''It's Very Now''
1:30PM ET January 23rd, 2013
Contributor : Martin James
A Rocky Williform Company

Nas is gearing up for his next project and revealed how focused he is on crafting music for "now." The Queens-born rapper said that he is even a little nervously excited and shared that he'd like to work with a certain popular singer/songwriter.

"I would love to reconnect with Frank Ocean," Nas told MTV News. "It's very now, it's very 2013, Nasir Jones. That's what it is."

"I feel great, I feel accomplished, I feel wiser and just really ready," he added.

"I'm an open canvas, a clear canvas and an excited painter with a shaky hand," he shared. "Not because of bad nerves, but because of excitement."