The long-awaited and overdue album from the energy god Elephant Man is due out August 14 of this year.

'Let's Get Physical' is Elephant Man's first production with Bad Boy Records, the company owned by the hip hop mogul Sean 'P Diddy' Combs.

From early last year news hit Jamaica that Elephant Man had been signed to the Bad Boy label and the DJ was in the midst of making his next album. Almost a year later the album is finally set to be out. According to Elephant Man there was a lot of legal matters that had to be taken care of but now everything is in order.
 

Let's Get Physical will feature numerous collaborations from the likes of Shaggy, Rihanna, Mya, Busta Rhymes, Mario and many others.

Five-O, the first single of the album, is a collaboration with Wyclef Jean. Elephant Man told The STAR, the remix for the song will soon be out featuring rapper Young Joc and DJ Assassin.

A dancing ting

"I'm looking to come back with a dancing ting, 'Five O', is like di concept and lyrics are easy to relate to. Mi never waan start off with a hip hop theme but a dancehall/ Caribbean feel first," he said.

Elephant Man says that he is still all about dancehall, "mi still deh pon every riddim, its a in and out ting, mi in and out of the island. Mi do wha mi can, mi deh pon most of di riddims dem late. But mi still waan represent for dancehall hoping I will play a part in representing Jamaica and making Jamaica proud," Elephant man said.

However, some fans are sceptical about Elephant Man staying true to dancehall after being signed to a foreign label. One dancehall fan, Trudysaid "dancehall has changed somewhat, when was the last song Ele had? Is Munga, Mavado and di likkle young yute dem a run dancehall now. I think they (Bad Boy) would water down Ele, cause seeing that albums would more likely sell in the US, so it has to be sumting they would appreciate."

Yet the energy God is still optimistic having learned an important lesson in hard work from his new mentor P Diddy.

"Its a good album, expect dat yuh gonna love it" he said.