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ow’s your album coming along? It’s going good, man. We’ve got over fifty songs recorded right now, and we’re trying to put it all together. Everything is real good right now. I’m just glad I’ve had the opportunity to record over fifty songs. Any major features so far? As of right now, no major features. We’ve got a few ideas of who we’d want to feature on the album, but nothing final right now. My deal is with Roundtable/Cash Money, so we were looking at maybe having Lil Wayne on the album. We’re not gonna have too many features, though; we don’t wanna fill it up and make it a compilation album. What about producers? When we got the deal originally, it was an all-in deal, which meant that our team got to take care of the whole album ourselves. Writing, production, and everything. But we recently went outside and did some production with cats from Souldiggas – they did some stuff for Missy Elliott and Brooke Valentine. We also worked with 9th Wonder from Little Brother, he produced a few joints on the album. So you’re signed to Cash Money? My deal is with Roundtable/Cash Money, which is distributed by Universal. I heard that you were supposed to sign with G-Unit. We were always in talks with them, and I did the song [“Karma”] and everything with Lloyd Banks, but I was always in talks with other labels and we were weighing our options. We decided to go over with Roundtable instead. It was nothing personal. It had nothing to do with anybody beefing or anything like that. How did you get on Lloyd Banks’ song “Karma”? My manager Rashad Tyler had a few meetings with Sha Money, who manages G-Unit and 50 Cent. During their first meeting they asked me to jump on the hook, and that’s what came out. Why didn’t they put you in the video
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for “Karma” even though you sang the hook? There’s two versions of the song. There’s one that’s on the album, which is my vocals. They took my vocals off the song and called it a remix and put Avant in the video. But you can catch me on the album. Where can we catch you performing? As of right now, I’m not even sure. I’ve been so caught up in the studio tryin’ to finish up this album and get everything right. We haven’t even been focusing on shows, but we should be doing something soon. A lot of people have said that you could be the “next Usher.” What do you think of that comparison? That’s a complement, just because of the success that Usher has had. He’s definitely an icon, and as a kid, I looked up to him and a lot of other artists. Hopefully one day I’ll have my own name. I don’t wanna be Usher, but I’ll take it as a complement. I’m still gonna go out and do my own thing. If you could do a duet with any artist, who would it be and why? Aw, man, I’d have to say Jigga. Just like any other artist, it’d be a dream for me to do something with Jigga. Of course I’m a big fan of hip-hop and a big fan of Jay-Z. - Malik Abdul (Photo: Julia Beverly)