Ce 10 juin est arrivé un communiqué de presse sur le nouvel album de Nas qui sortira le 15 juillet sans aucun titre officiel.
On y apprend que les titres "Black President" et "Fried Chicken" devraient bien être sur l'album, et que le titre "N.I.G.G.E.R." sera le morceau qui conclura l'album.
A partir de ces informations on peut continuer à compléter ce qui serait une tracklist probable:
"Be a Nigger Too" produit par Salaam Remi & Big Jack
"N.I.G.G.E.R." produit par DJ Toomp
"Hero" produit par Polow Da Don
"Black President" produit par DJ Green Lantern
"Fried Chicken" (feat. Busta Rhymes) produit par Mark Ronson
"This Is Not America" produit par Stargate
"Sly Fox" produit par Stic.Man (Dead Prez)
"Project Roach" produit par No I.D.
"The Fear (of the Black Man's Dick)"
"Yall My Niggers"
"America's Top Brothel"
Pour en revenir au communiqué de presse qui parle du nouveau projet, voici un extrait:
(June 10, 2008 – New York, NY) Surrounded by controversy at every stage of his long and influential career as the conscience – and often most severe critic – of hip-hop, Def Jam Recordings artist Nas has returned to the headlines, declaring that his new 9th album, arriving in stores July 15th, will be untitled. The untitled new album follows-up Nas’ Def Jam debut, the Grammy nominated Hip-Hop Is Dead, which entered the Soundscan chart at #1 in December 2006, on first week sales of more than 350,000 copies.
“It’s important to me that this album gets to the fans,” Nas said of his newest project. “It’s been a long time coming. I want my fans to know that creatively and lyrically, they can expect the same content and the same messages. It’s that important. The streets have been waiting for this for a long time. The people will always know what the real title of this album is and what to call it.”
In advance of the untitled new album, which will be issued on the Def Jam/Jones Experience imprint, the first official single will be “Hero,” produced by Polow Da Don.
Over the past few weeks, two tracks from the album have been leaked: “Black President” (produced by DJ Green Lantern) and the album’s closing track “N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave and The Master)” (produced by DJ Toomp), containing the provocative lyric, “They say we N-I-double-G-E-R/ We are, much more/ But still we choose to ignore the obvious/ Man, this history don’t acknowledge us/ We were scholars way before colleges…”
One of the albums highlights is “Fried Chicken” featuring Busta Rhymes, produced by the Grammy winner for Producer Of The Year, Mark Ronson. “Fried Chicken,” finds Nas and Busta in top form, mixing elaborate metaphors over a decidedly throwback Ronson track. “When I was young, sitting in my room hammering out beats on my MPC, Nas was one of those truly legendary artists that you daydream, ‘One day, I’ll get to do a track for…,’” says Ronson. “We finally met Grammy night in LA, and he said he wanted some stuff from me for the album. I started thinking to myself, as a Nas fan, ‘What kind of beats would I love to hear him over?’ That’s how the Dapkings and I came up with the track for ‘Fried Chicken’, and I reckon it sounds like a stone cold classic.”
The untitled new album will also include collaborations with producers Stic.Man from Dead Prez, Jay Electronica, Stargate, DJ Toomp, Cool & Dre, and others.
