
Doing what I do, making one of them jams for the ladies they love that they always drop before the release of the album. If you follow that traditional Twista sound when it comes to the singles, you know that I make those smooth, laid-back, melodic songs for the ladies that they always turn up to and kind of want to make YouTube videos to. In a July 2014, interview with XXL, he spoke about the second single "It's Yours", saying: "Really, just a song for the ladies. On May 19, 2014, the album's second single "It's Yours" featuring Tia London was released. On May 21, 2013, the album's first single "Throwin' My Money" featuring R. The subject matter is everywhere with it." Singles You know, I might be talking about anything from the streets to parallel universes. Besides all of that, I am still giving you that vintage Twista sound where I am just being me. You on that turn up drill vibe, you gonna hear me and Chief Keef getting in on the album. If you are into that laid-back or getting high vibe, you like that Wiz Khalifa vibe, me and him got the joint in there where we getting in. Like people might say, “Man, I want to hear Twista and Tech N9ne just rip it on a track together.” So I give you that. Meshing with people in different aspects of hip-hop. In a July 2014, interview with XXL, he spoke about what type of songs would be on the album, saying: "For me, it’s vintage Twista giving you some feel-good songs. That’s what I’m happy about with this project, that it’s dope as hell." The songs don’t sound the same, but they definitely sound like I’m giving you what you’ve been missing from Twista. So the thing that I’m happy about with this project is how much it sounds like an Adrenaline Rush anniversary almost. It’s cool to try new things but you always want to give them what they expect too. You can never change the way you came out. One thing that I’ve learned is to not steer too far from my fan base because they really appreciate what you do. In a February 2014, interview with Nah Right, he spoke about what to expect from the album, saying: "New music that you expect. I consider myself a dark horse in the industry." I look at the dark horse as the person that you don’t always expect to see coming out on top. The dark horse meaning, like, the least expected person to win the race, or the least expected person to win the Super Bowl. He explained the album title, saying: "If you listen to it, and look at some of the old cats who’ve used the title before, one of The Beatles was actually called “the dark horse” before, because you didn’t know how much of his musical involvement had a hand in what Beatles material came out. I don’t like to force it, I don’t like to sit down and think, ‘OK, let me make a song like this person.’ What I do is just keep my ear open and stay current and listen to things with what’s coming out so I can naturally." I’m always listening to the new mixtapes so that I can naturally stay on pace with the younger cats when I’m making my album. I like to pay attention to it and stay current. I definitely want to make sure I’m able to artistically incorporate what I’m hearing. I definitely pay attention to younger artists that come out and new sounds that come out. He also spoke about the style of the album, saying: "It’s going to be that die hard Twista style mixed in with a little bit of the new vibe. And I feel like you can always do different projects and venture out, but I definitely feel like when I go down my lane to give them the next Twista album, that I need to make sure that I satisfy the fans, so they can be like ‘yeah!’ It’s going to be the hard music mixed with the melodic music for the radio." Everybody looks forward to hearing what the Twista’s next album will sound like, in the hopes that it sounds like the original material they’ve heard. I look at it as a continuum, or a protocol. In a May 2012, interview with AllHipHop, he spoke about where the album fits in with what he's done in the past, saying, "I think it fits in perfectly. On August 16, 2011, Twista announced he had begun working on his ninth studio album, tilted The Dark Horse.
