Light-Years Lyrics & Tracklist - Nas & DJ Premier

Nas and DJ Premier‘s collaborative album Light-Years is finally dropping on December 12, 2025, through Mass Appeal Records, where Nas is a co-owner. It’s the seventh and final entry in the label’s Legend Has It… series, which rolled out new projects from hip-hop legends like Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Big L, and De La Soul throughout 2025. Distribution is handled by Mass Appeal itself for digital and physical formats, including limited vinyl and cassette editions available now via their shop and indie retailers like Rough Trade. DJ Premier executive produces the whole thing, drawing on their classic boom-bap sound from Nas’s Illmatic era, with a mix of fresh tracks and vaulted material recorded as far back as the project’s 2006 announcement.

The 15-track project clocks in around 50 minutes and features just one guest spot from AZ on “My Story Your Story,” while the rest spotlight Nas over Premier’s scratches and samples. This one’s been brewing for nearly two decades, teased in interviews since 2006, and it feels like a full-circle moment for two Queensbridge giants.