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Nas Working on New Album With Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, No I.D.

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While Nas has been making the rounds with the 20th anniversary of Illmatic, he's also been at work on the follow up to 2012's Life is Good. He told NPR (via MTV) that he's been working on his next album with Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, and No I.D.

Nas said he started working on the album a year and a half ago with Timbaland. "It felt really powerful," he said. "And I stepped back from it. ... I felt like I needed to be inspired."

He credits One9 and Erik Parker, directors of the documentary Time Is Illmatic, for inspiring him to continue working on his next LP. "Them showing me the footage and stuff really like—it really lets you know where you come from and everything, and where you at now. ... That's helped me find the inspiration," he said. "I found it."

Last summer, Timbaland teased the existence of a new Nas track called "Sinatra in the Sands" featuring Jay Z and Justin Timberlake.

Read our 5-10-15-20 interview with Nas. Here's the video for his Amy Winehouse-featuring Life is Good single "Cherry Wine":



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