Southside Says Young Thug's 'Business Is Business' Album Came Together in 2 Weeks: 'Metro the Goat'

The project is expected to debut at the No. 2 spot on the Billboard 200, according to HITS Daily Double.

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Young Thug's newly released album Business Is Business was put together in about a week or two, according to Southside. The producer said as much while speaking to TMZ.

"Man, short time, a short time... a week... two weeks. Yeah, like you know, we moved quick. We worked real fast. Shout out to Metro, Metro the goat," Southside said, referencing the project's executive producer, Metro Boomin.

Southside also said that Thugger's project was the best that an artist has released while being incarcerated.

"Come on now, you know it is," Southside said in response. "Free Slatt, man. For sure, it is. 

Business Is Business, which boasts features from Drake, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Future, Yak Gotti, BSlime, Lil Gotit, and Nate Ruess, is projected to debut at the No. 2 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Those early projections also indicate that it sold 88,000 units in the first week.

Head here to read Complex's first impressions of the project and listen to the album (either the original or Metro's version) here.

You can check out Southside's comments below.

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