The full-length team-up between Nas and DJ Premier that took almost twenty years to arrive — fifteen tracks of pure boom-bap chemistry from two of New York hip-hop's most respected names.
Artist: Nas & DJ Premier
Label: Mass Appeal
EAN: Black Vinyl – 0199806717486, Red Vinyl – 0199806708071, CD – 0199806743706, Cassette – 0199806743652
Format: Standard worldwide pressing. 2xLP, 500g, available in Black or Red (Sunset) vinyl — also available on CD (fully printed) and Cassette (smoke transparent shell with print).
Tracklist
1. My Life Is Real
2. GiT Ready
3. NY State Of Mind Pt. 3
4. Welcome To The Underground
5. Madman
6. Pause Tapes
7. Writers
8. Sons (Young Kings)
9. It's Time
10. Nasty Esco Nasir
11. My Story Your Story
12. Bouquet (To The Ladies)
13. Junkie
14. Shine Together
15. 3rd Childhood
Nas and DJ Premier first announced plans to make a joint album all the way back in 2006, but the project stayed in the vault for nearly two decades while both men built out their own legendary catalogs — including classic one-off collaborations like "N.Y. State Of Mind" and "Represent." Light-Years finally landed in December 2025 as the closing chapter of Mass Appeal's "Legend Has It..." series, produced entirely by DJ Premier and blending newly recorded material with sessions dating back to that original 2006 announcement. Critics welcomed it as a genuine victory lap, with Metacritic logging "generally favorable" reviews and outlets like Clash and Hip Hop Golden Age both scoring it 8+/10.