Fans of hip-hop sensation Chance the Rapper just announced his new album "Surf" will be released this year and could be for free. According to Pitchfork, the rapper collaborated with superstars Frank Ocean, Migos, Rick Rubin, and J. Cole.
As per Billboard, Chance spoke about his new album and moving on from his "Acid Rap" release which received critical and commercial success. The experimental rapper said he is tired of playing his old songs.
"I'm definitely tired of playing Acid Rap. I'm definitely tired of playing Juice. I'm in a place where I want to give people that," he said.
"I want to have a giant room full of kids screaming but I want a certain order to it. I love throwing the raw energy around and being neurotic and sporadic on stage and freaking people out and using all my energy. But when there are cool and calm three-song medleys that play out like a play, that's the shit I'm into. I'm finally learning how to work like a choir director."
He then shared how playing with a band has changed the dynamics of his shows. "For one, obviously, I'm in a band," he explained. "The band has been backing me on a lot of the shows, so when you go to a Chance the Rapper show it's billed as a Chance the Rapper show, and even though you bought a ticket for a Chance the Rapper show, you end up going to a Social Experiment concert, you know?"
He then added, "And you get the full experience of the musicality of four seasoned players. It's something different. It's something new. It's a bit of theater. It's a culmination of going to all these dope concerts and seeing cool Broadway plays. A lot of influence has come from The Lion King musical. You could probably tell if you listen to "Arthur." We've been trying to take in all these cool, different outside cultural experiences and make that into a free listenable project. That's the new thing."
