Artist: Nas & Damian Marley
Album: Distant Relatives
Release Date: May 18th, 2010

There’s nothing like a good hip hop collaboration and this one right here may be the biggest of the year. Nas and Damian “Jr Gong” Marley team up to bring us Distant Relatives.

After listening to a few tracks, you’ll find yourself wondering why this didn’t happen sooner. Nas has long been known for his extroverted and often controversial soical and political messagery in his music. On the flip side of the coin, Damian Marley is also known for providing music with a message, albeit a more subdued version than Nas but a voice of change nontheless. Together, Nas and Marley give us socially conscious, intelligent hip hop set to some bangin’ beats.

Guest appearnces on the album include: Lil Wayne, Joss Stone, K’Naan, 9th Wonder, Stephen Marley, Dennis Brown and Junior Reed. Get this.