MC talks about linking up with Timbaland, Swizz Beatz and more on his latest. By Adam Fleischer With all of the fanfare surrounding the 20th anniversary of Nas' Illmatic last week, you could almost forget that he still makes new music, too. Almost. But fear not: a new album is fully in the works, and Esco has been in with some super producers to get it ready. "I started working with [Timbaland], I want to say a year and a half ago," Nas told NPR .