Black Thought is working on an EP with seasoned producer 9th Wonder, reports OkayPlayer. At a Friday night event called Black Thought Cinema Presents, the rapper is said to have announced a new project with 9th, which sounds like it will be the first of a few new releases from Thought. While the moment in which he made the announcement was not captured on video, the camera was rolling just a moment later: "It's the first of a series of joints that I'm gonna be putting out called Streaming Thought. Be on the lookout for the music that we're about to hit y'all with," says Thought in a clip posted by Nodfactor.
9th Wonder hinted at the authenticity of the report in a tweet.
In June of last year, Black Thought revealed that 9th Wonder, as well as Salaam Remi, would be working on The Roots forthcoming 12th studio album End Game. "Last October we had a writers’ retreat at Electric Lady Studios in New York City for about a week or so,” he said. “Within that time we got about a good deal of the groundwork of what’s to come for the record, End Game. I’ve been working, writing and recording on it since then."
In 2016, Thought and 9th worked together on "Making A Murderer," a single featuring Styles P of The Lox.
9th Wonder has released many collaborative projects over the course of his career, including efforts with Talib Kweli, Wale, Murs, Pete Rock, and Jean Grae, not to mention his run as the producer in Little Brother. Last year, he revealed he had recorded the equivalent of a 12-track album with TDE artist SiR.
No word on a release date for the EP or the long-awaited Roots album. Stay tuned for further details.