Swizz Beatz Can't Stop Recording

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Producer-turned-rapper Swizz Beatz was initially scheduled to release his album, One Man Band Man, this spring but the set has since been pushed back to August 21st. The producer is finding it hard to stop recording because more and more of his peers have approached him about getting on the album.

Swizz Beatz told MTV.com, "I wrap up every week on my album. It's just not over till it's over. Every week my album gets more and more crazier. I started my project saying, 'I don't want no (guests) on my project.'The reason I said that is because I didn't want to beg anybody for anything. Now with my songs out, I'm getting approached from people I respect. People I thought was too busy to work on the album, they giving me stuff. ... Do I tell these people no? Now I'm just regrouping and trying to make the right decisions because there are a lot of people who liked the idea of me not doing a lot of (collaborations) on my album. I want to stick to that but still finesse it with the people that's coming in. I got a real supportive team with my fellow producers and artists."

Swizz Beatz recently added a verse from E-40 to the album and he still working in a T.I. guest spot. He explained, "The list goes on and on. It just has to make sense. I was thinking about putting E-40 on (the remix) to 'Money in the Bank'since the beat got the Bay Area movement to it. E-40 be snapping too. I like E-40."

Swizz also wanted to explain that he doesn't see himself as a rapper. He said, "My album is coming in August because I felt a lot of people get caught in the hype of the hot songs that's out for the moment. I'm not considered a rapper yet. Me, I call myself an entertainer. Rappers are Nas, Hov, Jadakiss, Cassidy. I'm just being an entertainer, saying what I feel, doing what I like and being creative. I felt the people need to hear me on more than one hit. 'He got the joint for the club, the cool joints, the vibe joints.'I didn't even get to the Coldplay joint (the group appears on the LP) or to where I'm really talking crazy."

The album will feature guest appearances by Cassidy, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DMX, Coldplay, Kanye West, Nas, Ciara, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Swizz Beatz's wife, R&B singer Mashonda.

Beatz recently released "Money In The Bank" as the follow-up to his lead single, "It's Me Snitches."