Wale is opening up about the new direction he's taking for his upcoming album.

On Monday, August 18, the DMV legend and his manager, Kazz Laidlaw, sat down with journalist Keith Nelson, Jr. during a new PLLRS conversation in Brooklyn, N.Y. During the conversation, Wale reflected on his lengthy music career while Laidlaw added his perspective from the management side. At one point, Wale was asked about the status of his eighth studio album. The Grammy-nominated MC said that he's spent the past four years working on the project, which will introduce a new genre he and Laidlaw call "Diaspora Folk."

“If you ask ten people who’ve heard it, they’re going to give you 10 different responses. It’s honest. It’s a roller coaster," Wale said. “We’re pretty global on this [album]. We got moments. I

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