In a recent interview with MTV, Common said that he would be releasing his next album, “The Believer”, in November. He also insists that the project with Q-Tip is definitely in the works. Here’s what he had to say:

“Q-Tip and I been planning the Standard album,” he said, referring to the duo the pair have formed. “We been conceptualizing, but we just gotta continue to work on it. We will. I look at it like two jazz musicians getting together, the way Charlie Parker and cats would get together and do work. I feel a lot more free with my music now that I’m doing films and stuff, because I don’t put as much pressure on the music. It ain’t my only source of income and way to make a living.”