Ludacris has carried out lots of residing up to now eight years. However the one factor he hasn’t carried out throughout that point is launch any new music. However in a brand new interview with BET, Luda mentioned it’s time to get again into the sport.
“Yeah, some music tasks will probably be popping out subsequent yr. I don’t wanna faux, I don’t wanna stutter-step,” Ludacris mentioned. “It’s undoubtedly some music coming subsequent yr, however I don’t know if it’s like an EP or an LP. We’re going to determine it out.”
Requested why he’s been off the radar since his ninth LP, 2015’s Ludaversal — which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and included options from Usher, Miguel and Monica — the rapper mentioned his performing has undoubtedly saved him out of the studio. Since his final album, he’s appeared in 4 Quick & Livid motion pictures, in addition to The Trip, Finish of the Highway and the brand new vacation film, Dashing By means of the Snow.
“These film tasks like Quick & Livid and doing lots of issues just like the Karma’s World undertaking that’s on Netflix. You realize, doing different artwork types the place I’m artistic, the place I’m placing my coronary heart into that, I wish to be sure that I go away a legacy on this earth,” mentioned the MC who additionally obtained a honorary bachelor’s diploma in music from Georgia State final summer time. “So it was simply taking a step again and getting hungry once more, residing some life. ‘Trigger while you put out music, to ensure that it to be natural and actual, you gotta speak about what goes on in your life. So if I had like 9 constant albums, generally you gotta take a step again and stay some life so that you’ve got much more to speak about and that’s what I used to be doing.”
As for what the brand new tunes will sound like, Luda mentioned it’s a “little untimely” to speak about it as a result of he’s engaged on “lots of stuff.” Within the meantime, he’s been dropping freestyles on his social feeds, together with a killer one on 4/20 and one final November by which he caught followers up on his prodigious profession achievements.
Given his spectacular film resume, Ludacris mentioned he nonetheless has some containers he’d wish to examine on that facet, together with enjoying a villain on the large display screen. “I undoubtedly would like to be part of the Marvel universe or DC universe, however I wouldn’t thoughts enjoying the villain that doesn’t die,” he mentioned. “That’s what I’m searching for — a type of roles or like a Coaching Day villain-type position.”
