Over the past year super producer 9th Wonder has been working hard on his upcoming album The Wonder Years, which unlike last years The Dream Merchant Volume 2 will recieve major-label distribution.

Despite a number of promotional campaigns stating that the album was bieng released in late January or early February, including singles and cover art, 9th Wonder recently revealed that the album is very much still a work in progress.

“Me and [Erykah Badu] are gonna do a record for [The Wonder Years]. With her album, she has a lot of stuff goin’ on,” 9th wonder recently revealed to HipHopDx. “Travis McCoy [of Gym Class Heroes] is also somebody who said, ‘I gotta do a record for it.’ He’ll have a joint on there. It’s called ‘Winnie Cooper.’ [Laughs] I understand what it means now. I understand where Timbaland, Pharrell and Kanye and Dr. Dre…I understand what they understand – some of. It’s nothing you can explain to a normal producer.”

He also spoke on what really separates producers from beat-makers. “I’m learning more about producing. I got too much into making beats, and not putting my all into producing a record. I think that’s what separates beat-makers from producers.”

Although no release date has been set for the album, which features guest appearances by Styles P, Jean Grae and The Justus League, as of yet, 9th wonder is adamant that it will be worth the wait. “My best friend told me that The Wonder Years is the best record he’s heard me produce so far. It’s R&B and Hip Hop together. The records are very big, and they sound very big. They show growth. You can hear the growth between The Dream Merchant [Volume 2] and The Wonder Years. The beats sound epic. It fills the room up. That’s what The Wonder Years is. It’s a cookout record.”

In related news HipHopDons.com/RapBlueprint.com also recently reported that 9th Wonder has teamed up with rapper Buckshot for thier second collaborative album which is titled The Formula.