The Cool debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200 and debuted as the number one rap record, where it remained for nine weeks. The album was also nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for Best Rap Album.
Back in 2007, he talked to XXL about the album's dark tone. "Oh yeah, a lot of loss," he said. "I lost my father, I lost my business partner to prison, and I lost some friends. It was a very dark period."
The mini-tour kicks off in New York on September 7 and wraps in L.A. on Oct. 1. Tickets are available on his site.