "Black President" produit par DJ Green Lantern. Ce titre devait être dans le projet "Barack Obama mixtape" mais Nas a insisté pour que ça soit sur son nouvel album comme l'explique Green Lantern :
"I was making the song for the Barack Obama mixtape, and Nas heard the song and called, like, 'Yo, I need that for my album. I said, 'Of course, but it's gotta come out now, 'cause it's so timely.' With his album dropping July 1st, it worked out. I think he does it justice. He not only supports the idea of Obama being the president, he actually questions it in the second verse in true Nas fashion. He's positive, uplifting, but critical at the same time."
Ce morceau contient un sample vocal de Tupac : "Although it seems heaven-sent, we ain't ready to have a black president." et de Obama criant : "Change the world!".
Nas revient aussi sur son envie de voir Obama devenir président:
"There never been a president to address the slaughter of young black people by this country's police," Nas fumed. "When your government's police are killing one section of people, that's genocide. There's never been a president to even acknowledge it. You don't acknowledge that? That's a big thing President Obama has to recognize when he gets in office.
I'm five presidents in ... and I ain't seen nothing happen to stop the police murders on young, black people. Why would I believe in the system? With that being said, I think Barack can cure that disease and help cure the country. Not just in that area with us blacks, but also with all Americans. Women are getting treated like dogs. You know how hard it is for a woman to prove she was raped? The system is warped. They throw young guys — who's starving — in jail just trying to survive on the streets. Throw them in jail forever. Young kids, 18 years old, executed in Texas. Yet, child predators get to come home and do it again. I think it's so much our president can do. [Obama] seems like a human being. I say that because a lot of presidents don't seem like human beings. They seem like straight-up businessmen who care about nothing but the business. Nah, you gotta care about the people."
Selon MTV, le projet de Nas & DJ Green Lantern "The Nigger Tape" devrait sortir la semaine prochaine.
