Nas speaks on AZ

[Interlude]

On the Premier album, as soon we announced it

A hit me, he's like, "Yo, I'm on that album, that's that," haha

I would— I was like, "Alright, say less"

So when we got the song, Premier said, "This is the beat"

So uh, he sent, he sent it to me, I sent it to A

A was with it and next thing you know, we had sample clearance issues and

Sample clearance issues, one after the other

I think our lyrics was uh, too vulgar, too wild

And the sample people was, was like a littlе not ready for it

So we went through changеs and changes

So we kinda just really went into it

And um, when we did the record, me and A, A sat in his chair with his mic

I sat in mine and um, we just freestyled back and forth

And it felt like real, real authentic, ancient, wild style, movie, hip-hop

Just goin' in and having fun, and um

We were going back and forth, and crafting the song

And um, it doesn't get more raw than that

It's great workin' with A since my first album 'til now

'Cause he scientific, he's, he's technical

You know what I'm sayin'? He's laser sharp

He's, he's a guy who really, really loves the art form

Nothing waivers, he's really like, focused on it

He's a writer, he's writing all the time

He's somebody that really, really stays on his A-game

That's why A's a great name for him, stays on his A-game