M80 posted a tracklist over the weekend for the upcoming Rakim, Kurupt and Masta Killa project, and one line on it was enough to set off the chatter: Jay-Z and Eminem were listed together as featured guests on an interlude.
That single credit matters because the album is due in August, and if the interlude includes new vocals from both artists, it would be the first time they have worked together since Renegade, the track from Jay-Z’s 2001 album The Blueprint. M80, who shared the list on social media, added his own stamp on the moment by writing, “AOTY 2026 - PUT SOME COT DAMN RESPEK ON MY NAME.”
The project is being framed as a packed hip-hop release, with Snoop Dogg, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Daz Dillinger, KRS-One and several others also named on the tracklist. That makes the Jay-Z and Eminem listing stand out even more, not only because of the names involved but because both artists have spent recent months in very different public lanes. Jay-Z sat for a rare interview with GQ earlier in 2026, headlined Roots Picnic last month and delivered a freestyle that listeners read as taking shots at Drake, Ye, Dame Dash, Nicki Minaj, Tory Lanez and others. He is also preparing for a trio of sold-out New York City concerts tied to the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt and the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint, then a pair of shows in Paris on September 10 and Los Angeles on October 23.
The catch is that the tracklist does not settle the biggest question. An interlude credit can mean anything from a short spoken pass-through to a full verse, and it remains unclear whether Jay-Z and Eminem are actually supplying new vocals or are simply listed in some other capacity. That uncertainty is what keeps the listing from being just a nostalgic footnote. If the names hold on the final release, August would bring a rare reunion for two artists whose shared history has been defined by one song for more than two decades.
For now, the tracklist does its job: it turns a coming album into a moment. The answer on Jay-Z and Eminem will not come from the social post, but from the record itself when August arrives.
