In a brief speaking Soulja spoke on his reason of being MIA. He says "A little after I released my album, I feel sick due to a summer cold. Once I thought I was over that one, I gained another cold. So, I figured it'll be cool. Just to take some time off, and regain my voice, come up with some material." He continues "I really wanted to put out a follow up album after "Music. Pain." but with nothing going on in my life for me to speak about, and the cold. It was like two brick walls stopping me. And, yet again usually after I work hard on a project. I need time to reboot, and get back to writing new material. And, thats what I did."
Soulja also spoke about his upcoming mixtape, which cover work is shown above. He says "I know that I been away, and it seems right that I come back on a strong note. The year is almost over, and I really haven't put anything major under my belt since the album. So, I said to myself its almost like I'm back on the level I was when the year started, so its back to the status of working hard to put out good music." He continues with "I really wanted something out there to captivate the eyes before the ears, and something that has been captivating my ears is Big K.R.I.T's "Live from the Underground" album. So, I flipped that idea and took the artwork, put my spin on it, and entitled it "Return to the Underground" mixtape."
Soulja says that the mixtape is in the development stages, but he did put out a sneek peek of a track that will be on the mixtape. Its called "You See Meh" and can be found below. Check it out...