Young Thug dropped his new album from jail without much notice last week — but that isn’t the only surprising part about the project.
Metro Boomin oversaw the majority of the album’s production, and his longtime studio partner Southside, who also worked on Business Is Business, claims the entire tracklist was put together in two weeks.
“Y’know, we move quick, we work real fast,” he said in a brief LAX interview with TMZ shared on Saturday (July 1). “Shoutout to Metro. Metro the G.O.A.T.”
Not only did he call his longtime collaborator the greatest, he also called Business is Business the greatest behind-bars record of all time.
Southside was then asked if Thugga recorded his vocals over the phone. “Not really, some things was, but not all of em,” he said. When probed further to reveal more information about the operation, he replied: “We keep our secrets.”
Check out Southside’s TMZ interview below:
Meanwhile, Young Thug has remained focused on music — his own as well as that of his peers. Though he may have a lot on his plate with the ongoing YSL RICO case, hearing T.I. and Boosie Badazz’s joint album is high on his list of priorities.
On Thursday (June 29), the 31-year-old rapper took to his Instagram Stories to urge the Southern rap legends to go ahead and drop the collaborative project they’ve been teasing for some time.
“@mamaheliveagain2.0 and @tip ya’ll go ahead and drop that album together,” he wrote. “That’s all a n-gga wants.”
Boosie has yet to respond, although Tip did repost Thug’s post on his own Instagram Stories and added a series of emojis indicating he’s on board with the idea.
During an interview with VladTV in February, Boosie declared he was no longer doing the project over allegations that the Grand Hustle general had snitched on a dead relative back in the day.
T.I. and Boosie continued to engage in a back and forth before making amends in April, with the latter then announcing the album is back underway along with a reality show.
“The reality show we in works right now, so we’re probably gonna follow up with a joint project,” he said in a separate interview with VladTV. “We ain’t talked about dropping an album yet but I wanna drop it. That’s why I was kinda pissed about the situation because this was big for me to drop an album with Tip. This was some big shit for me bruh, so we gonna get to it.”
What the f*ck is a “jail album”? If he’s talking about albums that are released while the artist is locked up then hell no. 2Pac Me Against The World is clearly better.
i think he means song actually recorded in jail or prison…pac songs were done before he got lock up
Respect to the King of Rap Mac Dre, the 1st artist to ever record an album from jail.
Thizz in Peace
No, it’s the gayest jail album ever
This man never heard Against the World? Not even a Pac fan but that shit is undeniable.
Considering its a mix of old material and a gang of features, with possibly some a.i vocals used in to cover the gaps(pure speculation on my part). Two weeks is not really a feat, it’s almost expected. And with the quick rollout I will safely assume this shit was thrown together.
The best “jail album” of all time ? 😂 I’m not even sure who else has made “jail albums” but this one is doo-doo 💩