Chance The Rapper Wants You To Put Him On To Your Favorite Jamaican Songs
Chance The Rapper wants fans worldwide to put him on to songs from their favorite Jamaican artists.
On Saturday afternoon, the American rapper took to Twitter to make his request, noting that he was open to all eras and all genres of Jamaican music.
“Can someone put me on to some of their favorite songs from Jamaican Artists. It can be new or old, widely popular or hidden gems. Reggae, Dancehall, Riddim, mento literally whatever. Just need some music,” he tweeted.
The rapper is working on a new album titled Star Line Gallery, the title of which is inspired by the Black Star Line, a shipping line created by a Jamaican leader of the Pan-African movement, Marcus Garvey. The ships were sometimes used to transport people and make largely symbolic port visits to cities in Latin America in celebration of black self-determination, business ownership, and economic potential.
Back in January, Chance spearheaded the Marcus Garvey-inspired Black Star Line music and arts festival in Accra, Ghana, in the historic Black Star Square. The lineup of the January 6 concert included T-Pain, Vic Mensa, Tobe Nwigwe, and Erykah Badu.
Complex Magazine noted that several members of Chance’s immediate family were Garveyists in the past, and that he hoped to carry on their legacy by infusing the corporation’s ethos into that of the new album.
“It’s going to be all Black artists from everywhere around the world with all different experiences, but a connection, and in conversation with me and my collaborators to create new pieces that show what it means to be Black right now,” he told Complex.
“It’s not all drenched in the conversation of trauma or about the most familiar aesthetic of Black that we know right now. It’s about what is real.”
The project will feature Ghanaian artists like Sarkodie, King Promise, as well as other international acts that are yet to be revealed.
Sure enough, proud Jamaican Twitter users did not hesitate to suggest some of their A-listers to the rapper on Saturday.
“Chance, imma need you to listen to Valiant like rn,” said @kayixe4.
“Listen some Kartel maybe it will inspire you to do better,” @taii_sho added.
@PAbaane further said: “Listen to Chronixx, Israel Vibration, Lutan Fyah, Anthony B, Everton Blender and Ijahman Levi. Top top selectas mi seh”
“Kratos- Tommy Lee Sparta, Lila Iké the experience EP, Protoje- A matter of time album, Masicka 438 album, Dexta daps vent album” @kop_prop listed.
Chance The Rapper, whose real name is Chancellor Johnathan Bennett released his debut mixtape 10 Day 2012. He began to gain mainstream recognition in 2013 after releasing his second mixtape, Acid Rap. He then released his third mixtape, Coloring Book 2016, which garnered further critical acclaim and attention.
It earned him three Grammy Awards, including the award for Best Rap Album. Upon winning, it became the first streaming-only album to win a Grammy Award, and peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200.
His debut studio album The Big Day was released in 2019.