Nas x DJ Premier - Light-Years (Album)

Picture Credit: Danny Hastings

Nas and DJ Premier, two of the most influential figures in hip hop have finally released their long awaited collaborative album, Light-Years.

Out worldwide now on Mass Appeal Records, Light-Years arrives over 30 years since the pair first collaborated on Nas’s 1994 debut album, Illmatic, creating hip hop classics N.Y. State Of Mind, Memory Lane and Represent.  Illmatic helped to established Nas as a generational talent and furthered Premier’s then burgeoning legacy.  Their chemistry deepened over the next decade though tracks like I Gave You Power, 2nd Childhood, Nas Is Like and N.Y. State Of Mind Pt. II.

Light-Years is the final chapter in Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It… series; a seven part tribute to New York hip hop trailblazers.  The campaign began with the release of Slick Rick’s Victory in June and continued with new albums from Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Big L and, most recently, De La Soul.