Chance the Rapper Plans to Release 'Surf' Album This Year

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As he's seen his profile rise over the past couple of years, Chance the Rapper is finally about ready to release his full-length album, which will be called Surf.

Following last year's Acid Rap mixtape, the Chicago MC has said in a new interview with Billboard that he's been working Rick Rubin, Frank Ocean, J. Cole, Migos and Francis Starlite (aka Francis and the Lights), the latter of whom contributed vocals to Chance's previously released "Wonderful Everyday."

He plans to release the album "before the end of 2014," although an exact date is not set.

Chance also explained that although he's met Kanye West, he hasn't "really sat down in a studio setting with him. I met him on some really quick shit."

News of the album comes only days after the rapper shared his latest track "No Better Blues," which can be heard here.