Big K.R.I.T. recently delayed his Def Jam debut Live from the Underground to 2012, but he’s got good reason. Speaking with XXLMag.com, the Meridian, Mississippi native explained that he wants more time to focus on the music and perfect the final product.
“I really just wanna take out more time and work on the music, and they let me do that,” he said, explaining that he wants more time to clear samples. “With some of the samples that I chose to use, tracking down the person that owns the publishing has become a task. It’s just something I’m not quite used to dealing with.”
Revealing that he will release an EP before his album hits stores, K.R.I.T. said that he will drop a single soon and has two special features for his debut.
“There’s two features that came up that I had the opportunity to work with,” he said. “I ain’t gonna mention who they are—they super, duper legends, put it like that. And I got some records on there that I feel like the subject matter and the content, I just needed to kind of mold it a little bit better.”
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Damn. It must be hard to please label execs.
*daps krit* we got you man. patiently waiting for this hot shit
ANDRE 3000!!!!!!!!!
Bet you Andre hops on one of the tracks. With Krit’s talent and southern roots I bet he gets him for a feature.
Please sweet baby jesus, let Andre 3k be on this album
after cole world the sideline story drops i’ll be waiting for live from the underground!!! these are the only two albums i’m buying.
Doesn’t it suck that ‘Live From The Underground’ isn’t dropping the same day as Cole’s like it was supposed to? I was so hyped for that, cuz they’re both my favorite right now. It would have been so dope to buy both of theirs the same day and the only downside would be debating who to play first. But yea when I found out a week or 2 ago that Krit’s project was pushed back til NEXT YEAR, that’s one of the saddest news that hit me in hip hop lol
GOOD MAKE SURE ITS A CLASSIC TRY NOT TO TAKE TO LONG BIG KRIT FUTURE OF THE SOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!
its probably for the best it got pushed back, wasnt that much buzz for it. also…
outkast/krit callabo O.O!? plz let it be
Don’t worry about it KRIT! We still waiting on you though homie but in the meantime get that mixtape ready! Im so HYPED!! I think its gone be Outkast and 8 Ball & MJG! I read in an article where KRIT said “He’ll produce a whole album for 8Ball & MJG”! It got to be out of those two or Outkast! Hell, we can be aaaaaaaaall the way all we know! AND OH YEEEAAAAHHHH CEE-LO! He was talking about him BET so that might be one of them! But I can’t wait until that mixtape drop! I bet its gone be out around November or December!
*aaaaaaall the way off
*aaaaaaaall the way off
I’m kinda glad it got pushed back.
Should let Return of 4eva resonate a bit more.
Krit, Andre 3000 and Big Boi!
I know it will be worth the wait.
Man they keep on delaying all the good Hip Hop albums! This shits getting kind of annoying. I dont know if its to build anticipation but they need to just let the artist do what they want on there albums and let them drop the shit!
The only rapper worth his salt nowadays. Freddie Gibbs has the potential, but he doesn’t measure up quality wise
Speaking the truth right there. Big K.R.I.T. is one of the only whom I believe when he says he’s taking his time to make a better album.
I love KRIT, & I think R4 is the album of the year so far, but I’m skeptical he’ll be able to release a single commercial enough to get the label heads to push the album. I mean for all the Outkast comparisons, would SouthernPlayalistic be released if it came out now?
Yo, Big Krit is the realist rapper in the game. And no matter how folks try and hate we luv dis nigga in Memphis to L. Rock, we will b waiting my guy.
dam krit i thought sept. 27 is da day real rap artist comes out but i dont even care imma wait cuz i kno its gonna one of the best albums out
man i was gonn cop fifa 12 krit and cole on the 27th