{"id":220409,"date":"2025-12-12T13:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=220409"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:44:14","slug":"nas-dj-premier-light-years-album-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/nas-dj-premier-light-years-album-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Nas &#038; DJ Premier &#8211; Light-Years (Album Stream)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=ltWqEPJwiUFfmvhu&amp;list=OLAK5uy_mAzutC-_gESUCVK9CN7NBPQcsoBnTCpro\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today, Grammy-Award winning icons <strong>Nas<\/strong> and <strong>DJ Premier <\/strong>\u2014 two of the most influential and revered figures in hip-hop history \u2014 dropped their highly-anticipated collaborative album, &#8220;Light-Years&#8221; via <em>Mass Appeal<\/em>. After decades of anticipation, &#8220;Light-Years&#8221; is a 30-year working legacy reborn, further cementing their status as one of the greatest rapper-producer duos of all time. The prolific duo revealed the album\u2019s tracklist earlier this week, further building the excitement and anticipation around the album. The 15-track project notably features a sole guest appearance from Nas\u2019 longtime collaborator <strong>AZ<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Spearheaded by <em>Mass Appeal\u2019s<\/em> groundbreaking &#8220;Legend Has It\u2026&#8221;, a series celebrating and spotlighting some of the most important and influential Hip Hop artists of all time, the series has gifted a year-long run of historic releases from culture-defining artists including;<strong> Slick Rick<\/strong>, <strong>Raekwon<\/strong>, <strong>Ghostface Killah<\/strong>, <strong>Mobb Deep<\/strong>, <strong>Big L<\/strong> &amp; <strong>De La Soul<\/strong>. With &#8220;Light-Years,&#8221; Nas and DJ Premier deliver the grand finale to close out the legendary series, where their undeniable synergy remains elusive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fans can pre-order the &#8220;Light-Years &#8211; Day Ones Edition&#8221; on vinyl, CD, and cassette via the<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.massappeal.com\/collections\/light-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mass Appeal Shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can stream &#8220;Light-Years&#8221; on your<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nxp.lnk.to\/light-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preferred DSP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"219575\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/nas-dj-premier-reveal-album-cover-and-title\/nas-dj-premier-album-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nas-DJ-Premier-Album-Cover.webp?fit=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nas &amp;#038; DJ Premier Album Cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nas-DJ-Premier-Album-Cover.webp?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-219575\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nas-DJ-Premier-Album-Cover.webp?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nas-DJ-Premier-Album-Cover.webp?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nas-DJ-Premier-Album-Cover.webp?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nas-DJ-Premier-Album-Cover.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Grammy-Award winning icons Nas and DJ Premier \u2014 two of the most influential and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":219575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nas-DJ-Premier-Album-Cover.webp?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-VkZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}