Given a sentence in Igbo language, translate the sentence to English language keeping the meaning of the original sentence intact

Igbo sentence: The album ama na oru ihe kariri otu afo, na m nwere ike na-eche na agwa onye o bula - karisia ndi na-nogidere na-ario mgbe m na-atunye n'ihe ohuru.
The album had been in the works for over a year, and I couldn't wait to tell everyone especially those who kept asking when I was dropping something new.