1st of the Month Vol. 2 you don’t change with the times you gon get stuck in the past. I’ve been working on this thing called "The First of the Month". I’m putting out an EP every month with a 30-minute episode so you’re not waiting a year or more for the next album." In May 2014, in an interview with MTV News, he spoke about the features on the EP's saying: "The people that’s gonna be on this project is Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Estelle and Gunplay, so far." He also announced the first EP would be released on July 1, 2014, saying:
Sunrise Ruby Sunrise Ruby The Sunrise Ruby is the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond. Originally mined in Myanmar, Its current name is named after a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi. It is a Burmese "pigeon blood" ruby mounted by Cartier and set between heptagonal diamonds weighing and . It is considered among the rarest of all gemstones. The Swiss Gemmological Institute has described it as "a unique treasure of nature" and praised its "well-proportioned cut, highly attractive colour and fine purity". The Gubelin Gem