Nas talks about working with Hit-Boy on the “King’s Disease” album series.
Nas is turning 50 this year, and the rapper connects with Wall Street Journal for a new interview. During the conversation, the legendary emcee reflects on his “King’s Disease” album series with producer Hit-Boy. The rapper revealed that during the recording, Hit-Boy would sometime ask him to re-use his old flows in the newer music.
“Sometimes I’d be like, ‘But I did that, I did that already.’ And he’d say, ‘I know you, you’re going to go into a new cadence on it. Can you, please, just do this flow right here? I promise you’,” he said. The rapper also stated that he never wanted to make last year’s “King’s Disease 3“. “In my head, I said, ‘There’s never going to be a KD3,” he revealed. “Why did I say this? I’m tired.’”
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In another part, the rapper also reflect on Hip-Hop, which also turning 50 this year. “It’s become my therapist, my friend,” Nas said. “It’s not always the happiest place, sometimes I want to do other things. But I feel compelled to be there. In this day and time, it’s all about the studio.”
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Nas and Hit-Boy kicked off the King’s Disease series in 2020 when they released the first album through Mass Appeal Records. The album won Nas his first-ever Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. The duo followed it up with part two and three in 2021 and 2022.
