Lost Tapes

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A COLLECTION OF UNRELEASED TRACKS FROM THE YEARS THAT MADE HIM A LEGEND OF RAP Nines, a legend of British rap, director, and filmmaker, offers his fans what they have been waiting for for years. He releases today Lost Tapes, a compilation of unreleased tracks recorded throughout his career as a rapper. Lost Tapes draws from Nines' most prolific period, that of Crabs in a Bucket, his number 1 album in the UK, where everything changed and he fully dedicated himself to rap. He recorded far more during those years than he could release, and much of this music never reached the fans who needed it most. Two years after his retirement, and with the perspective that only distance can provide, Nines decided it was time for the whole world to finally discover them. Nines ended his rapping career in 2024 with Quit While You're Ahead, his sixth and final album, released on his own independent label, Zino Records. His farewell coincided with a sold-out concert at the O2 Arena in London, an evening described by The Guardian as a "highlight of his career" and one of the most talked-about rap concerts of the decade. With Lost Tapes, Nines now offers his fans the missing piece: music that captures him at his peak, focused and ambitious, recorded in real time as he became the rapper that culture would come to label a legend.