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Chance the Rapper and Collaborators on the Legacy of Coloring Book: "None of Us Knew Anything"

Complex·Grant Rindner·20 days ago
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By the time Chance the Rapper released Coloring Book on May 13, 2016, he had grown from an internet darling to a mold-breaking mainstream star. He turned down $10 million advances to stay independent and followed one of the 2010’s best projects, Acid Rap , with a genuine blockbuster—one of the most significant mixtapes in the history of rap. He used his success to not only maintain his independence, but to lambast the exploitative label system. “If one more label try to stop me / It’s gon' be some dreadhead n****s in your lobby,” he rapped on “No Problem.” In the process, Chance redefined what mixtapes could be in a moment when the medium—and music in general—were changing forever. “I always want to be a decider of the access point for [my] music and where it can be sold and where it can be distributed,” Chance told Complex just days before celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the album’s release.…

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