D espite being 23 years his senior, prolific producer No ID has a much more childlike air than ­Chicago indie rapper Saba, who is quietly pensive, if not a tad guarded. When we meet at No ID’s ...

Saba and No ID are two legends of Chicago hip-hop, from two different generations. Saba is the cerebral rap poet who made his name with corrosively pained classics like 2018's Care for Me and 2022 ...

No ID’s beats were integral to the music Saba heard growing up on the West Side of Chicago, on early Common albums, ’00s Jay-Z hits, and boundary-pushing Kanye West tracks. “I was listening ...

Chicago rapper Saba and storied producer No ID will release their collaborative album, From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID, on March 18. A full track list for the album hasn’t been ...

For Saba and No ID, the process of making From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID was long, involved, and not always linear. Beginning life as a mixtape, it entailed mountains of demos ...

On March 18, 2025, Chicago rapper and Pivot Gang leader Saba and Grammy Award-winning super-producer No ID released their powerhouse joint album, From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID via ...

Saba and No ID's collaborative album, From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID is here. On Tuesday, the pair dropped off the 15-track album, born from Saba's two worlds: his Chicago hometown ...

From The Private Collection Of Saba & No ID is one of the most highly anticipated projects in hip-hop. After multiple false starts, the Chicago rapper-producer tandem has, at long last ...

The consistently excellent rapper Saba and the legendary producer No ID have been building up to their album From The Private Collection Of Saba And No ID, and we’ve posted their singles “Back ...

The official release of From The Private Collection Of Saba And No ID is edging closer, and the latest sign of life is their celebratory new single, “Woes Of The World.” In his chest-beating ...

Right now, their main task is wrapping up a joint album, From the Private ­Collection of Saba and No ID, which they’ve been working on since 2022. Due out in January, it’s a refreshingly rich ...

But there’s a similar elegiac touch all over this album; he and No ID hit reset on the whole project when Saba lost his uncle, producer Tommy Skillfinger, his original rap mentor. “He’s the ...