R&B legend Stevie Wonder is preparing for the release of his first all-gospel album. The Gospel Inspired by Lula, a tribute to his late mother Lula Mae Hardaway, will be released later this year.

“Some of it is going to be traditional gospel but some of it is going to be … I’m trying to do some (different) stuff,” Stevie says. “I might do something in Arabic. I might do something in Hebrew. My whole thing of the title is just saying ‘Spreading the good word, the message.”

“I’ve written a few things on the road and … I’ve had songs throughout the years that I never recorded and so a combination of those songs and some traditional things will make up for the project. And I’m excited about it.”