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| Released | June 15, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | June 2018 | |||
| Studio | West Lake Ranch (Jackson Hole, Wyoming)[1] | |||
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| Length | 26:29 | |||
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| Producer | Kanye West | |||
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Nasir (stylized in all caps) is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Nas, released on June 15, 2018 through Mass Appeal and Def Jam Recordings. It marked his first album in six years since Life Is Good (2012). The album features guest appearances from Kanye West, Puff Daddy, 070 Shake, Tony Williams, and The-Dream. West also served as the album's executive producer, with additional production from Mike Dean, Andrew Dawson, Dot da Genius, and Cashmere Cat, among others.
Nasir is the fourth out of five seven-track albums West produced in what has become known as the "Wyoming Sessions", with each album being released weekly. It follows the release of Pusha T's Daytona, West's Ye, and West's collaboration with Kid Cudi entitled Kids See Ghosts, and precedes the release of Teyana Taylor's K.T.S.E..[2][3] Nasir rose to No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 16 on the UK Albums chart.[4][5]
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- ^ Yeung, Neil Z. "Kids See Ghosts – Kids See Ghosts". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ Findlay, Mitch (March 26, 2018). "Kanye West's New Album: Everything We Know". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
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