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It's Throwback Thursday! Let's not take it back too far. Let's just go back to March when Making A Man by Marcus Ariah dropped.
I eluded and enjoyed the skits and interludes on the project, especially the one before Be Safe Tho. The original featured Steele Sev but this time the remix enlists the talents of Casanova. It's ironic because that's also the title to the Brooklyn emcee's debut project that dropped this year as well. I said it before I'll say it again. Ariah can flat out make music. The hook is fire, the verses preach truth. Not for nothing, the lyric video is flames too. This the type of song they should play at the end of a party at the club instead of Whitney Houston. Check it out below and from now on when you leaving me when you be out, "Be Safe Tho."
Twenty years and five days ago, Jay-Z released his debut album Reasonable Doubt on June 25th. 1996. At the time, I do not think the world foresaw his rise to become one of the most, if not arguably THE most successful hip-hop artists to ever live. As a man of music he is respected across the globe and from one business minded individual to another I can not help but admire him. Jay-Z is the perfect example of someone who knows how to transfer success and build longevity. He managed to continuously put himself in a position where he as able to catapult into other areas of business. Jay-Z set himself up so well that he could have stopped making albums years ago and he would have still been making millions. That is what so many artists in all facets of the entertainment world fail to do. Jay was able to take a high risk career like music and get an exponentially greater return on his investment and for that alone he's the O.G.
With the 20th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt upon us it was no surprise that the album, once again, became a topic of interest. The album featured a number of impressive special guests including (my love) Foxy Brown, Mary J. Blige, Memphis Bleek, and The Notorious B.I.G. It was a conversation that I could not seem to escape from for the past week. It was only inevitable that I eventually talk to one of the biggest Jay-Z fans that I know. So, on a muggy summer evening my friend and I sat out in the grass in my front yard and as most Jay fans are, he was eager to let me know about the genius and the beauty behind all things HOV.
In honor of my brother's birthday, this Throwback Thursday is dedicated to one very special song. Fifteen years ago, back in April of 2001, Ronald Isley came out with the single Contagious; the song that could easily be called the father to Trapped in the Closet. Chante Moore and R.Kelly joined Mr. Isley on what would be the story of a lifetime, to this very day for, me and my brother .
If you were born in or before the 90's and you were Black this song was unavoidable. For anyone reading this who has no idea what I'm talking about, get your life, and question your childhood. This song is one of the few excuses a grown man has to break out into a short segment of musical theater at any given moment. Life quickly becomes a short episode of The Young and The Restless and to sing this song correctly everyone gets a part. The beauty of this song comes from the sheer magic of Mr. Isley's narration. It was the first time my brother and I had listened to a song that was actually suspenseful. We had no idea what was going to happen next, we just knew it couldn't be good.
The Breakdown
So, check this. The song is from a mans perspective; a mob boss called Mr. Biggs (Ron Isley) and Mr. Biggs has a lady at home. Let's call this woman Crystal. One day, Mr. Biggs leaves his home for the day to take care of some business. He does not end up returning until late that night. He calls Crystal to let her know that he is on his way home but can't seem to reach her. After he calls her mother and can not seem to reach her there either he goes home to relax. But, in the middle of watching TV he thinks he hears a noise upstairs. Approaching the stairs silently he can hear Crystal's voice coming from the bedroom and she's screaming.
" You're contagious touch me baby give me what you got."
-Ron Isley
Now, as you can imagine Mr. Biggs is TIGHT and if you haven't guessed by now, Crystal is with another man. Mr. Biggs runs downstairs, grabs his ninja cane of mass destruction (part cane/part sword) and busts in the room to approach them both. At this point Crystal starts to play herself. She tries to convince Biggs that when he walked and saw her slapping skins with Mr. Kelly he was mistaken and they were actually just doing laundry. But what Mr. Biggs doesn't know is that this is the same man who slept with his wife back in the day! Long story short Mr. Biggs threatens to merk them both if the don't get up out of his house. Many people may not know but the feud between Mr. Biggs and Mr. Kelly started with a music video called Down Low and continued way after Contagious. For my brother and I Contagious will always be the first and the last and NOBODY can play Mr. Biggs like my brother can. Enjoy.
Let me tell a story, It's 2011. My ex-gf had a twin sister who was super into the hip-hop scene like I was. I'm tuned into her podcast because she was always listening to mine when it was that time of the week. We went to institutions separated by 300 or so miles. Anyways, her show is winding down and she rants and raves about a song that just so happened to be produced by J. Cole. It was titled Hiiipower. This is how I was introduced to Kendrick Lamar and Section.80.
I never would have imagined what Kendrick would grow into. After listening to this eclectic collection of sounds that would create this LP I figured here's another guy who's clearly conscious and not afraid to tackles issues like institutional racism and generational differences. Just another conscious rapper who would eventually sign to Interscope where they don't dabble in the sounds of their artists. One would make comparisons to Joe Budden. Clearly a clever guy with a lot to say. Boy was I wrong.
Section.80 was the beginning of K. Dot's takeover of hip-hop. Songs like Blow My High, No Make Up (Her Vice), and Hol' Up are jams, all easy to listen to.
The aforementioned Hiiipower is preceded by Ab-Soul's Outro where Soulo takes complete control of the verses. Terrance Mart laces the song with elements of jazz via alto-saxophone solos. Kendrick enters the end of the song with a spoken word poem leading into the next song. Deep stuff. Earlier in the album he does the same with Poe Mans Dreams where GLC finishes it off with words of wisdom. Kush and Corinthians also gets deep. The song features BJ the Chicago Kid who is probably one of the most underrated singers in today's industry.
Section.80 in all complexity is one of Kendrick's best bodies of work. Perhaps not the best but it's even worth the argument.
Believe it or not, it’s entirely possible to have a bonafide classic/genre defining album and still be one of the most criminally underrated rappers in Hip Hop history. Such is the case with AZ.
Born Anthony Cruz, the BK emcee used his guest appearance on Nas’ Life’s A Bitch (from the legendary Illmatic) as a launching point for his own career. His 1995 debut Doe or Die celebrated its 20th birthday a week ago. It is regarded as a classic by those in the know and definitely plays a pivotal role in the genre’s history. However, despite selling a million copies, I still feel that the album mirrors AZ’s career as a whole inasmuch as it is slept on by far too many people. So for this Throwback Thursday, we’re going to revisit Doe or Die for the fans and hopefully put some new people on to a classic.
The album actually starts on a gritty note, as the intro soliloquy spills into Uncut Raw which is the darkest song on the album. The gun sound effects built into the beat make it the musical version of rolling up on your enemy with a black hoody on.The scene shifts completely with Gimme Yours. Nas comes through on the intro and chorus while AZ raps about his desire for the finer things in life. As a kid listening to this I always imagined this song playing while you were laid up with a naked chick in some expensive ass hotel room eating lobster provided by room service. That still applies as this song is the epitome of decadence, albeit peppered with AZ’s trademark wisdom. Speaking of which, the Buckwild produced Ho Happy Jackie works as a story of a fictional gold digger and how to avoid real ones. Peep game because the money saved might be your own.
Rather Unique has AZ flexing lyrically over an easygoing Pete Rock beat. Every rapper needs a track where he both tells and also shows you how ill he is with the wordplay. This is that track. The tempo kicks up a few notches on I Feel For You.Erica Scott provides omnipresent backing vocals and AZ takes a moment to briefly feel sorry for the competition. The instrumental fits his multi syllables like a glove, mostly incorporating fast paced drums and a periodic bell. Sugar Hill was the album’s most popular single as far as charts and radio goes. Appropriately enough, it features legendary NYC radio personality, Miss Jones and very capable singer on the hook. This is another one that gave me visualizations of a champagne-induced pool party at a Spanish-style villa. Those thoughts were triggered as soon as I heard the beat (exquisitely concocted by L.E.S.). The album contains a wonderful paradox in Mo Money, Mo Murder, Mo Homicide because while the lyrics are violent in nature, DR Period cooks up a swanky beat built around an O’Jays sample. They contradict in theme but it ultimately works, especially when you have AZ and Nas trading bars. As an added bonus, a short song called Born Alone, Die Alone is hidden within the song. The title says it all when it comes to the lyrics, as it’s the most dour track on the album in mood, with rain sound effects and simple drums.
The title track invokes feelings of the old show “NY Undercover” partially because AZ mentions it in the song intro. Overall, the vibe would fit right at home on any 90’s cop and crime-related tv show. We Can’t Win is a thematic departure of sorts because it deals with Five Percent Nation ideology in addition to conspiracy theory type bars in order to explain the plight of the Black community. Amar Pep provides the beat, intro, first verse, and chorus. While I wouldn’t necessarily label this song as conscious rap, it definitely fits as the proverbial change-of-pace track. Ski laces Your World Don’t Stop with a popping snare drum and pulsating piano chords. AZ raps from the perspective of a prisoner and details the harsh realities of life behind bars. In spite of rugged conditions he remains optimistic that life will go on, hence the title. This would be the perfect closing track, but instead it becomes the penultimate one as we get another added bonus in the remix to Sugar Hill. This one is tougher than the original but still excellent and stands the test of time.
This album is a classic not only in sheer quality of music but because of where it stands in Hip Hop’s timeline. It’s a companion piece to Illmatic and essentially bridges the gap between that and It Was Written, gradually taking the setting from the projects to a lavish life. It’s also the thematic cousin to Raekwon’s masterpiece Only Built 4 Cuban Linx as they both came out in 1995 and popularized Mafioso rap, which was a staple that later gave way to the bling era and whatnot. Viewed as a singular project, Doe or Die is absolutely sensational. AZ manages to walk a very thin line between the streets and a more opulent lifestyle, all while staying believable. His bars have substance and he manages to fit multi syllables into every song without falling into the realm of becoming the dreaded “Rappin-Ass-Rapper” who says things just because they fit schematically without having much relevance. Throughout his career AZ has had one of the best ears for beats in the business, and it all started here as nothing is out of place musically. Doe or Die was the starting point for a very solid career for one of the most unfairly slept on emcees in the rap game. In recent years, there have been talks about releasing a sequel to his debut album (something that’s been popular lately in rap). No matter what happens though, AZ can take pride in the fact that he made a perfect album. Take a trip with me and revist the classic Doe or Die below.
Music, especially hip hop, is generally cyclical.The sounds of yesteryear come back in popularity as young up and coming artists discover classics at their own pace and emulate their newfound heroes.It would take me the entire article to list older acts that have influenced the current generation, so I won’t.Instead I want to take this Throwback Thursday to shine a light on a group that seems like they haven’t gotten their just due and would also be a good inspirational base for some young heads given the current social climate we live in today.I have to get unorthodox (for me at least) and head down south for this one.
Arrested Development literally caught lightning in a bottle in 1992-93. In the midst of a hardcore East Coast rap and West Coast G-Funk era, they came from a previously unheralded Atlanta scene with an earthy/Afrocentric vibe that fit in with the early to mid 90’s. There’s something to be said about serving a niche that has been previously ignored which is what AD did quite well. They did it twice in becoming the first major ATL hip hop act and making lighthearted yet thoughtful music that was in touch with their roots at a time when Black consciousness was very prevalent. The group itself seemingly had about as many as 7-10 members, plus frequent collaborator Dionne Farris. Speech was the main MC, Headliner was the DJ. Along with a handful of others, most notable was Baba Oje; he was the group’s spiritual elder and was well into his 60’s during their heyday. To really understand what Arrested Development was all about you have to look at their three biggest singles from their debut album 3 Years, 5 Months, & 2 Days in the Life Of…” The first single was Tennessee in which Speech, frustrated by the plight of his people, goes on a spiritual journey to Tennessee, which is where his family had their roots dating back to slavery.
Next was People Everyday which sampled from Sly and the Family Stone. This was a case where the remix was more popular than the album version. While it sounds like an upbeat summer song (and is used as such) it actually tells a story about Speech having to chin check some dudes that disrespected him and his girlfriend at a park. It was a subtle message that although AD was positive, they were by no means soft.
Their third single Mr Wendal was just as poignant. It talked about a homeless man that Speech befriended. It also spoke about how society treats the homeless by looking down on them instead of considering them people and listening to them.
All of these singles seemed to really resonate with the people at the time as their debut album went four times platinum in the US and sold over 7 million copies worldwide and won two Grammys. This eventually led to an unplugged album that went gold and a personal invitation from Spike Lee to contribute to the Malcolm X soundtrack. Unfortunately, their follow up failed to chart and the group broke up in 1996. They reformed in 1996 (albeit without Headliner and some other members) and released a number of albums that did well in Japan and other overseas markets, with the latest coming in 2012. Speech also had a number of solo albums and Dionne Farris had some success on her own.
While I would love to see a young new act pick up where Arrested Development left off and release some positive/conscious/Afrocentric hip hop, I don’t know how they’d be accepted by the public. Would they be a breath of fresh air and achieve widespread acclaim and sales? Or would they get judged as being “fake woke” and assumed to be members of #HotepTwitter? In reality, Arrested Development was very earnest and positive without being preachy. They had a refreshing honesty about them that hasn’t been seen since. Also with current events, I’m surprised no one has taken the same stance of earthy Black Pride as AD. It would be cool to see a younger group follow their lead or even see a reemergence in American popularity from the initial group but this may be one trend that doesn’t come back around. Not everything is meant to. But for now take some time to salute the original Arrested Development (they came before the TV show and wound up suing over the name) and appreciate that what they did was so fresh it has yet to be replicated in hip hop.
The first song I ever heard from J. Cole is Who Dat . I hated it, still Do.
It wasn't until a friend I met in class told me about a mixtape The Warm Up. With a little urging from him, I finally gave it a listen. Listening to Losing My Balance spoke to my soul. Adjusting from high school to college is usually a difficult period for most people. Today I can say Cole helped me thorough stint of transition.From then on I was hooked. I became an official fan. I spent a lot of the time afterwards listening to everything he already had out. From there I just had to wait until he dropped his next mixtape.
It was November 12, 2010. Everyone,and I mean everyone in my building was talking about his next tape, Friday Night Lights. We discussed our favorite tracks, and argued about what certain tracks meant. For a few weeks it was all I listened to. This mixtape helped established my love for music. Suddenly I wanted to share my thoughts with anyone that would listen on everything music related.
Later on, Cole even came to my school for our inaugural "Spring Jam." Tickets sold out immediately! In the week leading up to the concert, my friends and I listened to nothing butyoung simba. Whether it was either The warm up, or The Come up our rule was no listening to anything but nothing but J. Coleuntil the concert. Although he was opening up for Fabolous at the time, he tore the stage down performing songs like Grown Simba, Lights Please, and a special treat of In the Morning (that featured Drake) a few days before Friday Night Lights dropped. He even performed his verse on Jay-Z's Star is Born.
Friday Night Lights is the project what told me J, Colewas going to be a big deal. Hits included the before mentioned In the Morning, Higher, and You Got It where he battles wits with Wale. Another song I enjoyed was Villematic which uses the Devil in a New Dress beat by Kanye West. This was the mixtape of my first fall semester in college. He related to the average college student and what goes on in our daily life. Cole gave hopeless broke kids hope while being able to tell a story while doing so.
How old were you when you found out your favorite genre of music? What was the first song? What was the first album? What artist made you realize how beautiful that particular music was to you?
The year was 1998. I was seven years old when I first head Ruff Ryders Anthem by DMX. Now this wasn't the first rap song I heard but this is the one that stood out. Now, to a kid I wasn't fully comprehending the lyrics at the time but the hook is what caught me. The video kept my eyes flued to the TV. I listened to that song so much it became the first real song I knew lyric for lyric in its entirety. At the time I knew of Biggie and Pac but at this point they had passed. I knew Jay-Z and Nas but I wouldn't really listen to them until a few years later but for DMX? I was hooked. "Yo, Play that X while I give you this #TBT review of It's Dark and Hell is Hot.
I rock with this album heavy as you can see by the sappy into but I grew up with this album blasting in my speakers while me and the crew crowded the room playing WCW vs NWO on N64. Classic. In this album X gives so much raw intensity in his lyrics it's almost scary listening to him. This is what hunger sounds like. The desperation of a lost soul growing in a community of people willing to do the grimiest of things to eat X tells you from his perspective what it's like to feel his hunger, the classic "I'm not the one to f@&* with" rap. X lets you know he only cares about two things in this album: his next meal and loyalty, hence the constant reference to dogs. The album's title is perfect for the tracks listed. It's very dark, gritty, and savage. I imagine what a life it is to go through coming up in Yonkers, NY. The depression one may face as to always having to watch his back while on the prowl for others who aren't watching theirs. The intensity of this album is unmatched even to today. This was a great album from start to finish leaving the skip button untouched. The album contains classics like Ruff Ryders Anthem and Get at Me Dog, but may I recommend Look Thru My Eyes, Let Me Fly, Damien, Stop Being Greedy, and For My Dogs.
Let's go back to a time when we were innocent and young, just like the artist known as Usher.
Sometimes it's hard to believe Usher has been in the game since the tender age of 16 signed to Bad Boy. You know how hard it is to stay relevant til today? If you don't know ask Tevin Cambell. No shade but my point is proven.
This week's Throwback Thursday I wanted to slow it down for the ladies (at least that's what I used to say on air whenever I played a slow jam). That and because no one here knows how to talk about R&B anymore. It's not my writer's fault, R&B just doesn't exist anymore. They only know how to talk about sex or make pop music nowadays but that's a different article. 8701 was the ultimate album which really put Usher at the top of the game at the time.
Everyone knows and will admit Confessions was his best album. In my opinion that is a top 5 R&B album of all time and I could put that against The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill or anything Luther and Marvin Gaye put out (which is saying a lot for a project). Anyways, that's a(whole)nother writeup. Let's get to it.
8701 had it's hits we still jam to today. U Remind Me and U Don't Have to Call is on every DJ's two-step playlist to kick parties off with. Audio Crack, literally, you know it's still on your iPod, don't front. If I Want To is another oldie but goodie. It kind of brings back the point I made earlier about sex and R&B. I remember logging on twitter a few months back and seeing someone tweet something like:
"R&B used to be I'll take your girl because you're not treating her right. Now it's I'll take her because I wanna fuck, and I got more money than you nigga."
It's safe to say the brother made his point.
U Got It Bad might be on your phone too. Yeah I know it was sucka breakup music but it was amazing. U Got It Bad is the reason I still wanna learn how to play electric guitar so I can learn that solo in between verse two and the bridge (well that and Take You Down by Chris Brown). I think that solo by itself set the tone for having guitar solos on R&B tracks. Without U - Interlude leading into Can U Help Me was perfect. The album was great, point blank and that's what I thought I'd take you back to. Oh and not for nothing fellas, the ladies love this stuff. This was one of those "OOOOHHHH THIIISSS MY JAM!" albums. Play it for a snowy night in with shawty (kinda like today). Thank Me Later.
One of the most underrated things in life is rediscovering an old album that you loved back in the day but kind of forgot about.
This was the case when I was looking for an album for this throwback Thursday column. Seeing as the 16th anniversary of his murder just passed, I decided to go with Big L’s debut album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous. For those of you unacquainted, Big L was a talented Harlem emcee whose lyrical stylings inspired an entire generation of punchline rappers. He is also credited for essentially starting the “horrorcore” sub-genre with his brutal lyrics, although he wasn’t beholden to just that style. At the time of his death in 1999 he was in the process of signing with Roc-A-Fella Records. A number of posthumous albums of varying quality have been released but his 1995 debut remains one of the most slept-on albums in the history of hip hop.
Laced with beats from Buckwild, Lord Finesse, Showbiz, and Craig Boogie, Big L constructs an album that serves as a time capsule of sorts to 1995 and almost a blueprint for how to make a balanced album. L had a plethora of jazzy beats on which to showcase his lyrical dexterity.
He starts off with a couple of braggadocios/radio-friendly songs in Put It On with Kid Capri on the hook and next raps over a very familiar DeBarge sample on MVP. Throughout the rest of the album, you get your posse cuts (8 Iz Enuff and Da Graveyard feature a “before they were stars” Cam’ron and Jay-Z respectively), socially conscious songs (Street Struck talks about avoiding the trappings of the hood while Fed Up wit the Bullshit speaks on police brutality and racism.) The tracks All Black and Danger Zone stand out as the most gritty and dark tracks on the album, the likes of which haven’t been seen since.
I don’t feel like this album is dated or aged poorly as far as the music goes. This album isn't for everybody though, to be honest. On a few of his tracks, L uses his gift for wordplay to craft some of the most brutal lyrics out. Murder is a frequent topic, to say the least. In a more socially conscious era, I recognize that some of the content is blatantly violent, misogynistic, and homophobic. While this won’t sit well for many people, I’m also wise enough to understand that well, that’s kind of the point. The lyrics are meant to be outrageous and shocking. If you can see past this, you're left with an album of 90’s era beats with some of the most clever wordplay ever put on wax. And since Big L didn’t have a Tupac-sized trove of unreleased material, this is essentially his masterpiece since his career and life were both tragically cut short. L set the table for mixtape rappers who became punchline-obsessed and horrorcore emcees that tried to come up with the most outlandish and demented shit that they could think of. But no one ever replicated the layers and diversity of Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous. Big L was only scratching the surface. May he rest in peace.
I was sitting on the train headed to an interview slightly nervous. I think to myself I need something to calm me down, but at the same time give me some reassurance that I'm going to do well. I need that reminder that I hate my money situation right now. The reminder why I need that paycheck. Immediately, I put on my headphones. What happened next? Well that's history. Just know it was everything I needed to hear.
Thug Motivation 101.Young Jeezy's freshman album is one of my most favorite albums to date. From start to finish this album lives up to its title. Although I have never been involved in any illegal activity, I use the lyrics as metaphors I can relate to. He hustles from the trap. My trap is a bit different. The trap is interchangeable between school and home for me. I have hustled my white. I put on these collared dress shirts going to job interviews. I explain why my product (skills) is better than the competitors. Many of us like Jeezy are just individuals looking to arise from our current living standards to achieve our perceptions of greatness or success. That's what Thug Motivation 101 is to me, it's the second word in the title.
This album is hip-hop in its purest form. Anyone with a well enough imagination can pick it up and use it to motivate themselves to go out and hustle to achieve the success they are looking for. This album will always be a high recommendation from me. I don't think there has ever been a time where I have listened to this album and hit skip. It's great listen from start to finish no matter how long ago it was released. My favorite track is the self title, but I recommend Sole Survivor, Trap or Die, and Last of a Dying Breed. Sometimes it's good to go back, so for my Throwback Thursday it's Thug Motivation without question.
What's the Movement is making expansions and changes in 2015. This year I've been assigned to kick off the brand new Throwback Thursday Write Ups. Every week the writer's will touch base on an old project that hasn't yet been reviewed on the site.
With the anticipation of Chance The Rapper's debut album Surf on the horizon. I thought it would be dope to take a look at his past mixtape Acid Rap. When it first came out I would see it everywhere but never listen. Thankful a friend got in my ear and I listened. Afterwards, I was so upset with myself that it took me forever to listen to him. Here's my track by track synopsis: 1.
Good Ass Intro (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid)
Chance returns from his tour and his last mixtape to announce that he "Even better then I was the last time." Nuff Said.
2.
Pusha Man/Paranoia (featuring Lili K
& Nate Fox)
Here Chance The Rapper references his previous tape 10 Day. "Ten damn days and all I got to show for it is shoes and shows and chauffeurs with road rage," and the change that has come from it. Telling a story of drug life. The second part of the song Paranoia is a song I know that many people connect to. It deals with the violence that goes on in Chicago and how it is ignored by the media. Fun Fact: I didn't know Paranoia existed until I watched the video. Every time I listened to Pusha Man afterwards I would skip to the next song thinking the long pause after meant something was wrong with my iPod.
Chance enlists the help of Vic Mensa and Twista to tell mama, grandma that he misses them. Of course, they don't approve of his drug use. So he tries to hide it from them because he wants to go back to the days before he transitioned into a man.
4. Juice
If you haven't seen the movie Juice (what's wrong with you) you may not get the 90s movie reference. Here Chance is tell everyone that he knows who good he is. The chorus repeats " Juice, Juice I got the juice ." Meaning he is feeling on top of the world right now.
5.
Lost (featuring Noname Gypsy)
One of my favorite tracks on the mixtape. With the wonderful Noname Gypsy featured on it giving it a feminine touch. A lovely balled of the relationship of a druggie and his drugs.
6.
Everybody's Something (featuring
Saba & BJ the Chicago Kid) An inspirational song telling people not to doubt themselves. You can watch the video below.
7.
Interlude (That's Love) The interlude of the mixtape. Pretty self explanatory.
8.
Favorite Song (featuring Childish
Gambino) Yes, it is always a favorite when Chance and Gambino link up on a song. Both artist spitting clever lines over a dope beat, and have fun doing it.
9.
NaNa (featuring Action Bronson) "Give me a Kit-Kat, Don't break me off shit". A playful song, featuring Action Bronson.
10.
Smoke Again (featuring Ab-Soul)
11.
Acid Rain Chance slows down and raps about his past life, friends, and the his overall view of the world.
12.
Chain Smoker
Best song to groove to! He is a "Still a chain smoking, name dropping ,good looking, muh' fucking motha, shut your mouth "but he hopes you love him for it.
13.
Everything's Good (Good Ass Outro)
The outro is Chance talking to his dad thanking him for all the support and his father telling him how proud of him, he is.
Chance is said to have a Surf to come out soon. If you're as impatient as I am, he has released some great songs on his soundcloud.
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