
Time works differently for Nas and DJ Premier. Light-Years is a fitting name for a game framed in fragments and recorded for LP over nearly two decades, landing cavalier after Nas' late-career surge with Hit-Boy and Premier's parallel run through PRhyme and high-profile one-offs. Premier's own-brand vinyl chops and Nas' rabbly storytelling collide triumphantly on the fan treatment 'NY State Of Mind Pt. 3', plus the 'My Life Is Real' and 'My Story Your Story'; and a later Steve Miller Band appearance quietly underlines their joint reach beyond hip-hop's exclusion zone. A long-delayed fellowship of rap, finally sighted in the wild.