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| Released | May xiii, 2016 (2016-05-thirteen) | |||
| Studio | Chicago, Chicago, Illinois[a] | |||
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| Length | 57:14 | |||
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Coloring Volume is the third mixtape by American rapper Chance the Rapper. It was produced by his group The Social Experiment, Lido, and Kaytranada, amid others. For the mixtape, Chance also collaborated with musicians such every bit Kanye West, Immature Thug, Francis and the Lights, Justin Bieber, 2 Chainz, Kirk Franklin, and the Chicago Children's Choir.
Coloring Book was released on May 13, 2016, exclusively on Apple tree Music, before existence made available to other streaming services on May 27. It was the first mixtape to chart on the U.s. Billboard 200 solely on streams, peaking at number eight, while receiving widespread acclaim from critics who praised its fusion of hip hop and gospel sounds. The mixtape won Best Rap Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards. Information technology was also the first streaming-only album ever to win a Grammy.
Writing and recording [edit]
After releasing the well-received mixtape Acid Rap in 2013, Gamble the Rapper went on tour with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. He afterward relocated to Los Angeles from his hometown of Chicago that Dec. He rented a Northward Hollywood mansion, which he dubbed the Koi Kastle. While he worked on music in fits and starts, he mainly spent fourth dimension socializing with friends he made—among them Frank Ocean and J. Cole. He also abused drugs, mainly Xanax: "I was Xanned out every fucking mean solar day," he told GQ in 2016. He besides went through numerous relationships, and he began to experience unproductive and empty.[ane]
He returned to Chicago and got dorsum together with an quondam girlfriend. He grew more religious upon learning she was pregnant, and especially then afterward learning his daughter had an atrial flutter. "I think it was the baby that, you know, brought my religion back," he remarked later on. On the subject area of her eye condition, he said, "[It] fabricated me pray a whole lot, yous know, and need a lot of angels and just see shit in a very, like, direct manner." His daughter was born in September 2015. During this time, he began to mull over themes he wished to include in his adjacent mixtape, including "God, dear, Chicago, [and] dance." Before working on that, he contributed heavily to Kanye West's anthology The Life of Pablo. Coloring Book was mainly recorded betwixt March and Apr 2016. He rented out a room at a Chicago studio, and then another every bit he needed more space. He gradually came to more or less live at the studio during recording: "Eventually we decided to rent out the whole studio, and nosotros only put mattresses in all the rooms and it became a camp."[1] His method of making the mixtape was inspired by W taking over an unabridged studio to make Pablo.[2]
Music and lyrics [edit]
Chance the Rapper told Complex that Coloring Book would be a superior record to Surf, the 2015 album that he had released with his group Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment.[three] Every bit with his other mixtapes, 10 Day and Acid Rap, the cover artwork was painted by Chicago-based artist Brandon Breaux, who depicted Run a risk holding his baby daughter (below the frame) in order to capture the expression on his confront.[4]
Co-ordinate to Financial Times music critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, Coloring Book is an upbeat gospel rap album whose themes of spiritual fulfillment and worldly accomplishment are explored in music "that places gospel choirs and jazzy horns in a modernistic setting of Auto-Tuned hooks and crisp beats".[5] Rolling Stone 's Christopher R. Weingarten wrote that the gospel choirs were the foundation of the mixtape's music, functioning in the same way disco interpolations had on the earliest rap records, James Brownish rhythms had for Public Enemy, and soul samples had for Kanye Due west.[half-dozen]
Chance discussed Coloring Book 'southward theme of Christian faith in an interview with Zane Lowe. "I never really set up out to make anything that could pretend to be new gospel or pretend to exist the gospel", he said. "Information technology's just music from me equally a Christian human considering I think before I was making music every bit a Christian child. And in both cases I take imperfections, but there was a declaration that tin be fabricated through going all the [stuff] I've been through the terminal few years." Lowe himself believed the mixtape showcased how "faith in music and religion in God get hand-in-hand a lot of times".[vii]
Marketing and sales [edit]
Coloring Book 's release date was revealed past Tonight Prove host Jimmy Fallon after Risk'south May 6 performance of "Blessings" on the show.[8] The mixtape was released exclusively to the Apple Music streaming service at 11 p.m. EST on May 12,[9] the same day its second single "No Trouble" was released;[10] the lead unmarried "Angels" had been released on October 27, 2015,[11] while its finale single "Summer Friends" was released on August 17, 2016.[12] Coloring Volume was leaked to DatPiff, a mixtape distribution website, one hour after its release; it was removed from the site the following solar day.[9]
In the first week of release, Coloring Book debuted at number 8 on the Us Billboard 200 based on 57.three million streams of its songs, which Billboard equated to 38,000 album units.[thirteen] It was the first release to chart on the Billboard 200 solely on streams.[14] The mixtape was available merely on Apple tree Music through May 27, when it was released to other streaming services.[xiii] Coloring Book became the kickoff to surpass 500,000 with only streaming album equivalents. Since its debut in May, the album has stayed on the Billboard 200 nautical chart for 33 consecutive weeks, peaking at number 8.[fifteen]
Critical reception [edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.2/10[16] |
| Metacritic | 89/100[17] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [18] |
| The A.V. Club | A−[xix] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [twenty] |
| Amusement Weekly | A−[21] |
| The Irish Times |  [22] |
| NME | 4/v[23] |
| Pitchfork | 9.1/10[24] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Spin | ix/10[25] |
| Vice (Expert Witness) | A[26] |
Coloring Book was met with widespread disquisitional acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the mixtape received an boilerplate score of 89, based on 21 reviews.[17] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave information technology 8.2 out of 10, based on their cess of the critical consensus.[16]
Reviewing for the Chicago Tribune in May 2016, Greg Kot hailed the album as "a celebration of singing, harmonizing, man voices making a joyous noise together",[20] while Kris Ex from Pitchfork named it "one of the strongest rap albums released this year, an uplifting mix of spiritual and grounded that even an atheist tin catch the Spirit to".[24] Writing for Vice, Robert Christgau believed Chance's already irrepressibly cheerful voice sounded more than bonny and substantial than before because of how the music's gospel elements had encouraged a stronger "song muscle" and controlled pitch.[26] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times argued that Adventure had drawn on the spirituality and consciousness present in Due west's music while "blossoming into a crusader and a pop savant, coming as close as anyone has to eradicating the walls between the sacred and the secular". He constitute his flow melodically and rhythmically dense yet deft and effortless, while deeming his narratives both intimate and universal, touching on familial duties, the violent crime in Chance'due south native Chicago, and being an independent artist in the modern music manufacture era.[27] In the opinion of Slate journalist Jack Hamilton, Coloring Book was "the first true gospel-rap masterpiece".[28]
Accolades [edit]
At the end of 2016, Coloring Book appeared on a number of critics' lists ranking the year's peak albums. According to Metacritic, it was the seventh most prominently ranked record of 2016.[29] Christgau ranked it as the ninth best anthology of the year in his ballot for The Village Voice 's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll.[30] The anthology won Best Rap Anthology at the 2017 Grammy Awards. It was the beginning streaming-merely album to win a Grammy.[31]
Rails listing [edit]
Credits are adapted from the anthology's vinyl liner notes.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(due south) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i. | "All We Got" (featuring Kanye West and Chicago Children'south Choir) |
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| iii:23 |
| 2. | "No Problem" (featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz) |
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| 5:05 |
| 3. | "Summertime Friends" (featuring Jeremih and Francis and the Lights) |
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| 4:50 |
| iv. | "D.R.A.1000. Sings Special" |
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| 1:41 |
| 5. | "Blessings" (featuring Jamila Woods) |
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| 3:41 |
| half dozen. | "Aforementioned Drugs" |
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| 4:17 |
| 7. | "Mixtape" (featuring Young Thug and Lil Yachty) |
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| iv:52 |
| 8. | "Angels" (featuring Saba) |
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| iii:26 |
| nine. | "Juke Jam" (featuring Justin Bieber and Towkio) |
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| 3:39 |
| 10. | "All Night" (featuring Knox Fortune) |
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| ii:21 |
| 11. | "How Bang-up" (featuring Jay Electronica and my cousin Nicole) |
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| 5:37 |
| 12. | "Smoke Break" (featuring Future) |
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| 3:46 |
| xiii. | "Finish Line / Drown" (featuring T-Pain, Kirk Franklin, Eryn Allen Kane and Noname) |
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| 6:46 |
| 14. | "Blessings" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign, Raury, BJ the Chicago Kid and Anderson .Paak) |
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| 3:50 |
| Full length: | 57:14 | |||
Samples
- "All We Got" contains interpolations from "Good Ass Intro", written by Chancelor J. Bennett, Kanye West, Bryan J. Sledge, Lili Chiliad, Kiara Lanier, Peter CottonTale, Will Miller, J.P. Floyd, Cameron Osteen, Stefan Ponce, Lonnie Lynn and Dewayne Julius Rogers Sr.
- ^[a] "Summer Friends" contains a sample from "Friends", written by Rostam Batmanglij, Justin Vernon, BJ Burton, Francis Farewell Starlite, Aaron Lammer, Ariel Rechtshaid, Benny Blanco and Cashmere True cat.
- ^[b] "Juke Jam" contains samples of "Adriatic", performed by Mountain Kimbie.
- "All Night" contains a sample of "Dealer's Corner", performed by Sven Torstenson.
- ^[c] "How Bang-up" contains an interpolation from "How Great Is Our God", written by Jesse Reeves, Ed Greenbacks and Chris Tomlin.
- "Blessings" (reprise) contains a sample from "Permit the Praise Begin (Chapter II)", performed past Fred Hammond.
Personnel [edit]
Vocalists
- Adventure the Rapper – lead vocals (1–3, 5–14), background vocals (i–three, 5–x, 12–14), vocals (iv)
- Kanye West – featured vocals (1)
- Chicago Children's Choir – featured vocals (1), background vocals (6, 11, 13)
- Lil Wayne – featured vocals (two)
- 2 Chainz – featured vocals (2)
- Jeremih – featured vocals (3)
- Francis and the Lights – featured vocals (3)
- DRAM – featured vocals (4), background vocals (4)
- Jamila Woods – featured vocals (v), groundwork vocals (five)
- Immature Thug – featured vocals (7)
- Lil Yachty – featured vocals (7)
- Saba – featured vocals (8)
- Justin Bieber – featured vocals (ix)
- Towkio – featured vocals (9)
- Knox Fortune – featured vocals (10)
- Jay Electronica – featured vocals (11)
- My cousin Nicole – featured vocals (11)
- Futurity – featured vocals (12)
- T-Pain – featured vocals (13)
- Kirk Franklin – featured vocals (xiii), background vocals (13)
- Noname – featured vocals (13)
- Eryn Allen Kane – featured vocals (xiii), vocals (6)
- Ty Dolla Sign – featured vocals (14)
- Raury – featured vocals (14)
- BJ the Chicago Kid – featured vocals (fourteen)
- Anderson .Paak – featured vocals (14)
- Grace Weber – vocals (1)
- Fred Hammond – vocals (5)
- Sima Cunningham – background vocals (1, half-dozen, 11, 13)
- Vasil Garnanliever – background vocals (1, half dozen, 11, thirteen)
- Teddy Jackson – background vocals (1, 6)
- Josephine Lee – background vocals (1, 3, 6, 11, 13)
- Jack Red – groundwork vocals (1, 13)
- Isaiah Robinson – groundwork vocals (one, half-dozen, 11, 13)
- Jaime Woods – background vocals (2)
- Lakeitsha Williams – background vocals (2)
- Rachel Cato – background vocals (two)
- Jordan Ware – background vocals (4)
- Elle Varner – groundwork vocals (4)
- Karl Rubin – background vocals (4)
- Macie Stewart – groundwork vocals (6, thirteen)
- Nicole Steen – background vocals (eleven)
- Kirk Franklin's choir – background vocals (13)
Instrumentalists
- Nico Segal – trumpet (1, 13)
- J.P. Floyd – horns (five)
- Rajiv Halim – saxophones (13)
- Greg Landfair Sr. – guitar (6)
Boosted side artists
- Ha Ha Davis (two, 14)
- James Francies (two)
- Ashwin Torke (2)
- Zarif Wilder (2)
- Mitchell Owens (3)
- Eric Pidluski (6)
- Brian Beach (six)
- Bridget Andes (six)
- Scott Dickinson (6)
- Meena Cho (six)
- Ashley Simpson (xiv)
- Benjamin Shepherd (fourteen)
- Joseph Lopez (14)
Technical
- Nate Pull a fast one on – recording (Grace Weber's vocals on 1), mixing (4)
- Squirrel – engineering science (4)
- Rian – applied science (iv)
- Jeff Lane – mixing (i–3, v–11, fourteen)
- Elton "L10MixedIt" Cheung – mixing (12, 13)
- Peter CottonTale – mixing (13)
- Dave Kutch – mastering
Artwork
- O.J. Hays – design
- Brandon Breaux – artwork
Charts [edit]
Weekly charts [edit]
| Year-end charts [edit]
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Certifications [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ Except Kanye Westward'due south vocals on "All We Got", recorded at Conway (Los Angeles, California); and "D.R.A.Thou. Sings Special", recorded at Shangri-La (Malbu, California) and The Himalayas (Los Angeles, California)
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External links [edit]
- chanceraps.com
- Coloring Book
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloring_Book_(mixtape)