The Incredible True Story

On The Incredible True Story, the Gaithersburg, Md. rapper Logic assumes the role of screenwriter and director, claiming to have written a script for the album. It’s set 100 years in the future, as two narrators search for a planet named Paradise following Earth’s destruction.

With a story that takes place 100 years in the future, Logic's sophomore LP is also a concept album, and with the Gaithersburg, Maryland MC's vibrant, ambitious debut providing evidence the young artist could do it, it doesn't take long for The Incredible True Story to live up to its title.

Twenty-five-year-old Maryland rapper Logic's rap career has been defined by two seemingly contradictory through-lines: on the one hand, rele...