“I have a problem with the fact that she has her audience and doesn’t show the love to Hip-Hop that much,” Nas says from Def Jam’s Manhattan offices, but also acknowledges that Oprah supporters have a point. “All respect to Luda, but how could she put him on the show if he’s singing ‘Move b***h get out the way,’ [and] ‘I got hoes in different area codes?’ I don’t understand that. But then Luda has a point too, he’s got something to say. Ice Cube has something to say.”

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Nas has kept albums pretty spaced out for most of his career, but he’s in such a zone right now that he doesn’t want to waste any time. Not even a month after releasing Hip Hop Is Dead, the MC is planning to jump right back in the studio and release an LP sometime this year.

“New album is in the making right now,” Nas said Sunday night, sitting in his trailer outside the set of his new video for “Can’t Forget About You.” ” ‘07, new Nas album, I can’t wait. I’m not finished. I feel like something is starting right now. This is a momentum and a movement that’s happening out here. I gotta make sure I stay the captain of this ship and push it forward. I’m here at Def Jam, I’m renaming it the Black Oasis. You bring Nas into any situation like the situation that’s at Def Jam and you gonna get nothing but the top of the line.

“Look,” he continued after a long pause, grinning. “I’m sounding like I’m really feeling myself right now. But real talk, I’m really feeling myself again. ‘07, I’m gonna drop again and see what’s really good with y’all out there. … When it comes to this, man, sometimes when you’re feeling it, you gotta just let it go.”

Even with a potential classic in his sights, Nas said he’s far from done with his #1-debuting LP Hip Hop Is Dead (see “Nas Proves Hip-Hop Is Alive And Well With Third Career #1″).

“Ah, man, going into the year the way I went into the year was real good,” he said. “The irony of a title like Hip Hop Is Dead being #1, what is that? That’s what it’s all about. At the end of the day, it’s real big. It feels like a good time. I’m excited, I’m loving the rap game, the potential that it has to grow. A lot of people thought that because I was hating the state of the rap game, I was hating rappers. I don’t hate. It’s just that there were a lot of rappers that were corny. There’s always going to be corny rappers. They didn’t understand the message. People were not getting it. It’s a slow process, but it’s all good. We’re going to keep grinding, keep giving them more, showing them more. This is a record that’s going to take time. We gonna push it on them for the whole year.

“With an album like this and a title like Hip Hop Is Dead, this is going to be a long burial,” he continued. “You plant it, then maybe we could get some rain to fall, then you see stuff start sprouting and maybe get something reborn out here. But right now I’m at the funeral service, man. We got more material that’s going to be showed to the world. I don’t wanna stop this record. I usually fade out and not be a part of the scene … but this one right here don’t matter. I’m not even thinking about too much attention. I’m not thinking that. I’m thinking this one gotta play all the way out.”

Nas and Def Jam are talking about making videos for “Hustlers,” which features the Game, or even his duet with Jay-Z, “Black Republicans.” But for now, the track is “Can’t Forget About You.” He shot the video Saturday and Sunday with director Chris Robinson. On Sunday, God’s Son wore a tuxedo and bowtie, recalling the days he was suited up on the regular with the Firm in his Nas Escobar phase. On Saturday, Nas had taken his look back even further to the It Was Written days. He was shot on top of a triple-decker bus that cruised through Manhattan, similar to how he glided through those same streets in the clip for “If I Ruled the World.”

“The concept of the video is [that] I put a lot of things on the map,” he explained in his trailer, with friends like Swizz Beatz looking on. “Whether it’s the pink-suit thing or the real dress-up look for the rappers. I been doing it for so long, and right now is a good moment in the ‘07. It’s a good time to get that energy going.”

If you’ve heard the single, you know the Will.I.Am-produced track uses a sample of Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable.” Nas felt it was only right that he pay the legend’s family tribute by inviting the legendary singer’s daughter, Natalie Cole, to participate in filming on Sunday.

“I’m friends with [Def Jam A&R rep] J. Brown, and he said, ‘Nas wants you to be in the video.’ I said ‘OK,’ ” said Natalie Cole, wearing a black suit, Chuck Taylor sneakers and a pendant of a crown (to pay homage to her famous father). “I hadn’t heard [the song yet]. But I’ve heard of Nas, and I thought it was cool. I knew we had already given the license for the use of ‘Unforgettable.’ I think it’s great every time I see the hip-hop world reaching back and getting great vintage stuff. I think the title [’Can’t Forget About You’], it’s appropriate. Then Nas got on the phone, we talked, and here I am.”

“It was just an idea I wanted,” Nas elaborated about reaching out to Cole. “It’s a given, though, if we use the track. Nobody could forget what she did with the record, her and her father,” he added, referring to the 1991 album on which Natalie sang a posthumous duet with her father using a track of his original vocal. That was one of the most major moments in music. With the family and what the song meant to a generation before her and our generation when she did it with her father. I’m not blood-related, but I’m musically related, and I guess I’m the child of their generation and I’m bridging the gap from Nat King Cole to Natalie Cole to Nas King Cole, and we’re going to make it one family all over again.”

Natalie Cole isn’t the only female co-star Nas has in the video. R&B newcomer Chrisette Michele (Jay-Z’s “Lost Ones”) makes her video debut. The Long Island native, who appears four times on Hip-Hop Is Dead (”Not Going Back,” “Still Dreaming,” “Hope” and, of course, “Can’t Forget Abut You”), said she was able to get on the album after Nas heard her freestyling over one of his incomplete tracks.

“I was introduced to Chrisette just from her being in the Def Jam family,” Nas said. “When I heard her, I wanted to work with her more. She’s an incredible writer and an incredible singer. It’s something about her voice that’s just the truth.”

This report is from MTV News.

1 DREAMGIRLS SOUNDTRACK 66,355 -36 104,366 451,993
2 AKON KONVICTED 63,699 -43 112,275 1,221,730
4 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX 51,638 -38 82,669 2,428,765
7 YOUNG JEEZY INSPIRATION: THUG 45,329 -51 91,774 675,528
8 NAS HIP HOP IS DEAD 45,117 -55 101,103 502,100
10 OMARION 21 42,071 -65 119,392 162,534
11 BEYONCE B’DAY 42,028 -37 66,958 2,052,339
12 EMINEM PRESENTS: EMINEM 41,702 -50 83,951 739,013
14 FERGIE DUTCHESS 40,517 -36 62,988 1,247,178
16 CIARA EVOLUTION 39,385 -50 79,050 841,820
17 STEFANI*GWEN SWEET ESCAPE 38,940 -41 66,488 709,235
21 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 34,703 -23 45,155 1,177,471
25 JAY-Z KINGDOM COME 31,904 -48 60,932 1,238,703
26 SNOOP DOGG BLUE CARPET 31,356 -37 49,847 668,177
27 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 28,591 -24 37,659 1,218,312
28 BLIGE*MARY J. REFLECTIONS: A 27,584 -44 49,290 404,282
34 BOW WOW PRICE OF FAME 23,109 -60 57,063 342,120
35 THICKE*ROBIN EVOLUTION OF ROBIN 22,937 -5 24,043 265,646
37 LEGEND*JOHN ONCE AGAIN 22,372 -41 37,989 822,325
40 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BACK TO BASICS 20,958 -33 31,284 1,281,288
43 BIRDMAN & LIL’ WAYNE LIKE FATHER 20,144 -42 34,790 522,185
44 GAME DOCTOR’S ADVOCATE 20,132 -50 40,401 771,806
53 TYRESE ALTER EGO 18,039 -37 28,452 218,533
56 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 17,753 -34 26,721 2,514,274
57 LUDACRIS RELEASE THERAPY 17,690 -54 38,107 994,644
62 TRICK DADDY BACK BY THUG DEMAND 15,998 -45 29,144 132,413
66 FANTASIA FANTASIA 13,975 -37 22,252 231,113
75 TUPAC PAC’S LIFE 11,993 -45 21,844 357,419
78 MOS DEF TRU3 MAGIC 11,467 15 9,952 22,511
80 LIL SCRAPPY BRED 2 DIE BORN 2 LIVE 11,077 -49 21,713 181,585
86 JONES*JIM HUSTLER’S P.O.M.E. 10,433 -44 18,704 295,372
89 DIDDY PRESS PLAY 10,046 -36 15,780 482,278
97 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 9,242 -38 14,838 1,785,765
99 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSE 9,116 -36 14,186 1,169,750
102 MCKNIGHT*BRIAN TEN 8,722 -33 12,974 141,940
110 DJ CLUE PROFESSIONAL 3 8,450 -50 16,863 80,432
111 CHERISH UNAPPRECIATED 8,391 -49 16,552 478,739
122 RICHIE*LIONEL COMING HOME 7,646 -15 9,002 368,005
133 DANITY KANE DANITY KANE 7,340 -54 15,949 862,851
135 STYLES P TIME IS MONEY 7,313 -48 14,006 67,412
138 JIBBS JIBBS FEAT. JIBBS 7,187 -52 14,956 203,669
140 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 6,940 -29 9,743 1,122,929
148 PROJECT PAT CROOK BY DA BOOK 6,431 -39 10,627 80,400
152 ROSS*RICK PORT OF MIAMI 6,282 -39 10,257 688,323
153 OMAR*DON KING OF KINGS 6,267 -21 7,962 346,005
156 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 6,240 -31 9,108 2,651,569
159 CLIPSE HELL HATH NO FURY 6,123 -45 11,129 149,364
164 MATISYAHU NO PLACE TO BE 5,849 -43 10,212 18,544
167 PITBULL EL MARIEL 5,727 -34 8,690 147,300
171 WISIN Y YANDEL PRESENTAN: LOS 5,584 -15 6,601 98,450
173 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 5,525 -38 8,856 2,723,673
174 YING YANG TWINS CHEMICALLY IMB 5,522 -48 10,550 95,538
177 LIL BOOSIE BAD AZZ 5,374 -33 8,039 131,687
180 FAT JOE ME MYSELF & I 5,288 -37 8,438 139,710

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1 Omarion 21 119,392 999 1,053 120,463
2 Akon Konvicted 112,275 -51 227,245 1,158,031
3 Dreamgirls Soundtrack 104,366 -17 125,272 385,638
4 Nas Hip Hop Is Dead 101,103 -71 354,524 456,983
5 Young Jeezy Inspiration: Thug 91,774 -50 184,872 630,199
7 Eminem Presents: Re-up 83,951 -45 152,371 697,311
8 Timberlake*justin Futuresex 82,669 -64 229,836 2,377,127
9 Ciara Evolution 79,050 -64 219,945 802,435
12 Beyonce B’day 66,958 -69 212,932 2,010,311
14 Stefani*gwen Sweet Escape 66,488 -69 211,609 670,295
17 Fergie Dutchess 62,988 -68 198,106 1,206,661
21 Jay-z Kingdom Come 60,932 -55 135,979 1,206,799
23 Bow Wow Price Of Fame 57,063 -78 261,569 319,011
26 Snoop Dogg Blue Carpet 49,847 -49 97,722 636,821
27 Blige*mary J. Reflections: A 49,290 -68 155,701 376,698
29 Furtado*nelly Loose 45,155 -51 91,657 1,142,768
35 Game Doctor’s Advocate 40,401 -33 60,201 751,674
37 Ludacris Release Therapy 38,107 -43 67,216 976,954
38 Legend*john Once Again 37,989 -57 88,808 799,953
40 Mayer*john Continuum 37,659 -64 104,803 1,189,721
41 Birdman & Lil’ Wayne Like Father 34,790 -27 47,369 502,041
48 Aguilera*christina Back 31,284 -70 102,768 1,260,330
53 Trick Daddy Back By Thug Demand 29,144 -66 86,700 116,415
56 Tyrese Alter Ego 28,452 -49 55,961 200,494
59 Pussycat Dolls Pcd 26,721 -58 63,282 2,496,521
62 Thicke*robin Evolution Of Robin 24,043 -38 38,761 242,709
66 Fantasia Fantasia 22,252 -64 61,725 217,138
68 Tupac Pac’s Life 21,844 -50 43,682 345,426
69 Lil Scrappy Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live 21,713 -34 33,043 170,508
80 Jones*jim Hustler’s P.o.m.e 18,704 -30 26,876 284,939
83 Dj Clue Professional 3 16,863 -69 54,935 71,982
86 Cherish Unappreciated 16,552 -54 35,727 470,348
89 Danity Kane Danity Kane 15,949 -59 38,947 855,511
90 Diddy Press Play 15,780 -47 29,623 472,232
96 Jibbs Jibbs Feat. Jibbs 14,956 -43 26,042 196,482
98 Brown*chris Chris Brown 14,838 -63 39,665 1,776,523
103 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere 14,186 -52 29,750 1,160,634
105 Styles P Time Is Money 14,006 -69 45,730 60,099
116 Mcknight*brian Ten 12,974 -56 29,329 133,218
133 Clipse Hell Hath No Fury 11,129 -25 14,872 143,241
138 Project Pat Crook By Da Book 10,627 -31 15,397 73,969
140 Ying Yang Twins Chemically 10,550 -30 15,055 90,016
143 N.w.a. Best Of N.w.a. 10,354 999 127 10,481
145 Ross*rick Port Of Miami 10,257 -20 12,839 682,041
146 Matisyahu No Place To Be 10,212 999 363 10,575
147 Ghostface Killah More Fish 10,135 -47 19,189 65,369
151 Mos Def Tru3 Magic 9,952 816 1,087 11,044
154 Rihanna Girl Like Me 9,743 -45 17,674 1,115,989
161 Chingy Hoodstar 9,314 -38 15,076 279,162
164 Eminem Curtain Call 9,108 -46 16,825 2,645,329
166 Richie*lionel Coming Home 9,002 -69 28,899 360,359
169 Blige*mary J. Breakthrough 8,856 -60 22,238 2,718,148
174 T.i. King 8,729 -28 12,126 1,593,362
175 Pitbull El Mariel 8,690 -31 12,558 141,573
180 Fat Joe Me Myself & I 8,438 -30 11,973 134,422
187 Fiasco*lupe Lupe Fiasco’s Food 8,115 -39 13,288 255,183
189 Lil Boosie Bad Azz 8,039 -22 10,303 126,313
190 Omar*don King Of Kings 7,962 -14 9,271 339,738
199 Yung Joc New Joc City 7,709 -39 12,559 871,379

Diddy not only recognized Royce’s pen, the mogul also expressed interest in signing the lyricist to Bad Boy. Recently, reports also began spreading that Nas was interested in inking Royce to his Jones Experience imprint. Royce’s camp is hopeful that the two parties could meet soon and possibly involve God’s Son in the ongoing project.

“I’m an emcee and I’m a fan first before anything,” Royce offered. “When I heard that there was an interest and he [Nas] thought I was nice …you know that affected me moreso than him saying he wanna sign me. People say they wanna sign me all the time. But for him to say I was nice. That shit meant a lot to me.”

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