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  • Russ recorded his verse on Ab-Soul’s upcoming album in a hotel room

    Russ recorded his verse on Ab-Soul’s upcoming album in a hotel room

    Russ explains how he sets up his studio equipment in a hotel room

    Rapper Russ will appear on Ab-Soul’s forthcoming album, Herbert, which drops December 16. The New Jersey artist recently took his fans on a ride on how he puts up his studio recording equipment in a hotel room, revealing that’s how he recorded his feature on Soul’s album in the Brazilian city of Rio.

    “Alright, I’m gonna walk y’all through setting up the studio in the hotel room,” Russ said in a clip while opening his suitcase that contains studio equipment including an audio interface, mic, pop filter, and headphones. After explaining the simple process of putting together the devices and engineering himself, he added, “fun fact, the Ab-Soul album that’s coming out next week, the verse that I did there I recorded it just like this in Rio.”

    Russ will appear on Ab-Soul’s 18-song album on the track, “Go Off” along with Big Sean.


  • Ab-Soul shares update on his upcoming album; previews new music

    Ab-Soul shares update on his upcoming album; previews new music

    New music from Ab-Soul could be coming soon

    Top Dawg Entertainment rapper Ab-Soul gives a message of hope concerning his long-awaited fifth studio album. The Los Angeles native shared on Wednesday (December 8) a clip of an unheard snippet live from the studio via his Instagram story. He also hinted that the album is “80%” done in the caption.

    Related content: Ab-Soul Says his New Album is “Coming Soon”

    “Get up off my dick, let me talk my shit, let me show ’em how I feel for real/These n-ggas ain’t ill, they ain’t got no skill, they ain’t got no will for real/I was 10 and 2 on Cen-tral, trying to make my dream come true/Running from DeLamo trying to let y’all know just what we go through,” he spits on part of the 42-second preview.

    In 2019, Soul revealed on Twitter that the follow-up to his 2016 album Do What Thou Wilt was 70% done, leading many to believe that the project would drop that year, but it has never materialized to this day.


  • Ab-Soul Says his New Album is “Coming Soon”

    Ab-Soul Says his New Album is “Coming Soon”

    Ab-Soul is readying his next album

    Ab-Soul wants his fans’ optimism to remain alive, as he teases that it won’t be long before his next album sees the light of day. On Tuesday (May 18), the 34-year-old hopped on Twitter to make the announcement. “That’s all I got right now… Album comin soon…” Soul wrote.

    Related content: Ab-Soul took AP/Honors English in High School


    This is the second time in 2021 the Top Dawg Entertainment rapper has shared updates concerning his next body of work. On New Year’s Day, the introspective lyricist announced on Twitter that his album is on the way. He also ended up hinting at the possibilities of Kendrick Lamar’s album dropping soon as well.

    “Yea the album is on the way, you knew that…” He wrote, before a fan asked if that’s the case with Kendrick, and Ab-Soul simply replied, “Yup.”


    It’s been five years since the California artist dropped his last album, Do What Thou Wilt, which was released in 2016. He’s not the only one from TDE to go on a musical hiatus for a while. With the exception of REASON who dropped his New Beginnings album last year, artists like Kendrick and SZA haven’t released albums since their 2017 DAMN and CTRL respective albums.

    In mid-January, TDE’s head, Punch, shared on Twitter that he’s in the studio with Ab-Soul, exposing him for covering his iPhone camera to keep the recording process top secret. “In the studio with @abdashsoul,” he wrote. “My Mans got duck tape covering the cameras on his iPhone. Lol.” He quickly rectified his spelling with “duct” in another tweet.

  • Ab-Soul visited Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch as a kid

    Ab-Soul visited Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch as a kid

    Ab-Soul visited Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch as a kid.

    During a 2014 interview with NiteCap, Ab-Soul revealed he visited Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch as a kid saying: “I went to never neverland, back when the independent record shops… when the mom and pop shops were important, we used to get a lot of free compensation for everything. You can’t pay to get into never never land, you had to be invited and so he [Michael Jackson] would invite the independent stores to come down.”

    Watch from 34:50.

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  • Ab-Soul took AP/Honors English in High School

    Ab-Soul took AP/Honors English in High School

    Ab-Soul took AP/Honors English during his High School years in Carson, California.

    During an interview with GoodFellaMedia, Ab-Soul revealed that he was enrolled in a magnet middle school and he took AP/honors classes in high school. “I was in magnet middle school and AP honors classes in high school. I mean, I wasn’t a straight A student, I still got C’s and B’s but they threw me in these big classes due to my test scores. I always had a passion… took a liking to words.” Ab-Soul tells GoodFellaMedia.

    Ab-Soul was the only member in TDE to take honors English.

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  • Ab-Soul Shares new “Dangerookipawaa Freestyle”

    Ab-Soul Shares new “Dangerookipawaa Freestyle”

    Coming in time for 4/20, TDE’s abstract thinker, Ab-Soul, releases new “Dangerookipawaa Freestyle.” It’s been four years since we received Ab’s last offering, Do What Thou Wilt.

    Could this mean we’re getting a new album soon from Soulo? We shall see. Check out the freestyle below, as Soul flows over two instrumentals, produced by Devin Williams.

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