Coloring Book

AlbumMay 27 / 201614 songs, 57m 21s
Pop Rap Conscious Hip Hop
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On this, his first masterpiece, Chance evolves—from Rapper to pop visionary. Influenced by gospel music, *Coloring Book* finds the Chicago native moved by the Holy Spirit and the current state of his hometown. “I speak to God in public,” he says on “Blessings,” its radiant closer. “He think the new sh\*t jam / I think we mutual fans.”

9.1 / 10

Chance the Rapper's Coloring Book is one of the strongest rap albums released this year, an uplifting mix of spiritual and grounded that even an atheist can catch the Spirit to.

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“I don’t make music for free, I make music for freedom,” Chance The Rapper boasts on Coloring Book, his third mixtape (or fourth, depending on how you classify Surf, his outstanding album last year with Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment). From just about any other rapper, bragging about giving away music in 2016…

7 / 10

8 / 10

Chicago rapper embraces his blessings on a soulful, gospel-tinged, star-studded third mixtape.

8.6 / 10

Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper’s third mixtape and his second project distributed via Apple, is deafeningly religious,…

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Exactly the kind of record necessary to elevate an artist from viable to visionary.

Chance the Rapper's third mixtape, rather perversely titled after an object, considering it was issued only on streaming platforms, is more powerful than most proper albums.

9 / 10

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join these genres, rap and gospel, in holy matrimony. Officiating over the ceremony is none ot...

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