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\n\tThe first single from Big L<\/a>\u2019s posthumous Harlem\u2019s Finest: Return of the King<\/em> album is here. Today, Mass Appeal released \u201cu aint gotta chance,\u201d pairing Big L\u2019s bars from a 1997 freestyle<\/a> with a fiery verse from Nas<\/a>. The song, gradually crafted by seven people, is the first glimpse of what listeners can expect from the Big L album, which drops on Halloween. Big L\u2019s brother Donald Phinazee says the project is comprised of \u201cmostly the updated songs from [2010\u2019s] Return of The Devil\u2019s Son<\/em> and a few freestyles the team built into new records.\u201d The Return of The Devil\u2019s Son<\/em> album, spearheaded by Phinazee and SMC Recordings, was removed from streaming services in 2021 due to licensing issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe project, co-executive produced by Big L\u2019s estate and Royce Da 5\u20199\u201d, is part of Mass Appeal\u2019s Legend Has It \u2026<\/em> series, following albums from Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Mobb Deep, with forthcoming work from De La Soul as well as Nas and DJ Premier. Of the song, Mass Appeal co-founder Nas tells Rolling Stone<\/em>, \u201ceven though Big L\u2019s not here with us now, to get on the song with him is still pressure. He left an outstanding amount of serious rhymes. So just approaching it is like, \u2018Damn, I wish we were doing this together, but it\u2019s still an honor to do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBig L starts off \u201cu aint gotta chance\u201d with bars pulled from a freestyle on U.K. DJ Tim Westwood\u2019s show. The freestyle includes an alternate third verse of Big L\u2019s \u201cMVP\u201d single that he performed in London in 1997. He rhymes with characteristic fury and precision on the beat, rhyming, \u201cCash I got plenty, Microphones? Rock many\/Everything I touch is in the top twenty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n