Tonedeff is insanely busy. He's writing his own material, working on other artist's albums, executive producing, running a label and promoting his acts. But, he found some time to sit down and speak with HipHopDX about a variety of new projects coming out. He even shared some information on top secret projects that are lined up for 2008.
Above all, most QN5 fans have been waiting for Chico and the Man, an album by Tonedeff and The Cunninlynguist's Kno. That album is still being worked on, but Tone did tell us that it will be released this year.
"[Chico and the Man] is still in the works. I'm hoping to get it out soon, but we have no official date for it. Kno and I have taken a vow of silence on it till it's 100% done."
So, why the secrecy?
"You'll see when it's done," he told us in a sly manner.
Substantial's Sacrifice LP has just been released. It comes right behind Cunninlynguists' Dirty Acres. While those are in stores, there are more albums on the way, which has kept the QN5 family quite busy.
"I'm executive producing Session's debut album, Spicasso. Thats' due out this summer. Pack [FM]'s finishing up his album, I Fucking Hate Rappers. Mr. SOS drops a new album in the fall and we just started writing new Extended Famm songs," he told us.
Session's debut is being released first out of the bunch and Tone explained just what folks can expect from the LP.
"Next up is Session's album. It's the black sheep project for QN5. It's mad street bangers, hella hood. Session's a knucklehead. He's QN5's O.D.B. I mean, come on...its the same dude who did a song with a Chia Pet sample."
Aside from all of this, they have even managed to cook up secret projects. Expect those two to drop this year as well.
"We have two secret projects dropping this year too. One in the next couple months and the other in the fall. One's an LP [and] the other is

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