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Bill Cosby to release hip-hop CD, but won't rap himself

North Philly native

will

release a hip-hop CD "Cosby Narratives Vol.1: State of Emergency," next month, which blends Cosby's comedy with a hip-hop and jazz soundtrack, the

» READ MORE: Associated Press reports

. Cosby however won't be rapping himself on the CD. That's a shame. "

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" could be a big hit. Cosby told the AP that his album, assembled by

, is "the opposite" of rap with profanity and misogyny and instead espouses "The value of an education. The value of respecting one's self." The CD, Cosby says, is a companion to his 2007 best-selling book "Come on, People: On the Path from Victims to Victors."

The 70-year-old Temple alum plans another hip-hop CD and "the next one will be even more cheerleading," he told the AP.