Papoose would say his Mobb Deep collaboration "Aim, Shoot" was recorded in 2012 even through the feud that went on between members Havoc and Prodigy. Papoose being from Brooklyn, New York he said the song will give you and inside look to the city even if you have never been there. The third track "Mother Ghetto" is about loving and representing where you are from. I’m just basically setting the stage then an interlude." The intro features samples from Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr. Papoose said he was using the song "more as a preparing the listener for what type of album, what type of experience they about to have. The working title for the first track "Intro" is "Attempted Assassination". The track list was revealed on February 23, 2013. The album will contain 20 tracks with two skits. Some of the concepts of songs on the album date back to his time when he was with Jive, but all records have been updated and everything has been remixed and remastered and changed around. The album according to Papoose details his struggle and is his life story. Papoose has described the album as a "New York style album". It’s definitely going to come out under that title. This isn’t just an album title for entertainment. I can’t change my face when I look in the mirror. My struggle growing up in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, being successful in the music industry, and going through all the trials and tribulations I went through in my life - Nacirema Dream is a reflection of that. People come from all different corners of the Earth, risk their life getting here in search of that American dream. “Nacirema” is the word “American” spelled backwards.
In March 2012 when Papoose was asked if he would change the name of the album he responded with I can't really blame them, I blame myself for letting it happen." In December 2009 DJ Kay Slay would confirm the album was still coming.
A lot of people were hitting me with ideas about doing this and that and got in the way. He would say, "The business part and the politics of the game kinda got in the way. However, in September 2007, DJ Kay Slay revealed that he and Papoose had left Jive, commenting that they had "almost victims of A&R hell." This was due to Jive wanting Papoose to be a more commercial artist. He also announced for the first time an album to be called The Nacirema Dream ("American" spelled backwards) was in the planning. On August 24, 2006, his official website announced that he had signed with Jive Records in a deal worth $1.5 million.