#Nas 'King's Disease II' Nabs Top 3 Debut On Billboard 200 Chart

Unlike Kanye West, Nas managed to deliver his latest album on time with King’s Disease II. Now, he’s being rewarded with his best first-week position on the chart in nearly a decade.

According to Billboard, the thirteenth studio effort from the Queensbridge legend lands at No. 3 on Billboard 200 chart with over 56,000 total album-equivalent units earned. The Top 3 position is an improvement over the original King’s Disease, which debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart with roughly 47,000 total album-equivalent units earned.

It’s Nas’ highest charting album since 2012’s Life Is Good, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with roughly 149,000 copies sold.

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King’s Disease II also marks Nas’ fifteenth Top 10 debut, 25 years after his first. His sophomore effort, It Was Written, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, his first of six chart toppers.

Packing features from the likes of lead producer Hit-Boy, Eminem, 2021 HipHopDX Rising Star Blxst and more, the album features a remix to the King’s Disease track “EPMD” appropriately called “EPMD 2” featuring Erick Sermon, Parish Smith and Eminem.

“This was Hip Hop doing a full 360 and heading back to the golden era,” Smith  told HipHopDX of the collaboration. “With Nas, the connection with my grandfather being from Queens and Nas being from Queens, I used to be, and still am, a big fan of Main Source, the original foundation where Nas actually started.

“When Nas paid homage to EPMD on the first ‘EPMD,’ it was only right for Erick and I to get on the track and show love as well. Once Nas dropped the song, it got so big that it created a vibe that cut through everything, like, ‘Yeah, you know, I can hear EPMD doing the song with Nas.’ Then through the communication between both camps, we were able to get it done.”

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