Why should he?
He’s been there and done that.
People have to remember that a lot of these producers weren’t very supportive of Nas after Illmatic dropped. Pete Rock shytted on It Was Written because he was mad Nas didn’t choose any beats from him. Q-Tip told the Trackmasters “You’re ruining his career” when he heard If I Ruled The World. Large Professor said he felt a type of way about Nas ascending as an artist while he was in danger of being dropped.
Only LES and Premo kept their fukking mouths shut and never had no slick shyt to say about Nas post IWW. Why would Nas rush to work with these people who were literally AGAINST him utilizing his talent and platform to its fullest potential?
Besides that. An underrated aspect of Nas’s career and longevity has been his willingness to reinvent and experiment. Illmatic sounds nothing like It Was Written which sounds nothing like I am. Which sounds nothing like Nastradamus. Which sounds nothing like Stillmatic and so on and so forth. Even when he’s dabbled in working with Illmatic producers, American Way sounds nothing like One Love. Second Childhood sounds nothing like Memory Lane. Money Over Bullshyt sounds nothing like Life’s A bytch. The Art Of It sounds nothing like The World Is Yours.
If Nas continued to work with the same producers for his entire career he’d be Jeru The Damaja.
