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Distant Relatives is a collaborative studio album by American rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae vocalist Damian Marley. It was released on May 18, 2010, by Universal Republic , Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records .
"As We Enter" is the first single from Nas and Damian Marley's collaboration album, Distant Relatives. The track is produced by Damian Marley. There are no full verses in the song, but rather Nas and Damian Marley rap in call-and-response fashion. The track contains samples of Mulatu Astatke's song "Yegelle Tezeta".
The untitled ninth studio album by American rapper Nas, commonly referred to eponymously as Nas, or simply Untitled, was released on July 15, 2008 by The Jones Experience, Columbia Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group. Its original title Nigger was omitted due to controversy surrounding the racial epithet. The album is distinguished for ...
The Los Angeles Times reported that the album would be titled Distant Relatives. [75] Nas also revealed that he would begin working on his tenth studio album following the release of Distant Relatives. [76] During late 2009, Nas used his live band Mulatto with music director Dustin Moore for concerts in Europe and Australia. [77]
It serves as Nas's tenth top-ten album and Marley's second top-ten album in the United States. [21] The album also entered at number four on Billboard ' s Digital Albums, [22] and at number one on its R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, [23] Rap Albums, [24] and Reggae Albums charts. [25] Internationally, Distant Relatives attained some chart success.
The video was filmed in Kew Gardens and it features cameos from Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 (on the street), George Clinton and Game being locked up with Nas, and Damian handing out postcards with the Lion of Judah on them. After Nas analyzes the card, he manages to escape the prison he’s in and reunite with the young Marley back in a project ...
Distant Relatives chef-owner Damian Brockway is opening Linx, a sausage-centric barbecue operation at the Mean Eyed Cat on West Fifth Street.
On April 19, 2024, a new single entitled "Define My Name" was released by Nas and DJ Premier, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Nas' debut album Illmatic (1994). In the track, they announced that their long-awaited collaborative album was "coming soon", with a press release by Mass Appeal stating that it would be released in late 2024.