T.I. readies new album for summer release

T.I. will release his next album in the summer, according to manager Jason Geter.

The rapper, who has recently completed a one-year prison sentence for a federal weapons charge, is currently working on a record to accompany his upcoming movie Takers.

"We did a deal with the film studio Screen Gems for the movie Takers with T.I. Both the album and the film are coming out at the end of the summer," Geter told MTV. "So, yeah, we have a release date."

Discussing the record, Geter said: "We tried out some stuff with these new guys called the TrackSlayers. We're actually working with a lot of new guys. At this point, you don't really chase names. It's about the quality of the material."

Further producers including Danja, The Runners, The-Dream and Trey Songz have also been linked to the record.