[Edited 3/6/14 9:05am]

Black Thought recently revealed that The Roots‘ forthcoming 11th studio LP will be another concept album a la undun, which was constructed around the tragic life-narrative of troubled protagonist Redford Stevens. The new project will be the latest offering from the legendary crew following the critically-acclaimed Wise Up Ghost LP – The Roots’ collaborative project with Elvis Costello, which dropped this past fall. Questlove teased the title …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (or &TYSYC for short) about a year ago. Now comes word that the project is closer to materializing than most might have thought. News of the project dropping this spring via Def Jam, conveniently follows the 15th anniversary of their seminal Things Fall Apart LP, which dropped in 1999 and netted a trophy for “You Got Me” at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. In a recent chop up session with XXL Magazine, Black Thought discussed the forthcoming project in detail:

“We’re close to being done on it, it’s coming soon, hopefully sometime this Spring,” Thought said. “It’s called And Then You Shoot Your Cousin. It’s conceptual; it’s another concept album in the spirit of undun, but it’s not just about just one kind of character, we create quite a few different characters in this record. It’s satire, but in that satire it’s an analysis of some of the stereotypes perpetuated in–not only the hip-hop community, but in the community.”