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Here’s a question, what do Tupac, Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick Lamar and Young Thug have in common? The subject matter of drugs, money, guns, violence, women have all been around since the dawn of hip hop – hell they’ve been around since the dawn of time. If you genuinely care that Jeffery wore this and used it as his album cover, if it actually concerns you and upsets you in a personal way, maybe it even makes you feel uncomfortable or threatened, you may want to have a good long look at yourself in the mirror. You might think that Glover is exaggerating, but take a trip to any comment section of any article written by Complex, Hypebeast, or Highsnobiety about any rapper who’s claim to fame came after 2010 and you’ll find that they’re definitely alive and well. It’s a funny take on every single hip hop head that refuses to admit Thugger is hip hop because he dresses ‘faggy’, and wishes that hip hop would return to the days of old. Have you ever seen that Donald Glover skit about rap back in the day? If you haven’t, here’s a link ( – starts from about 1:40). Watch the video – you’ll understand what I’m getting at. But change is inevitable, it doesn’t always do well to cling to the past. They make me feel happy and sad, excited and nervous. I have so much nostalgia for Acid Rap and 10 Day, they were the soundtracks to some very unique times in my life. That change shouldn’t be scorned, regardless of whether you like his newest album. Those fans that couldn’t get into Coloring Book should understand why they couldn’t. But that’s fine, because they’re still there as memories to look back on and to relive. The song is about realising that those things that make your heart beat faster or animate the butterflies in your stomach will never stay the same. He gained many new fans, and lost some old ones along the way. Chance was a pioneer, a warrior, a Grammy nominee. Coloring Book was a huge mainstream success. Big symphonic sounds with bigger instrumentals from Donnie Trumpet and SOX, and a Gospel influence that underpinned the entirety of the album, both in sound and subject. It wasn’t.Ĭoloring Book upended Chance’s paradigm in music. They thought or hoped that Coloring Book would effectively be Acid Rap 2. A lot of fans didn’t know about Surf, or they wrote off Surf as SOX’s brain-child.
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I’d already heard Surf, a mix-tape by Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment (SOX) which Chance had featured heavily on and had a large part in producing. A veritable anthem for experience chasers. They were heartfelt and real, and incredibly relatable for many of us. The two albums had very similar themes of drug experimentation, and how drugs affected his life, whether it be his relationships, his perspective or the experiences he’d gained through them. For some fans of Lil’ Chano, their first taste of the Chicago rapper was on his mix-tape Acid Rap. ‘Same Drugs’ has a very special place in the hearts of many Chance fans. Here’s a link for anyone who hasn’t seen it: In case you missed it – Chance the Rapper released the music video for his track ‘Same Drugs’ off his most recent Coloring Book mix-tape. Regardless of whatever it is Vince intended with the song. It adds one more blow to the establishment that gets its high from keeping its people low. It reassures us that hip-hop is an art with purpose, an opinion and a voice. It gives strength to the people that hear and resonate with it. To hear an artist say that ‘ We need Tamikas and Shaniquas in that Oval office’ or ‘ Ain’t no gentrifyin’ us, we finna buy the whole town’ with such vitriol is inspiring and infectious. But I don’t think he could disagree that he has put the passion of his own triumphs and struggles into his music. And it’s electrifying. He’s made that very clear throughout his discography. Vince Staples might disagree with the label of ‘conscious’. We like to hear music that evokes emotion whether it be nostalgia, anger or hope and we like to hear music that has emotion imbued in it. It’s because we like to hear music that makes us feel.
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There’s a reason why Kendrick is held up on a pedestal by much of the culture. I don’t think I’m alone on that view either. That being said, I can’t help but respect any rapper that chooses to use their voice and their platform. It’s something I may right about after I’ve thought about it a little more. The question of whether a rapper has a responsibility to comment on socio-political issues will always be up in the air.