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Nas and DJ Premier Team Up on Their New Single, "Define My Name"
Nas is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his debut album Illmatic! Today, he released “Define My Name,” a new single produced by DJ Premier (who worked on the original Illmatic), and the duo announced a long-awaited collaborative album, forthcoming later this year.
Produced over a DJ Premier beat, Nas’ verses on “Define My Name” address his name and legacy. “At 20, I said I’d better quit by 30,” he raps. “Then by 30, I thought by 40 rapping is corny/ How wrong was I?/ Never would have thought at 50, new songs by Nas would be hard and live.”
The verses build up to the chorus refrain “What defines my name” with a sample from Biz Markie saying “Nas.” On the outro, DJ Premier jumps in to say “30 years later, Illmatic was dropped,” and then closes the song by saying “Premier album is still gonna happen.”
Check out the dope visual!
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