"IM ABOUT TO GET OUT OF MY DEAL!" she tweeted Thursday afternoon. "THATS THE BIG SURPRISE!" And the "Free at last," she added later, seemingly marking the moment the release finally occurred.

Banks has railed against her label more recently since being signed to Interscope, a Universal imprint, in 2012. Music Times points out that Banks had seen multiple delays of her album Broke with Expensive Taste, which was originally supposed to come out two years ago.