Hi, it's been a minute, Liz Sinner. I'm Jasmine Garst. Today we're doing something really

special. We're dropping an episode from our friends over at the Broken Record Podcast

from Pushkin Industries. On Broken Record, the hosts talk with the musicians you love about

their lives, their inspiration, and their craft. Today, we'll hear host and record producer

Rick Rubin's conversation with hip hop legend Nas. Nas dropped one of the most universally

loved rap albums of all time in 1994 with Illmatic, and he remains one of the greatest

MCs of all time. Few hip hop artists have maintained relevance over decades based on their

skill alone. Nas's dedication has paid off. King's disease, his 12th album, won Best

Rap Album at the 2021 Grammys. In this episode, you're going to hear Rick Rubin talk to Nas

about his earliest experiences with rap in the Queen's Bridge housing projects where he grew

up. How recording King's disease with Kanye West in Wyoming almost took him out of

his zone and how early beef with Jay-Z made them both stronger rappers. Okay, I'm going

to let Rick and Nas take it from here. What's going on, legend? Everything's well. How

are you, sir? Yo, it's just an honor to talk to you, man. Same. It's my pleasure. Always.

Anytime I get to see you, it's a good day. Love, man. Tell me about the music in your

house when you were growing up. My mom was playing what you're going to do with my

loving, that Stephanie Mills, Patty, you know, all of records that was out like, I remember

the early 80s records and then my pops was playing a wide range of things. He had everything

from the radio station with Wolfman Jack. He had a failure and things like that, you know,

as whatever, Lionel Richie, whatever, all those early 80s records, early 79. I grew up

right around that time when like the, these are the breaks and rappers delight. I was young,

but I was absorbing that stuff. Would you say that the music in that your parents played

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