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Lil John is a genius. Let’s first get that on record. His Miami Bass and Crunk work, huge club bangers and scene-stealing guest spots make him one of the most loved MCs. He’s also a super good sport, which only makes us love him more. When Chappelle sent him up with ‘AHWHUT?‘ and ‘OKAAAY‘, John took it all in his stride.

With that, we heard he was releasing a meditation album and obviously, we went straight to the laziest joke we could think of and thought of the sound of wind chimes and John yelling ‘YEAYUH!’ However, this is Lil John. We had a listen and the whole thing is lovely and he means it, man.

He’s released a thing called ‘Total Meditation’ and this shows that new age music has gone fully overground, even if you don’t take any of that stuff very seriously. In a recent interview with XXL, he said that he wants his album to “relieve anxiety, boost focus and find peace”, which is obviously a very lovely thing all told.

“I’ve always kind of meditated a little bit,” he said. “But when I turned 50, I started going through a lot of things. Started going through a divorce, I’m separated now, and all the emotions from the divorce and all that process was really getting to me. So, I found I had to start to go within to calm myself.”

After serving as the musical director for Usher’s triumphant Super Bowl show (although we would have liked to hear ‘Climax’, but no biggie), he’s clearly on a roll again.

Check it out and remark on just how well he’s looking.