Soul to drop new album soon
Ab-Soul is working on his new album, Soul Burger, but this one is expected to be different from what his supporters might expect.
The Los Angeles artist attended DJ Hed and Gina Views radio show on Sirius XM, Effective Immediately, on Tuesday (October 22) where he gave updates regarding the forthcoming LP. The album is in honor of his late friend and TDE’s Doe Burger who unfortunately died in 2021.
“The idea came to fruition after [Doe Burger]’s transition and it’s just something that was very important for me to do ‘cause I don’t even know how I’m really still doing this without him,” Soul said. “That’s how tight-knit we were. Just to make it clear that he wasn’t no hype man or hangaround, he was really my big homie. He was really the star of it. He put the glow on it. I just been tryna channel him. I got my hair braided — that was against my religion. I got jewelry on.
“I just been trying to channel him and my best way of doing that is through the music. And hence the title, it’s the fusion of me and him. We was literally Huey and Riley from The Boondocks. To where this album is not me – it’s Soul Burger. That’s not me. It’s like a new artist. It’s not a Ab-Soul project, it’s a Soul Burger project, so I recommend everybody listen to it in terms of that.”
He added: “This is my attempt at just really channeling him and making music that I feel like he would he would really like.”