Update on Nas's Life Is Good Album

Although Nas has said he is thinking of changing the title of his 10th album because of the misconception people have about it, we can still work with that till he gives the final word that he would no longer be naming Life Is Good. Nas is a very secretive person, so it is hard to know what he is working on, and when exactly he plans to drop the album. But as he said on one of the songs off his Hip Hop Is Dead album- I'm never on schedule but always on-time.


In the last couple of weeks, or months, Nas has given some tip of the ice-berg information on the album, but not enough to say when exactly the album would be dropping, or who and who would be featured on the album. But most of the Producers/beat makers he has worked with have come forward to give a little bit of information surrounding the album.


Producers that have been confirmed to have worked or still working on Nas's Life Is Good album are- Alex The Kid, Statik Selektah, Bangadesh, DJ Premier, Kane Beats , Pete Rock and of course Salam Remi. And the artist that Nas has worked with for this album are- AZ, and Odd Future (Frank Ocean on the hook, and Tyler and Hodgy Beats dropping a verse each). Will have to see how that works out.. Nas doesn't always have a lot of guest appearances on the album, so this two might just be it. On his untitled album, he had Game and Chris Brown on that Make The World Go Round track, and Keri Hilson on the next track after that (Hero), and that was it for major features. So, you shouldn't be expecting too many features on this one as well.

Below is what Bangladesh said about workin with Nas some time last year-

"I just do what  i would like to hear from him. I am a super Nas fan. I have been a Nas fan since he came out. Since the first song. With me being a producer and me having a sound, i would like to hear him on harder beats, more 808-driven, just more aggressive. With a Nas record, typically to me, the songs will make the track good. It's not the track that makes the song good, and that's what i want to bring. I want to bring the track and the song so that you are not only jamming to the beat with the words on it, but you can jam to the beat and the word on it...you can jam to the beat and the words and you can jam to the acapella with no beat to it."

With what Bangladesh said, it is clear that he is truly a Nas fan. I know that, because i am a super Nas fan too, and i study his style. Like i always tell the people that like to say this rapper and that is better than Nas; i just ask them to block out the beat or the tune of the song and just listen to the track acapella style...just the words. When you do that, i am sure you wouldn't like a lot of the rappers you like now. But with Nas, it is brilliant...that's because he is actually saying something. I think Bangladesh can do one track with Nas that would be lovely to hear, but not more than one.



Nas short the video for the Salaam Remi produced single (Nasty), in August, and it is due on MTV any moment from now. He says he is waiting on the right time to drop it...it really is about timing. And for all the people that think Nas is starving and not making that cheese- he just concluded a worldwide 18 month distant relatives tour with Damian Marley. Just think about it- not less than $50,000 per show. I just needed to slip that one in because i am really tired of putting this young'n straight. Anyway, those are some of the pictures of the Nasty video shoot.


The only other producer that has come forward to talk about working on the Life Is Good album is Statik Selektah, and you can read what he has to say about the album below-

"I was with Nas last week, and he told me he did a couple more songs on my beats. So, hopefully i get a couple more (of my beats) on Life Is Good. But i know one is on there for sure."

So, that is all we know right now on Nas's 10th studio album, in his 20 year career. In case you didn't know, he dropped his first ever verse on the Live At The Barbecue track from Main Source in 1991, and the first single off Illmatic, Halftime in 1992, but the album finally dropped in 1994.


People are speculating that the album would drop in December, but it hasn't been officially confirmed yet.So, we just have to wait till the Nasty one gives us more info. But the video for the Nasty track, which is the first single, would be out any time from now.