Chance The Rapper released details for his official debut album, The Big Day, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
While the album was available for pre-order, details such as the album’s title, artwork, and release date were unknown. The 26-year-old has published multiple projects before this, however they were all free unlike The Big Day. Chance is most notably know for his 2016 independently released mixtape entitled Coloring Book. The tape included popular songs such as Juke Jam ft. Justin Bieber and No Problem ft. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz. It debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making it the first exclusive-to-streaming-exclusive release to break the record.
Earlier mixtapes include Acid Rap, which was originally released in 2013, but has since been re-released with an incredible “first week”. The album premiered at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, and is solidified as Chance’s highest charting project so far. However, the song Juice was left off of the re-release because Chance was unable to clear a Donny Hathaway and John Lennon sample in time. The track was replaced with a 30-second clip of him explaining why the song is missing, and reveals that all streaming proceeds from the song will go to charity, via his non-profit organization SocialWorks.
Last year, the rapper had a series of singles including Work Out and The Man Who Has Everything. So far this year, Chance has released Bad Idea with YBN Kordae and Groceries with TisaKorean. The highly anticipated album is set to debut next Friday, July 26.
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