Jermaine Dupri: Jay Z's New Album Might Be Finished

Jermaine Dupri discusses his instant friendship with Jay Z and what he knows about his upcoming new album.

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Hip-hop mogul Jermaine Dupri sat down with Rap Radar's Elliott Wilson and Brian "B.Dot" Miller and opened up about his instant connection with longtime friend and collaborator, Jay Z.

"Me and Jay have like, conversations that I'm sure he probably don't have with nobody else because you know, that's how we met each other," Dupri said. "When we had a conversation, we sounded like two people that knew each other already." The two later combined Dupri's Southern sound with Jay’s Brooklyn style on their 1998 hit, "Money Ain’t a Thang," which is one of the best dirty South/New York rap collaborations of all time.

The two are so close that Dupri revealed he already knows the name of Jay Z's new project. When pressed if we can expect him to appear on the release, Dupri shook his head. "I'm probably...It might be done," he said.

Since the rest of us are not best friends with Jay, we will have to wait until Hov himself decides to bless us himself with more information on the new project. At least we have Jay's recent releases, including his poignant protest track "Spiritual," and his "Songs for Surival" playlist.

From there, the conversation shifted to Dupri's relationships with two other hip-hop icons, Kanye West and Sean "Diddy" Combs. Listen to the clip where Dupri discusses Jay above or you can stream the entire interview below. For more, revisit our sit down with Dupri from earlier this year where we discussed Macklemore, Stacey Dash, and hoverboards in an episode of "Well Rounded."

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