Nas Says Artists His Age ‘Slowed Down’ Whereas He is Nonetheless Goin’

Nas just lately mirrored on different artists round his age, and he spoke on how—as many have “slowed down”—he has to look to different rappers for inspiration.

Particularly, he joked that he’s “hooking up [his] jumper cables” to youthful artists within the recreation!

He Is ‘Making an attempt To Determine Out’ His Subsequent Transfer

The “If I Dominated the World” rapper made his feedback throughout a current look on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert.

When requested about what different artists “encourage” Nas, he dished on how he feels as if he can’t flip to artists his age “as reference” anymore, as a lot of them “aren’t placing out lots of materials.”

“I’m actually making an attempt to determine what my subsequent transfer is, and I really feel like lots of hip hop artists my age aren’t placing out lots of materials, so I can’t look to them as reference. They sort of slowed down, for no matter causes.”

Nevertheless, in terms of Nas, he says that he “obtained bit by the bug.” Because the 49-year-old remains to be steadily cranking out albums, he’s positively nonetheless doin’ his thang within the rap recreation.

“I perceive it’s a tricky factor—however I obtained bit by the bug, man.”

Nas Says He & Producer Hit-Boy Are ‘A Excellent Match’

We must also add that he’s been linking up with youthful artists—together with 21 Savage, as they collaborated on a single known as “One Mic, One Gun” late final yr.

Whereas talking with Stephen Colbert, Nas additionally gave a shoutout to file producer Hit-Boy, as they’ve labored collectively on quite a few tasks, together with the King’s Illness trilogy.

“I collaborated with this cat Hit-Boy who’s, like, the very best, and he’s produced all of these albums—King’s Illness 1, 2, 3.“

Relating to his working relationship with Hit-Boy, Nas commented, “We’re sort of inspiring ourselves at this level. It’s actually fascinating.” He additionally famous that he sees “youth” in Hit-Boy earlier than humorously commenting, “I’m hooking up my jumper cables to him.”

Nevertheless, it’s positively not one-sided, because the rapper notes that he’s offering Hit-Boy with “some sort of knowledge” as properly.

“He’s youthful than me. I’m hooking up my jumper cables to him, and it’s reciprocal as a result of he’s getting some sort of knowledge from me, and we’re only a excellent match.”

You’ll be able to take a look at the interview down beneath.

What do you concentrate on Nas’ commentary on fellow rappers of his era, and would you be right here for him working with different Millennial (and even Gen Z) rappers?