Nas, Mac Miller and Boldy James came together in a Southern California studio three months ago. An image from the session emerged on Miller’s Instagram page, making fans of the three emcees wonder what the trio was working on. MTV‘s Rob Markman referred to it as a “Hip Hop Dream Come True” in a headline about the photograph. XXL‘s G. Valentino Ball said the “Hip Hop universe can only hope” for some music from the three acts. James, now signed to Nas’ Mass Appeal Records imprint, says music did come from the studio run.
“Mac [Miller] cooked up the beat from scratch,” he says in an exclusive interview with HipHopDX. “I see big home [Nas] scribbling his shit, whipping his shit up, inking some crazy shit up. I’m over here trying to think, ‘What the fuck do I say in the studio with Mac Miller and Nas?'”
Boldy’s response came easily as he answered his question with, “I’ma do the best me I can do.”
Throughout the session, Boldy was able to see similarities between himself and his new label boss.
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“He a real laid back, smooth guy,” James says of Nas. “He reminded me a lot of myself, so I could see where the interest probably comes in. I’m not a real animated guy. You feel me? I’m just kicking the shit, talking my shit. Just like my dude do.”
Boldy, who says he was raised off Nas’ discography, was also happy that he wasn’t disappointed when he met one of his favorite emcees.
“He was actually everything that I thought he would be when I met him,” Boldy says.
That’s not always the case in this industry, he adds.
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“You meet a lot of niggas and when you meet ’em, you find out they some cornballing-ass-square-dancing-niggas and you lose interest in being a fan of theirs,” he says. “So, Nas was just a good dude. He was the nigga who I thought he was.”
Nas, Boldy James, Fashawn and Bishop Nehru are among the acts working on the upcoming Mass Appeal Records compilation album, set to be released September 2.
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