Artist of the Week: Paul Wall

Paul Wall, who experienced huge success through his 2005 studio album "The Peoples Champ", is ready to bring his career to the next level by setting to release another effort called "The Fast Life". He will bring out the record in U.S. stores on May 12.

"I really stepped it up a lot lyrically, also on the production side we really stepped it up a lot," Paul said of the new effort during an interview. "We worked with a lot of new producers, a lot of new artists that I didn't work with in the past, so they'll get to see a lot of different vibes that they might have not seen with me with past albums."

"Subject matter we went a little more in-depth, talked about a lot of different things that I never really spoke on - I might have mentioned it here and there but never really made whole songs about. I had a lot of fun working on the album."

Featured guests in the new album include Baby Bash, Yung Joc, Gorilla Zoe and Tech N9ne. Meanwhile, Blink-182's drummer Travis Barker contributes to the production process of its three songs, including "Pop One of These" and "I Need Mo".

First single from Wall's new record is titled "Bizzy Body". Featuring Webbie and Mouse of 3 Deep, it has been outed since December 2008, followed with the arrival of its music video. As for other songs, fans can stream them all for free on his MySpace where details on his upcoming shows can be obtained as well.