After, disappointed fans from his long awaited non-existed album in 7/07/07 and production differences with Aftermath producer Dr. Dre, Rakim plans to release "Seventh Seal" later this year (2008) via his new independent label Ra Records. He teased that a single could be out within two months but for now he’s still scouting for guest artists.

"At this point in my career I wanted to reach out and show a lot of artists love that have been giving me love." He hasn’t released an album since 1999’s "The Master".