The legendary rapper and producer duo Nas and Hit-Boy shared a special surprise for fans Thursday night, when they dropped their new nine-track album, Magic, that was announced just a few hours before its release.
This marks the MC’s second new album of 2021, following the release of ‘King’s Disease II‘ in August, which in turn followed up 2020’s King’s Disease. “MAGIC is in the air,” the rapper wrote on Instagram as he shared the record’s artwork and back sleeve. “Midnight ET brand new music to vibe to.” The iconic rappers post gave a tracklist and other particulars about the album.
In a previous interview about collabbing with Hit-Boy on previous music, Nas stated “I think what we have is magic. And I think the next thing we do would have to be the next page. And that, to me, excites me, that possibility […] I think if we do another one, I’m excited about that idea, but you know, we’re celebrating this one now.”
The duo had also collaborated on the standalone single ‘Big Nas’, which was released as a preview for Nas’ MasterClass series on hip-hop storytelling.
King’s Disease II has been nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards, with “Bath Salts” also nominated for Best Rap Song. King’s Disease won Best Rap Album at this year’s edition of the prestigious music awards.
The image also confirmed that he was collaborating again with Hit-Boy, who he had worked with on the King’s Disease albums Nas himself also holds an executive producing credit on the album, his fourteenth overall.
