Its been three years since Chance the Rapper first broke through into the mainstream with hisAcid Rapmixtape.
Fitting then, that Chances mixtape kicks off with a Kanye guest spot, on All We Got.
In some ways, Chance didnt just get one Kanye here he got three.
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But Chance is a Chicago boy through and through, andColoring Bookis peppered with references to the Windy City.
Lets just say theres a reason Chance was the first rapper to get a billboard on a Chicago expressway.
He has thoroughly embraced his role as the citys musical ambassador.
Label disses exist side-by-side with praise-hands gospel and backyard-barbecue jams.
One of the songs that definitely hits the hardest, though, is Same Drugs.
What a poetic, unpretentious way to describe how it feels to grow apart from someone you once loved.
Of all these, it seems like Young Thug takes the crown with his fiery verse on Mixtape.
Like Chance himself, it sometimes seems like Thugger cant help but improve with every song.
ButColoring Bookends up striking an impressive balance between religion and secularism.
