Acid Rap
by Chance The Rapper

From RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/09/2013 19:56 | #80725 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Chance has a very similar sound to Kendrick Lamar, whose debut album last year received all kinds of praise. The music is great, and more importantly, Chance’s rapping ability is great. He has a playful youthfulness to him, but isn’t afraid to get serious.

Perhaps the line that really stuck in my head most is from the second half of “Pusha Man", in which Chance raps about his hometown of the south side of Chicago: “They be shooting whether it’s dark or not, I mean the days is pretty dark a lot/Down here it’s easier to find a gun than find a fucking parking spot" and later, “Everybody dies in the summer/Wanna say your goodbyes, tell them while it’s spring". It’s really reflective, and pretty sad. But Chance takes the sadness and bad circumstances he was born into and works through them, eventually making light of them, adding a bit of levity to the situation. There’s some great guest appearances on this album, most notably the appearances of Childish Gambino and Action Bronson, both of whom do really well.

This is the most unique hip hop album I've ever heard. It really is a bummer how Coloring Book turned out...the great thing about this is that it was unlike anything that came before it. Then he hits mainstream success and makes all his songs sound like every other artist out there. Now that I know what direction he's moving in, he will definitely never top this in terms of artistic freedom and uninhibited inspiration

Easily one of the top ten best rap albums of the year. I'm quite surprised at how quickly he's been noticed though. Kind of an encouraging sign of the times. But maybe after artists like Drake, the weeknd, and Kendrick, I shouldn't be surprised a mixtape could bring such success. It's kind of expected now that his full length album be absolutely killer. I'm not completely sold on whether or not that will come true. Promising nonetheless.

From Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/28/2014 02:22 | #101722 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I honestly tried really hard to get into this album, but it didn't click for me. I tolerate it more after a few listens, but I still can't get the hang of it.

From quincytejani 12/20/2013 19:32 | #98226 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

mmm damn fine album