CHANCE THE RAPPER

streamed the whole thing bc of it, it had some nice songs but none of them hit me like chain smoker

this album is essentially a legit classic to me

The way he switches voices midsong is the source of his strength and weakness imo.

he sounds like what i always assumed donald glover sounded like

chain smoker is ok

ow

I need to revisit the tape, because when I think about it I feel more fond of it than I did when it was new and the quirks of his voice/delivery grated on me easily. And that new song with Lil Wayne is so good, I kinda hope that becomes his big single.

Still cant knock the K'naan comparisons out of my head BUT I still really like him and this tape.

Hadnt heard that song w Wayne, ty. Always good to hear wayne just straight-up rappy rapping.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKOWz0rfe7Y

Still listen to this regularly, and still marvel at how incredible it is. Can't list many recent rap albums that match this level of song craft while sustaining this level of energy while featuring rapping this consistently strong. Incredible.

"Chain Smoker" is just glorious, but my favorite is still "Lost." The way he romanticizes an empty hookup, looking for meaning that's not there, is just so sad and pure. You rarely find that level of affection in rap songs about actual romance, let alone flings

There is no duds on this album.

^

there are 3 tracks in a row dragged down by guest verses though

I kind of shamefully like that gambino verse :/

oh no rev

I love the album, and I know nothing good will come of bringing this up, but I hate the line from Favorite Song about him being a 'slapp-happy faggot slapper'.

Same

Yeah it's a sore spot I wonder what he would say if confronted.

chain smoker is my fav track.

i have a lot to say abt this but will sit on it for awhile.

Naw son go in

finally got around to this, sooooooo good.

i got a lotta love for "cocoa butter kisses"

As of late, my verses seem not so verse-y

where the fuck is matt lauer at? somebody get katie couric in here

I keep reading this thread as parappa the rapper

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/07/parappasnd425.jpg

"Everybody dies in the summer/ So pray to god for a little more spring"

One of the tensions that makes this album work so is how it's got all these middle-class rap signifiers on the surface but also has all this heavy fucked up street shit lurking just off-camera and sometimes intruding.

otm

this could go on the sad rap thread : (

right, it doesn't at all feel like its running from this stuff

dilluuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

deej's profile article on him is v good

http://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/chance-the-rapper-interview-complex-cover-story

http://cdnl.complex.com/assets/CHANNEL_IMAGES/MUSIC/2013/09/content/1379030127_complexchancetherappercover.jpg

i'm glad complex is finally putting "fast forward" on the cover instead of "pause"

Gonna see this dude tomorrow night.

I like this and I'm glad it exists but there's something about his voice, or one of the voices he using, that I find really unpleasant to listen to.

I barely even noticed the Childish Gambino verse on first listen, the Ab-Soul verse is the really egregious one here.

I feel like a big part of rap fandom, especially these days, is kinda figuring out what unique or strange voices/rapping styles you actually want to get used to and not be annoyed or put off by. Like it took me a while to come around to Kendrick's voice, still slowly getting used to Chance's.

Ugh that Ab Soul verse though.

yeah absorbing this release in small chunks has been the surest way for me to submit.

tmi

let me put my mouth where you absorb small chunks, boo

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Yeah, his voice does grate a bit. I have to admit...

It did for me when I'd only heard "Juice" and that's prob why it took me a couple months to check it out until I saw so many people I trust talk about how good it was. But as soon as I put it on it was immediately taken with it. Total Albums that you know are going to be brilliant within the opening 20 seconds of the first track status.

also agree with matt but i think ultimately i could probably power through the sound of his voice if i felt more compelled by what he was saying with it. just don't really feel like i need early yeezy told to me again by wyclef on ludes

the tape opening with a re-do of an old Kanye tape intro is the opposite of an auspicious opening imo

although in generally i find the whole thing more compelling and less kanye-ish than rtc does

yeah look i dont want a bunch of dudes jumping down my throat telling me he's not exactly exactly like ye, i can see that

huh: http://soundcloud.com/1-800-dinosaur/life-round-here-feat-chance

the tape opening with a re-do of an old Kanye tape intro is the opposite of an auspicious opening imo

― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:44 AM Bookmark

Hmm, I didn't realize this. I just heard the horns and voices and it was like all the sunbeams were pointed straight at me for a moment.

the outro of the final track is one of the absolute best parts of this tape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t5Jt2mkrzc

i feel that way also ... calboy sounds good on it too

I really like this album? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ok this is really growing on me now, the production's so gorgeous and there are plenty of hooks they're just a different vibe to the sort of bigness of a lot of colouring book so that + the length made it hard to really get into at first

latest favourite is "ballin flossin"

Ballin flossin is a highlight for me too. Also big fish — gucci sounds great on that

I do want to apologize to Fred who complained that this album wasn’t corny enough which suggests tho we have v different aesthetic criteria he did listen to this album more than 99% of reviewers — this is def his least corny album at least possibly barring the dark parts of acid rap

I haven't read the reviews but I was pleased that Chance has toned things down a bit? I remember enjoying Coloring Book but also finding it exhausting and I didn't return to it after a few run-throughs.

Also the dark parts of Acid Rap are probably my favourite things he's done.

most of the complaints i've seen have been "this is waaay too corny why does he love his wife so much lol" and i don't get that at all when colouring book went full on "god is great!" for a few tracks and this one is generally chiller and a little more low-key musically too

only a few tracks in and his verses are really good but the choruses are mostly deflating

arent the first two hooks just john legend and ben gibbard

Yes and they’re the reason I had a bad taste in my mouth the first time through

idgi the hook on "all day long" is tight and gibbard really works on "do you remember"

this is a very me thing to post but the gibbard hook is like something green gartside would sing

I’m finally listening to this album now, and... I don’t really understand why so many people are so mad at it? Sure, there are moments that are a bit off, like the white dude screaming on the title track. But for the most part it sounds pretty good.

It reminds me of Three feet high and rising in a way that very few modern rap albums do, lol.

man, i dunno what you're hearing there! i hear a lotta different approaches but none of them sound particularly good to me. More power to you for finding something you like though!

Chance really walked into "wife guy" meme territory, huh

I'm DJing a friend's wedding in a few weeks, what song from this do I play?

Probably several tracks but “get a bag”

I was going to listen to this but then I saw the name "CocoRosie"

One of the funniest ways in which chance ended up at this point, where some of his best material is treated as the worst shit in the world, is that there’s no singular cause... instead it’s like a laundry list of little things, down to him putting cocorosie on his album, a self own so specific that explaining it to someone off ilx requires linking to fifteen year old articles about long forgotten hipster parties ... it really has been career death by a thousand paper cuts

cocorosie only show up for a few seconds too lol

had never thought about comparing gibbard to gartside but their voices do have a similar weird quality to them and i can hear what brad means

it also might explain a reason why i don't really connect with either singer

Timing-wise, he sure walked headfirst into 'wife guy' meme territory

Jordan I'd stick to his bigger/older hits for a wedding gig but that's just me

he should have rolled into the 'i love my wife, iigh' stuff tbh, sold shirts or whatever

still, a great album

if it has a weak point to me its that he's pulled back somewhat from certain kinds of vulnerable specifics, which i understand on a level of what fame does to a person, but its unfortunate it happened on an album that is so defined by personal relationships ... nonetheless, great songs

the stuff that doesn't really work for me on this is down to "hot shower" (which is fun and goofy i guess but his voice is really grating on it), the part on the title track where francis yells a bunch, and "5 year plan" (which isn't really bad just relatively dull and saccharine?)

in addition to all the wife complaints i keep seeing people complain about the production being bland and lifeless which is even more baffling, i really don't know what people are listening to.

twitter really hates this guy now huh. he's on that wave where no matter what he does someone retweets with a 'look at this dork' and everyone piles on the hate

I never even got around to the last one but find the ott blowback kinda sad.

drake toosie slide has had the “salmon gucci slides” song from this album stuck in my head and it still cracks me up that chance and nicki got together for the first time as a voltron of once beloved celebs who suddenly became twitter villains

ha otm. honestly this is my favorite project of his at this point.

Yikes.

I finally got the answer now. I understand. Yall trust Biden more than yall trust Ye. I think I understand why, I just don’t feel the same way.

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020

With most celebrities, if I see them trending my first thoughts are "Oh no, did they die?" or "Oh no, are they racist/sexist/homophobic?"

With Chance, it's "Oh no, did he say something dumb about Kanye?"

— DJP (@djperry1973) July 13, 2020

Hi, @chancetherapper. If you are very obviously a rapper why did you put it in your stage name? I cannot stop thinking about this.

— Dionne Warwick (@_DionneWarwick) December 5, 2020

Damn RIP

avoid confusion with Chance the Painter

I am now Dionne the Singer.

— Dionne Warwick (@_DionneWarwick) December 5, 2020

dionne THEE singer imo

Realized on reading this thread that I'd vaguely (and wrongly) thought of it as a really random Being There reference.

“I cannot stop thinking about this”

new single is pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnO2HDmT1D8

Yeah! Heard it on the radio today, I like it

New track from Dionne the Singer and Chance the Rapper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJeKQ_UktBI