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It looks like Saigon won't be able to tell his story until some time in 2008, as his album is once again pushed back.

The rapper's debut album, The Greatest Story Never Told was set to hit shelves on December 4, but label reps have confirmed it will not be released until early next year. An exact date has not been announced.

"It ain't comin out till its ready," Saigon said. "The album's not even done yet. Just Blaze is such a perfectionist, even more so than me. And we keep finding things that can make it better."

"It's the story of what we need to do as black people to get on track," he explained. "We fu**ed up in the country. Our mindset is fu**ed up."

(Shouldn't the album be named "Damn! We Need Therapy"?)

The album tackles such issues as being a father to your children (snoorrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee), a positive contributor to your community and becoming economically responsible.

That's the mentality he said his record seeks to correct. Though, being that this is the hour of gangster rap with recent releases like American Gangster smashing box office competition in theaters, and albums and videos piggy-backing the theme, Sai realizes his sales may suffer.

"It don't matter if I don't sell a lot of records," he admitted. "I'm signed to a major label, unless I was selling 50 Cent numbers, I wasn't gonna make no money off this record anyway. All [the label is] gonna say is, 'you didn't recoup.' I got a roof over my head and food on my table ... I don't need to be rich, I'm good ... but I have to be able to look at myself in the mirror.

The title of the album may be appropriate indeed.