Chance the Rapper

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Chance the Rapper

Chance the Rapper

It all started when Dr. Powers suspended Chancelor Bennett for skipping school. He was suspended for ten days. Out of this came Chance the Rapper’s first mixtape, 2012’s 10 Day. The mixtape garnered significant buzz and critical claim, gaining the attention of many music media outlets. Chance saw and his moment and rode that wave. He quickly followed up his debut with another certified-classic, 2013’s Acid Rap. This is when I jumped on the Chance bus. I love an album that catches the listeners attention right away, and five seconds into the first track, “Good Ass Intro” I knew I was in for a good time. And Chance hasn’t let me down yet. Acid Rap brought him into the mainstream. We got an excellent remix track with James Blake’s “Life Round Here.” Don’t forget “Chance Does Acid In Mexico.” Still riding that wave, hoping he could keep riding that crest, Chance out-did himself with his third mixtape: a gospel rap album for the noncommittal masses, warm with optimism and wrapped in the raw essence of Christian ideals. Opening track “All We Got” from Coloring Book set the tone right away. Coloring Book found Chance peaking at his most humble, coming into his own as he penned about joining hands, reveling in young love, and counting one’s blessings. It truly was his high-water mark. This is a man who spits his own gospel; and his gospel is this: he makes songs for free and also for freedom. I personally love Chance because his delivery is on-par with Snoop in that it is so original and recognizable. Let’s hope Chance keeps riding this wave and sticks around as long as Uncle Snoop has. 2019 gave us his most recent release The Big Day which was basically a love letter to his wife. It was the first slip in the sense that it wasn’t as ground-breaking as Acid Rap or solidifying as Coloring Book, but still a solid effort with his signature sound. A lot of his sound is owed to the Social Experiment. The Social Experiment is a musical creative comprised Peter Cottontale (Music Director/Keys), Nate Fox (Keys), Greg Landfair Jr. (Drums) and Donnie Trumpet (Trumpet & Backing Vocals) who all have been with Chance since those fateful ten days of suspension [They released an album, 2015’s Surf, that is worth checking out, if for the song “Wanna Be Cool” alone]. So there you have it, Chance the Rapper. He came, he saw, and he conquered. Ain’t that dapper?

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Chance The Rapper

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