From “N.Y. State of Mind” and “Nas Is Like," revisit essential Nas and DJ Premier collabs and explore how their timeless sound keeps evolving at REVOLT.

Nas and DJ Premier reunite for Light Years, a highly anticipated 15 track album marking the grand finale of Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It series.

Years” isn’t about chasing their younger selves—it’s about showing that hip-hop’s elders can still create, contribute, and ...

We count down all of Premo's classics with Gang Starr, Nas, Jay Z, and many more. A list of 25 isn't nearly enough to account for all his important work. But we think the songs on here represent his ...

It took decades of pestering, but golden-era hip-hop heads finally got their wish. The duo’s synergy has been obvious since the Queensbridge rapper’s 1994 debut, Illmatic, which features three ...

Nas and DJ Premier finally delivered their long-awaited album, but the rush to judge it may be missing the deeper point of what this project represents.

Many of those fans, accustomed to overpromised and underdelivered pipe dreams, scanned a lineup that included new material from Slick Rick, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, De La Soul, Big L, Mobb Deep, and ...

Earlier this year, DJ Premier and Roc Marciano teamed up for the song “Armani Section” and said they had an entire collaborative project on the way, and now that project has been announced with a ...

It’s the second week of December, the year-end lists keep coming (our list of the 50 best punk albums of 2025 went up today), but the year is still not over yet. I highlight five new albums below. On ...

“This is a dream come true for me. Some bucket list s-t.” That’s what Roc Marciano says to me while I talk to him and DJ Premier over a Zoom call this week, right before saying that he wanted people ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Friday (Dec. 12), hip-hop fans were gifted with an album 30 years in ...