Director Brett Ratner tweeted earlier this week that Nas and Rick Ross had finished a new track for his upcoming movie, The Tower Heist. Produced by Salaam Remi.

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Nas celebrates 20 years in the game as he  returns on the cover of XXL. Issue hits newsstands on October 25. Peep an excerpt between him and Tyler, The Creator. Cover designed by Mister Cartoon.

“God’s Son is my favorite album by you,” Tyler said. “And my second is probably Street’s Disciple,” he continued.

“Get the fuck outta here,” Nas responded.

Awkward and quirky exchanges aside, the discussion quickly picked up with the 20-year-old Tyler asking Nas for advice.

Nasty Nas returns home to Queens Bridge for this Goldwatch directed video. You can cop the single here.

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Word online is there might be an The Lost Tapes 2 on the way With that being said DJ Rhude puts together this dope mixtape full of previously released tracks from Nasty NaS. Tracklisting and download link below. Props: RR

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Friday night, Nas took to Twitter to unleash “Ghetto Dreams,” The No I.D.-produced collaboration track between the Chi City MC Common and Nasty Nas himself. Impatient with his track partner’s apparent reluctance to drop the song so early, Nas took matters upon himself. He first called Common out on Twitter with a request, then issued an ultimatum:

Nasir did just that and  dropped the song 20 minutes later. Listen below to the first single off Common’s forthcoming The Dreamer, The Believer, his 9^th album and first under Warner Bros. It’s expected to see a Fall release. I feel a classic is in the making.

Its the return of Nasty Nas. This is first single off his next solo album, Life Is Good.  Of course Flex was the first to drop the bomb. Produced by Salaam Remi.

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First Jigga now Esco also wins a Sports Emmy Award. He earned the trophy for directing, producing and narrating the short-film, Survival 1, which documented the Liberian amputee soccer team.

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Perhaps in light of the recent success of Jay-Z’s Decoded and Eminem’s The Way I Am, it appears that Nas’ own lyrics book, Slave to a Page: The Book of Rhymes has finally been green lighted for release.

The book, which some sources indicate has been in the works since 2003, will contain a collection of lyrics, photos and personal stories from the rapper. The title borrows from the hook of popular Nas single, “Made You Look.”

Amazon.com indicates that the release date for the book is April 30, 2011.

Shyne has penned an open letter discussing his frustrations with Def Jam Records and displeasure in the company’s treatment of artists.

In his letter, Shyne also calls out Island Def Jam CEO L.A. Reid.

Def Jam is dying….

Def Jam artist Nas has had some delays concerning his long awaited Lost Tapes 2 album, and it looks like he wants to know why.

An email reportedly from the Queensbridge emcee has leaked online with some choice words for Def Jam execs regarding the stalled release of his highly anticipated album.

In the email, Nas states that although beefing with your label is “so 15 years ago”, that he refuses to be treated like a “slave.”

“With all do respect to you all,” Nas wrote. “Nas is NOBODY’s slave. This is not the 1800′s, respect me and I will respect you.”