Wiz is getting ready to take flight all over again with his upcoming album O.N.I.F.C. (Only N—a in First Class) as he attempts to top his major-label debut Rolling Papers. Before the album hits store on August 28, Wiz gives MTV an exclusive sneak peak of the album. Check it out after the jump.

The Title: O.N.I.F.C. (Only N—a in First Class)
“The title O.N.I.F.C. is pretty much how I feel about where I’m at in the game right now. What I’ve worked to achieve and just what I plan on staying as. I just really wanted it to be the best rap album possible. Not with a bunch of less obvious songs, in your face, but just with stuff that makes sense. It’s definitely the next level in the best of the best that it could be at this point, for sure.

The Album Cover
“The artwork, it relates to the title. It relates to what I’ve been portraying and what I’ve been bringing to the game for the past couple of months, because like I say, in my music, and like I’ve been saying recently, ‘They stole the swag and I don’t want it back.’ I had to change up things; I had to turn it up. So it’s like the album artwork is just another step in the turning up.”

The Recording Process
“I’ve just been blessed to have people around me and to be in a situation where I enjoy myself all the time. But I’m also working all the time. I just really like to keep all my core people around me. Everybody who was there in the beginning: [my manager] Will, my producers E. Dan, Sledgren, Chevy [Woods], my artists, of course, that I have on my label with me that I respect their opinions. Juicy J was heavily involved this too, which is a little bit different because now I got that veteran stamp.”

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