The New Classic

The New Classic is the debut studio album by Australian hip hop artist Iggy Azalea, set to be released during the Summer 2013 through Grand Hustle Records.
Background
Azalea revealed in December that she will be releasing her debut album, The New Classic, in the first quarter of 2012. She also said she will be signing a record label deal soon and "once that's sorted out and I establish an over all sound and direction for the album I will be able to know what artists would make for a dynamic collaboration". In January 2012, Azalea released the visuals for her final promotional mixtape song, "The Last Song". On January 27, Azalea confirmed she had finally signed to Interscope Records and her debut album, The New Classic, would be released in June and a debut single in March. Iggy Azalea is getting a co-sign from T.I.. The Atlanta rapper will executive produce the newcomer’s upcoming debut. Iggy Said “I’m working with a different production company for my album than what I did for my mixtape , and I don’t know who yet,” Iggy told MTV News. “I’m still looking. T.I.’s gonna be helping me with it, kinda like A&Ring, kinda like executive-producing.” Azalea explained how she came into contact with T.I.. “He called me up and was like, ‘Please.’ And I was like, ‘Definitely. You’re T.I.P. I love you, of course.’ So he’s gonna be kinda helping me out, like just kinda reaching out to people and helping me find production and pointing me in the direction of things that I might like.” “We’re gonna start on that next week together. I’ll probably fly out to Atlanta and we’ll do it in between there because he’s weird with traveling and stuff. I understand. We’re in touch with each other. I have legal issues, he has legal issues. I get it. So hopefully that will be really dynamic and it’ll help speed things along.” Iggy is eyeing an early 2013 release for her debut The New Classic.
In October 2012, Azalea revealed on Twitter she would be temporarily moving from Los Angeles to London to focus on finishing The New Classic. During her headlining European tour in December, she mentioned the project would be her next release, "My album will be for the near future, which is "The New Classic", it's like a year late. But I actually get off the road in two days and I will be working on it all throughout December and we will put it out this Summer and release it in the UK and Europe first. And it's going to be similar to "Trapgold" and that will be very electronic and high-energy but I'm gonna talk more about my story and where I'm from and things about myself because I never really say that, I don't tell you too much about me, it's kind of just talking a lot of ****. It's what I really do, like energy and dance... but I do wanna touch on who I am and tell my story because I feel like I have a really interesting story and a lot of people don't know that because a lot of people don't see the interviews and I would like to put it in my music that I've been waiting for the right time for something that I feel like people will hear in the right platform and I think it will be this album so the near future will just be trying to tell my story in that album next year."
In an interview with 16Bars.TV released in 2013, Azalea revealed that although she's still signed to T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint, he won't be executive producer of her debut. "He's actually not, anymore," Azalea said when asked about T.I.'s role. "He was going to be, but originally...all the records that I had on Glory were supposed to be on The New Classic, and he executive produced what ended up being Glory." Azalea said that artistically, both she and Tip agreed that she needed to go in a different direction with her debut. "As I was making it, I felt like, 'This isn't The New Classic; this is something else. It's not the right sound.' Not that it sounded bad, but it wasn't what The New Classic is in my head. And he executive produced that, and that went good, it was an experience, but after, he said and I said, it's better if I just make my own music away because sometimes being around him, it influences the music I make to be a bit too much of a different sound, and so for that reason he's not going to be . But not because I don't love him, because I love him." Azalea also said she would be working with producers including Diplo, Steve Aoki and Flosstradamus on the album, which she said she began working earlier in December. She also announced that the first single would be released in February and the album during the Summer.
Title
Azalea explained the concept behind her debut album title, “I think people think of classic and they think of a Nas record or a Jay-Z record or The Chronic,”
“What makes something classic is when you hear it and you have that moment that is a time capsule. When I say The New Classic, I just want to make records that give you that moment for fans that they can remember where they were when they heard it.”
Promotion
On September 27, 2011, Azalea released her first free mixtape, Ignorant Art, saying she made it "with the intent to make people question and redefine old ideals”. On July 30, 2012, she released a free EP entitled "Glory". On October 11, 2012, Azalea released another free mixtape, "TrapGold". Azalea also toured with Tyga, Rita Ora and others before releasing her debut album.
Recorded tracks
* "Home Town Hatred"
* "Picture Me Rollin"
* "Waste It All" (featuring Trey Songz)
* "Change Your Life"
In 2012, Azalea mentioned collaborations with Cee-Lo Green and Pusha T would probably make it to the final album tracklist. She has also confirmed a collaboration with Missy Elliott is in the works and stated "working with her is definitely something that I’m going to try to do before I put The New Classic out."
In December 2012, Azalea confirmed Tyga and Rita Ora as possible features that will be included on the album. She also revealed on Twitter that she will be singing on another track entitled "Change Your Life".<ref name="twitter1"/>

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