Nasir “Nas” Jones is back with a track recorded in 1995 that never really saw the light of day, remixed alongside YBN Cordae and Freddie Gibbs.
Spotify has just offered us a nice surprise, releasing the track’s remix « Life Is Like a Dice Game » from In the. Thanks to their series Spotify Singles, the streaming platform innovates and allows old pieces to resurface from the past. Once again, they prove it to us by offering us a recording of Nas dating from 1995. In order to put it back in the current sauce, the platform invited YBN Cordae et Freddie Gibbs to throw a verse in it. This invitation is not surprising, since the two rappers have often mentioned how important Nas was to them in their careers.
« Life Is Like a Dice Game »
Through Hip-Hop-N-More, the New York legend has spoken on the subject. “Spotify pulled me out a recording from the 90s, which I had made a long time ago, and asked if I could bring it back to life. I don’t remember where I recorded it or who the producer was, maybe Easy Moe Bee, he was one of the best at the time! Carl Chery from Spotify asked me to invite Freddie Gibbs and Cordae to breathe new life into the song and I loved it! “
The track has also been revisited by the producer Hit-Boy, with whom In the works a lot. “Life Is Like a Dice Game” arrives the day before the 25th anniversary of the New York rapper’s second studio album: It Was Written. The project was launched on July 2, 1996.
More recently, Nas had returned with the superb King’s Disease. This project had a luxurious cast, with appearances from Anderson .Paak, ASAP Ferg, The Firm, Charlie Wilson, Hit-Boy, Big Sean, Don Toliver, Lil Durk, Brucie B, and Fivio Foreign. He even went so far as to win a Grammy for best rap album.
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