Chance The Rapper seems to be hinting that new music will be released this week. Chance took to Twitter yesterday (20th March) to share a cryptic post that read: “My mind is decided”, alongside a date of March 24 – implying that new music will be released this Thursday. A black and white photograph of Chance staring at a blank wall accompanied the message.
You can see the post here:
Chance has been teasing his return for a while now with a series of Instagram posts including photographs from what appear to be writing and recording sessions.
“How bout a new one in March,” he wrote in February.
Chance also posted a snippet of new political music earlier this month, in which he rapped about the assassination of George Washington, the first president of the United States. The song began with a symbolic story about George Washington’s death and his slave ownership.
“George Washington died at the dentist getting fillings/ He had slave teeth by the hundreds but bacteria by the millions,“ Chance raps. It then shifts to contemporary issues like violence, Black wealth, voting, and more.
The 43-second clip can be heard below, which Chance posted to Instagram with the caption: “Felt cute might delete later.”
Chance’s most recent release was last month as a featured artist on fellow Chicago rapper Supa Bwe’s ‘ACAB,’ which saw him tackle political issues as well.
His last solo album was 2019’s ‘The Big Day’. In a three-star review, NME called the record “a buoyant, cheerful project that looks back on his young, successful career through rose-tinted lenses but, ultimately, doesn’t possess enough depth amidst a mishmash of production and features that make it too long-winded”.
Last year, Chance collaborated on the politically charged tune ‘Shelter’ with Vic Mensa and Wyclef Jean, shared the solo single ‘The Heart & The Tongue,’ and released the concert film called ‘Magnificent Coloring World’.
He also collaborated with John Legend and Symba on the music for Space Jam: A New Legacy’s ‘See Me Fly,’ as well as on Smoko Ono’s afrobeat-inspired ‘Winners.’ ‘Nothing’s Impossible,’ his long-awaited collaboration with R&B queen Dionne Warwick, was also released last year.
—Silviya.Y