Paul Wall Preps New Album "The Fast Life"

Paul Wall is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on his new album "The Fast Life."

The album, due either late '08/early '09, is expected to feature appearances by Chamillionaire, Keak Da Sneak, Lil' Keke and Travis Barker who Wall spoke to MTV News about.

"Travis Barker is a fool on the drums, but he got a lot of tricks up his sleeve with the hip-hop scene, on the hip-hop production side," Wall told MTV News at the VMAs. "He produced a few songs on my last album and a few on my upcoming one too. One of them is called 'I've Got to Get Mo'; that one's the best. Another one is called 'Ride It to the End.' Another one is called 'Pop One of These.' We have a lot of fun in the studio every time we get together. 'I've Got to Get Mo' is with an artist named Koby singing the chorus on there. Travis did the production, and he kind of came to me with the idea for the song..."

Barker, who was seriously injured in a plane crash with DJ AM September 19th, is a close friend of Wall's.

Also appearing on "The Fast Life" is Akon who lends his vocal talents to the album's first single "Girl On Fire."

"You know how Akon is. When he gets on there, and he just shut it off, he turned everything upside down," Wall tells MTV. "Just like he did on every other song, he produced it as well. We swap out here and there."