My take...it's great to hear an MC of Thought's status work with a producer that is more on the fringes, coming with beats that are more challenging, avant garde. It's brave, and speaks to Thoughts interest in his own artistry. That said, if you not feeling it, it is what it is. Since you brought up Nas though, let's go there. Nas is still, in a lot of ways, stuck in this what's hot now mentality, and seems to want to push that he is still relevant. I get that, but would say he is kind of taking the safe route by doing work with Hit Boy. The last time he went out of the box was with the Damian Marley LP...Nas fans, many of them including me, want to see him get out of the box some more and work with atypical producers/musicians...