TDE emcee Jay Rock recently caught up with HipHopWired to discuss his upcoming tour with his Black Hippy brethren Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul. During the interview, the Watts, CA rapper touched upon his plans for his next solo album.
Jay Rock said that he’s been working on the forthcoming effort quite heavily and that he’s decided to take his sound in a new direction. He added that like his partner-in-rhyme Kendrick, he’s been working almost exclusively with his in-house production team.
“[I’m] just working on my album…[it’s coming] real soon. I’m in the process of working on it right now, yahmean?” he said. “Basically, I’ve been working with my same producers, yahmean? In-house. I’ve been working with upcoming producers, too, just trying to come with a whole new sound. I just dropped a new track recently – the whole Internet, they went crazy over it this week. I’m basically just re-building, that’s all I’m doing, coming with something new.”
Speaking of Kendrick, Jay Rock also spoke on K. Dot’s wildly anticipated release good kid, m.A.A.d city, due out this October 2. The west coast rapper kept tight-lipped about his partner’s Aftermath debut, even refusing to confirm whether he would appear on the final tracklist.
“You never know [if I’ll be featured], you never know,” he said. “I can’t talk [about it], just make sure you get it October 2, good kid, m.A.A.d city…I can’t give you nothing [about the album]. I’ma tell you this: he’s been working real hard on it, man, and the music is crazy right now, so just make sure when it drops October 2, you get a copy. Matter of fact, get two.”
Check out the full interview over at 2DopeBoyz.
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MICHAEL SAVAGE
WAYNE BRADY
Can’t wait for new music from Jay Rock it’s been awhile
awhile?
He released an album last year
He has featured on tracks this year
^ still too long
^ different times I guess, fans are spoiled
^you guys are gay
BOB DOLE
lol i remember in 06 waitin on these niggas to blow up and the homie ya boy still aint dropped an album
I hope he doesn’t change his sound too much. One of the reason’s I liked his debut album was because it had a classic West Coast vibe to it.
right..hope not either
whats gonna get more down loads on datpiff trae black print or wayne dedication 4
nobody ever mentions anything about Jay Rock being signed to Strange Music.
i think he only signed onto strange music for one album
na he still signed travis oguin was recorded talking about him awhile back saying he was working on the sophmore album…its just that strange is kinda just mainly backing TDE and rock from behid the scenes
So he’s doing a hole album with Strange Music producers?
whole*
whole
I love how HipHopDX wrote his yahmeans haha. I actually was hoping he changed his style, his first album had that old West Coast vibe to it, now he’s gonna make an album with that TDE vibe to it. I hope he’s on good kid m.A.A.d city, it would be a great idea to have him on a track where Kendrick spits as a young guy tryin’ to live his life right and Jay Rock spittin’ as an OG tryin’ to turn him into a gangsta.
yeah I yahmean
Jay Rock is a beast. Cant wait for his new album to drop. He killed Follow Me Home n his tapes dont disappoint.
He should go see if MMG needs a chaffeur.
The title of the LP will be “yahmean?”, LOL.
I remember when “All of My Life” first came out and faded away because the delay of his debut. It was a great surprise that he managed to keep that classic west coast style, regardless of the changes in the trends and music industry.
Can’t wait, a Tech9 / Kendrick featured single would be nice!
Jay’s a beast. Follow Me Home was a real good lp, that brought back that classic West Coast feel. I’m not mad that he’s going in a new direction tho.. artists often feel the need to experiment, grow, and evolve.
Loved FMH. Can’t wait for the next. {{-_-}}
i can take that same ppicture everyday, i just might stop by the Nickerson Garden projects and pretend im cool