For people like myself, Chance The Rapper’s forthcoming unknown album has been all I can think about, and apparently, we’re getting close to it. The follow up to his well received Acid Rap will be due at the end of the year and will be titled Surf, a project in collaboration with his band The Social Experiment.

In the dope interview with Billboard, Chano shared his thoughts on his latest songs he’s put out lately and how he’s literally locked himself  in the studio. Here’s a bit of what Chano is thinking:

“We’re working really closely with Francis Starlite from Francis and the Lights. He’s been a really been a big help on Surf. Damn, I’m saying these things like people know it. Surf is the first project, which is coming out before the end of 2014. It’s the first Social Experiment project. It’s a big step for all of us all putting our heads together and letting Nico [Segal] hold the reigns and carry it. There’s a lot of great instrumentation. A lot of input from cool writers. I’m already saying too much.

Well, we worked with Migos. We worked with J. Cole. We did some work with Emily King just last week. Somebody who helped us out a lot with just getting into the project was Rick Rubin. And Frank Ocean. There’s been a lot of just people in the studio watching us work almost like a house band. People come in just to watch us jam out.”