As strange as it may sound, Lil Wayne had love on his mind during his time behind bars. Yes, while he was serving a sentence for a gun case in 2010, he was penning an album of amour – as he sees it – he recently admitted.

“I was also recording an album at the same time called Devol, spelled D-E-V-O-L because that’s ‘loved’ spelled backwards,” Wayne told MTV’s Hip-Hop POV. “And this is my version of love songs. And what I mean by my version of love songs is meaning they’re not saying I love you. I mean…I’m saying, you know, you know. And it’s all material I did while I was locked up.”

Wayne was freed from jail in November 2010, after serving eight months behind bars for having a gun on his tour bus in 2007. While inside, he released his experimental album I Am Not a Human Being, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

On November 28, Wayne will release his memoir, Gone Till November, based on his thoughts and experiences behind bars.

–E. Parker, CBS Local