Former member of The Roots, Rahzel, is finishing up recording on his third solo album entitled "Greatest Knockouts The Album, Vol. 2".

According to Billboard.com, the album will be released on Ipecac Records this summer.

"It's still hip-hop," Rahzel tells Billboard.com. "It's like the music I grew up on, the music that made all of these things that are present now in existence. So I'm continuing that with raw beats, raw rhymes, beat-boxing, rhyming. The whole nine."

Rahzel is currently doing spot tour dates including a Jan. 27 stop in Colorado Springs, Colo. He is also staying busy doing voiceover work and will appear in the up-coming feature film "Doorman".

When asked by Billboard.com about where he fits into today's Rap music, Rahzel had this to say:

"I don't equate myself to what's going on right now," Rahzel says. "I can't compare myself to Hurricane Chris or Soulja Boy, because it doesn't make sense. I need to compare myself to a Kanye West or a Jay-Z or a Lupe Fiasco, not the music that a 12-year-old listens to."