Image

Image Credit

Kevin Mazur/Contributor through Getty Images

Image Alt

Chance the Rapper

Image Size

landscape-medium

Key Takeaways:

• Chance the Rapper lastly blessed the lots together with his launch date for Star Line, which options art work by Brandon Breaux.
• Fans can preorder the album and entry unique content material via NFC-enabled merch and CDs.
• Chance beforehand launched a visible for “Tree,” a collaboration with Smino and Lil Wayne.

Chance the Rapper has formally introduced the discharge of his long-awaited album, Star Line, which arrives on Aug. 15. The mission marks his first full-length launch since 2019’s The Big Day.

Work on the mission appears to have began as early as 2022, throughout the lead-up to the Black Star Line Festival co-founded by Chance and Vic Mensa. Longtime producer DexLvL was a significant contributor on the anticipated effort, which is claimed to attract affect from Chance’s worldwide travels. As additional defined through a press launch, Star Line appears to be rooted in Black diasporic experiences, private progress and neighborhood constructing.

The album’s cowl was designed by Brandon Breaux, a Chicago artist additionally behind Chance’s 10 Day, Acid Rap and Coloring Book art work. This launch marks their first collaboration since 2019.

Fans can pre-order Star Line and store the official merch assortment at starlinegallery.co. Each merchandise (together with the CD) contains a built-in NFC chip that unlocks unique music and content material when tapped. Star Line can even be the primary NFC-enabled CD eligible for Billboard charting, because of its Bluetooth-compatible “tap and play” format.

In a thank-you video shared on-line, Chance acknowledged supporters and revealed a shock: “To anybody that copped any of the Star Line Shipping Co. Merchandise … if you just tap your phone, a little link will come down from the tag and you’ll get an exclusive song just for y’all.”

The album’s newest single, “Tree” that includes Lil Wayne and Smino, served as an interpolation of India.Arie’s “Video.” Chance additionally quietly shared an untitled observe on social media simply earlier than the discharge date reveal. “Don’t forget about your battle arms, armor and your saddle / It’ll get a little heavy when you add ‘em on / And don’t forget to tackle all them demons of your own, they’ll tag team you if you let them tag along,” he raps on the soulful providing.