Ludacris has confirmed that his eight album Ludaversal is slated for release in May.

Speaking with Billboard.comā€™s The Juice, Luda said that heā€™s already collaborated with Usher for the project, but that heā€™s hoping to surprise listeners with a handful of guests.

ā€œUsher is one person that Iā€™ve already worked with,ā€ he says, ā€œand in terms of other artists, you can say that thereā€™s going to be a lot of surprises on here.ā€

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Ludacris, who recently released his 1.21 Gigawatts: Back for the First TimeĀ mixtape,Ā previously collaborated with Ursh on ā€œYeah!ā€ and Lil Jonā€™s ā€œLovers and Friends.ā€ He further says that the album is ā€œabout 40 percent doneā€ and that The Neptunes have produced for the project.

ā€œIā€™ve pretty much collected about 80 percent of the beats that I need and Iā€™ve started writing ideas on them. First I have to love the beat, absolutely love it,ā€ he said, noting that the first single will drop in March. ā€œItā€™s been a minute since Iā€™ve been away from music, and there is just so much to talk aboutā€¦ So [the album] is mostly about my personal life, my travels, my experiences, rumors, gossip ā€” you know, everything coming together in one.ā€

[January 10]

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UPDATE: According to HHNM, Ludacrisā€™ LudaversalĀ is slated for release on September 11, 2012. The first single, produced by Da Internz, will arrive in the forthcoming weeks.

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