Nas's album NASIR, was the fourth of five seven-track albums Kanye West produced during his "Wyoming Sessions" in 2018.
Kanye didn't much enjoy that experience.
In a leaked video, Kanye criticizes Nas's rapping on the project.
Leaked footage from a 2018 Ye documentary captures Kanye West complaining about Nas rapping off beat on the song 'Cops Shot The Kid' and saying he doesn't feel appreciated.
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"'Cops Shot The Kid' Nas rapping all off-beat on it. Don't even want to shoot a video. Then shot the video don't tell me. These motherf*ckers don't appreciate me. All these motherf*ckers trying to use me. I'm the greatest motherf*cking artist living and I can do everything," Ye claimed.
NASIR was neither a commercial nor a critical hit. Nas has also discussed what went wrong.
"I don't know what went wrong. I did want to work more with Kanye," Nas told The Breakfast Club in 2020. "We spent time and I was working on ideas. He would give me a few loops and I would write to them but they weren't finished," Nas continued. "He was working on a lot. He had [Kid Cudi], he had Teyana Taylor, he had his album and I was the only one coming in starting fresh. So, I had less time with him. We really did that album the week it was supposed to come out."