Esco reveals he "s inspired by Odd Future, Frank Ocean and Drake for his next LP.

Nas may not be putting out Lost Tapes 2, but promises to deliver with his next solo album. The Queens, New York rapper spoke with Billboard.com about progress to the follow-up to 2008’s Untitled, claiming that he’s in a new state of mind and is inspired by new kats in the game.

“The last record I did was, I was in a different place than I am now,” Nas said. “Now, I’m happy to express that different place and I’m just happy about music. I’m watching everyone do their thing, young guys, women, artists just doing they thing.”

Naming Odd Future, Lil Wayne, Drake and more as his current influences, he said that his tenth solo LP doesn’t yet have a concept. “My new album that I’m working on is free flowing,” he said. “At this point, there’s not one concept that sums up the whole record. I’m just flowing. It’s really too early to tell who I’ll be collaborating with.”