 On April 6, 2012, Ab-Soul released the track, titled "Terrorist Threats".The song features frequent collaborator Jhené Aiko and Danny Brown, who proclaimed on Twitter that "Black Hippy the new Beatles and I'm Harry Nilsson".On April 17, 2012, Ab-Soul revealed the album's title to be "Control System" and unveiled the release date to be May 11, 2012.