Vic Mensa on Jay Z's New Music: "It's Fresh as F**k"

Vic Mensa shares his opinion on Jay Z's forthcoming project and offers up some of the guest features we can expect on his debut album.

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Vic Mensa is one of the lucky people who has had the chance to hear Jay Z's new music, which he told to Rap-Up is sounding good so far. "I've heard a little bit of some Hov shit and it’s fresh as fuck, but I can’t say anything about anything else."

It's understandable why Jay would trust Vic with hearing some of his very secretive new project considering his close relationship with both Jay and Beyoncé. The power couple might be the most influential pair in the game, but Vic affirmed they are just really good people.

"Hov and Beyoncé are people that I've seen, on mad occasions, just be real cool to people that they don't know," explained Vic. "Beyoncé has that queen personality where she makes people feel comfortable. Well, I mean, she probably makes people feel mad uncomfortable because they're super fans, but she's super cool to people that I've seen her interact with and she always has been really nice to me."

The conversation shifted into what we can expect from Vic's album, which he said will build off the message of his latest EP's title track. "Lyrically, the records that I have for my album take after subject matter and delivery of the song 'There’s Alot Going On.' There’s a lot of really personal stories and social context within them but it’s more about me. It’s really poignantly personal, very vulnerable, and real."

He has recruited his frequent-producer Papi Beatz for the project along with some unusual suspects for some big collaborations. "I've got a record with The-Dream that’s crazy. Rivers Cuomo from Weezer. It's off-the-wall and unexpected. There’s Mike Dean production. Me production. A lot of me production." You can read the rest of Vic's interview here.

Later Thursday, Vic took to Twitter with the surprise announcement that he will touring Europe this fall, including some solo shows and some shows opening for Justin Bieber during select dates of his upcoming Purpose world tour. He'll be playing dates in Iceland, England, Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. You can check out the whole schedule below.

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