Fat Joe Speaks on New Mixtape (The Drak Side, Vol 2.) And 11th Album

Fat Joe has been in the game since 1993 (He dropped his first album- Represent in 93); you know that is a long time, so you have to give him the props for that, if not for anything else. Except making headlines for his massive weight loss, he has gone off the hip hop scene for a while. It was kinda like Rick Ross stole that Fat Rapper identity from him and ran with it. It is all good though; Joe is a good dude, and has nothing but love for the Game. He has popped up on the scene once again, this time to announce the release of his new mixtape, The Dark Side, Vol 2. Which is a follow up to his last album. I guess he figured people weren't down with the raw hip hop shit he dropped on that The Dark Side, Vol 1 album; So he turned the follow up to a mixtape for the streets...but his 11th album is also on the way.

Read what he had to say about his new mixtape and the new album below-

“We have the mixtape The Darkside, Vol. 2. We gonna drop the mixtape no later than two-and-a-half-weeks. That’s coming out super hard though. Not ever regular hard. It’s gonna be the hardest mixtape out; nothing nice about it. The mixtape is too hard. Shit coming out like what a street anthem mixtape should sound like. This is my first mixtape. We’re gonna put it out as a mixtape and hit the people with that raw, street, Joe Krill.”

“We gonna have them joints on the mixtapes then we gonna have some new shit,” he promised. “Crazy new shit! Then we working on the album too. We haven’t named it yet. The first single with Chris Brown is retarded. It’s called ‘Another Round,’ produced by Cool and Dre and Young Lad. We got joints [on the album] produced by Rico Love; it’s sounding great. With the album, we’re gonna make that music that everyone can relate too. It’s still gonna be hard, but it’s gonna be hit mania. You know exactly what it is. The joint with Chris Brown is a super joint. I got another joint I’m trying to get Maxwell on. You know, I’m talking to the ladies. I lost that weight, I gotta talk to them.”

If there is one thing i trust Fat Joe for, it is making Club Bangers, so i do not doubt whatever he says about his upcoming single with Chris Brown. I guess everybody be using Chris Brown now for their hooks. Anyway, back to fat joe- the other thing i like about this man is his love for hip hop. he knows what people want to here on radio, so he gives them that (to stay relevant), but when you get his album, you get the feel of that raw joe...that raw hip hop. I think it is inspiring to know that he still wants to keep dropping album; his last 3 albums didn't do so well commercially. But, they were pretty great albums though.