MJG - This Might Be The Day
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The legendary rap veteran, MJG is releasing his third highly anticipated solo album via MJG Musik/404 Music Inc. MJG is very excited about this project and has major plans in the future for his production team as well as ghost writing for a superstar producer. We tried to inquire into his and 8Ball's moving from Bad Boy Records to T.I.'s Grand Hustle situation and got an answer, we think...

Let's get it in! You got a new solo album coming out, right?
MJG: Yeah, that's right.

What's the name of the album and when is it due to hit stores?
MJG: "This Might Be The Day" and it's due out on July 15th

This is your first solo album in a minute? What prompted you to roll with it?
MJG: I'm always focusing on the 8Ball and MJG projects but at the same time, I'm always in the studio working on solo stuff. I'm always working on beats and writing so, I just felt like it was a good time to come back with another solo project.

Who all is on the album?
MJG: 8Ball, Gucci Mane, and Pleasure P from Pretty Ricky.

Why did you decide to choose "Shades" as the lead single?
MJG: The song is me, I'm always wearing shades and I wanted to bring something different to the table.

Who produced the album?
MJG: Me and my production team, Space Age Pimpin.

Are you touring right now to promote the album?
MJG: Yeah, I'll probably do a little promo run then I'll hit 'em with a real tour later.

You're considered a living legend in the rap game, you've been successful at it for a long time. What is it about the rap game that keep you involved?
MJG: I love being apart of it. It's the best thing going. You got to be down with hip-hop to be down with the present time.

You have serious longevity in the game, so what advise would you give to some of these young cats out here?
MJG: It all comes back to hard work, putting in hard work is going yield good results. At the core of everything you're going to have to love it. If you're just saying that you like it or love it because it sounds good at the time or whatever you know that's not true love; you got to have that passion for it.

What would you say is the most satisfying part of what you do?
MJG: Outside of the money and being able to take care of my family... It's like more exciting now when you have a song that people still really love. Young, old or middle age. It's even more overwhelming when you drop a song and step in the club and the fans are up on it like something we did way back. The age range for our music is so diverse it's just crazy. That has been a blessed part of our career, having fans of all ages.

What would you consider to be your biggest accomplishment musically?
MJG: Just being in the game long enough where I'm starting to forget exactly how many albums we got. You know our goal is to do this
so long that our catalog will be endless. Like if you wanted to play all of our songs in the club, it would have stay open for four days straight.

So there's no thought of retirement?
MJG: Nah, our influence is a big part of the industry now. If we put ourselves out the game right now there would be a void. I think we owe it to our fans to come back out every now and then.

Aside from pushing your current project what are some of your future plans?
MJG: Right now I'm going to be joining Jazze Pha's writing team, I'll be also getting my production team tight too. Space Age Beats, hopefully, you'll be seeing that name on a lot of projects in the near future.

I recently heard that you and 8Ball are no longer on Bad Boy and have moved on to T.I.'s Grand Hustle. Is that true?
MJG: Right now, it's 404 and it's MJG Musik.

We're currently experiencing a jacked-up economy and we're in the era of bootlegging. Tell me why should hip-hop heads go out and buy your new album in July?
MJG: Aw man, if you don't know about MJG or 8Ball & MJG go ask somebody. That's the reason. If you doubting it just go ask somebody and after they run the history down for you and you don't want to go get it then I don't know what's wrong with you!