Nas Starts New Label...And Gets Ready To Drop 'Lost Tapes 2'

Nas has one last album top drop with Def Jam, after which he would become Independent. He would probably drop that album before the end of the year, and so is getting ready for his independent phase. It has been announced that he has launched a new label named, Mass Appeal Records, and is readying the release of his Lost Tapes 2 album. The first Lost Tapes dropped in 2002, and was a compilation of left over songs from his I Am and Stillmatic recording sessions. 

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The venerated rapper, 40, is launching Mass Appeal Records, an independent record label, which, in addition to shepherding a new generation of hip-hop hopefuls, will also provide an outlet for new Nas music when his contract with Def Jam expires later this year. Mass Appeal Records is co-founded by Peter Bittenbender, 36, and will succeed Decon Records. First among Mass Appeal Records releases, arriving late this summer, will be an annual compilation album featuring friends of the brand like Future, Pusha T, Mac Miller, A$AP Mob and Nas himself performing a cover of the 1994 Gang Starr single that gave the company its name. Also on deck is "Lost Tapes 2," a collection of unreleased Nas music, and a posthumous album from Pimp C that will pair the Houston icon and UGK member with modern production titans like Mike Will Made It and DJ Mustard. (Billboard)