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title: Papoose To Drop Long Awaited Debut, ‘The Nacirema Dream’
author: Andrew Hazard
published: 2013-02-24
modified: 2013-02-25
section: News
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# Papoose To Drop Long Awaited Debut, ‘The Nacirema Dream’

Back in 2006, Brooklyn rapper **Papoose** was the name on everybody’s lips when he landed a massive deal with Jive Records worth a reported $1.5 million. He soon began work on his anticipated debut, *The Nacirema Dream*, however months turned into years and the LP was never released.

Over six years later, the rapper is finally set to drop the album independently in March. He has since unveiled its coverart and wrote an open letter to his fans. In it Pap discusses his long road to the album’s release, the “struggles, pain, blood, sweat, tears and joy” that are documented in the long delayed project, and of course, why it took so long.

“I been working on this album my entire life, those of you who followed me over the years know and have the material to prove it,” the rapper writes. “Countless chants of the words Nacierma Dream on the intros, outros, stage shows, and minds of myself and everybody on my team.

“As I grew up in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, I kept record and jotted down the struggle, pain, blood, sweat, tears, and joy of myself, and all the others that I experienced and witnessed in this country. This album is a complete reflection of that story, when I made my introduction into the music business, I was blessed with a reaction from the audience that landed me a 1.5 million dollar deal, and the benefit of the people all over the globe hailing my album as the album that will change hip-hop and place New York back at the top.”

*The Nacirema Dream* is slated to drop March 26th.

01. Intro
 02. Motion Picture
 03. Mother Ghetto
 04. Aim Shoot f. Mobb Deep
 05. Skit
 06. Cure f. Erykah Badu
 07. naciremA Dream
 08. Pimpin Won’t Die
 09. 6AM f. Jim Jones & Jadakiss
 10. Skit
 11. Law Library Part 8
 12. Whats My Name f. Remy Ma
 13. On Top Of My Game f. Mavado
 14. Faith
 15. Turn It Up f. DJ Premier
 16. Die Like A G
 17. Get At Me f. Ron Browz
 18. Where I Come From f. Dada stone, Odog, Manson, Kino & C-Brown of Thugacation
 19. R.I.P
 20. Alphabetical Slaughter Part II / Z to A

    [![The Nacirema Dream](https://www.stasheverything.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Nacirema-Dream-300x300.jpg)](https://www.stasheverything.com/the-nacirema-dream/)   The Nacirema Dream   [![Papoose](https://www.stasheverything.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Papoose-300x300.jpg)](https://www.stasheverything.com/papoose/)   Papoose