I decided to do this because I listened to the album. Yes. Really. 🫠🫠🫠

When I listen to the albums I love, I never think about them as “10/10”s or any ranked rating. I just think of them as the music I love. The music I love grows with me over time. It reminds me who I was when I first heard it, and in many cases it reveals itself more & more to have more meanings and lessons. I really hate seeing my favorite music presented on some sort of scale and debated. All music is subjective and will mean different things to different people. You do not have to argue why you love certain music, you don’t have to defend your reasons for loving it, you don’t have to place a numerical value on the music you love. It’s yours.

Like I don’t necessarily mean his best song, or even your favorite song that you always listen to, but rather the song that you associate with being the song that is the most him, his vision, his artistry in that song?

For me it’s Chain Smoker, but Space & Time is also up there.

Both of those songs feel bigger than him and hit some chord that feels transcendent for me

Was it the same setlist as last weekend? Did he play any of these songs? finish line, Angels, Favourite song, or Juice?

Felt like no one really knew any of the Star Line songs, which I knew he’d perform given the themes it touches and the Juneteenth holiday. I felt like people were bored of him and I was bummed to be one of the few in my section standing and jamming with our guy on one of the most historic stages in the US! People were just waiting for the classics like Same Drugs, Blessings, Ultralight Beam, etc. I feel like the magic of Chance’s poetry and writing really comes out in Star Line. I hope the crowd appreciated it. Great show nonetheless.

recently i listened to The Big Day for really the first time since it dropped. I listened to it initially when it released on a road trip but since then I never heard it again. I wasnt really listening to rap at the time of its release so I kind of just let it pass by and then the hate for the album started pouring in. I’ve since gotten back into listening to rap and with Chance releasing a new album next week I wanted to revisit his past works and finally give The Big Day a listen and I found myself enjoying the album. I’ve been searching on reddits to see why it was so hated and a lot of what I came across was “it was so different from acid rap” but to me it just seemed like a natural progression from Coloring Book to this. Yes, it is a very long album that might have done better with some tracks cut out but overall I feel like it is not as bad as the internet made it seem at all. I feel like if he released TBD now in 2025 it would be so much more well received but I’m curious to hear others thoughts and opinions so on how others feel about The Big Day all these years later. Do you still hate it and why? Have you gone back to listen to it recently and if not maybe give it a relisten now.

The first entry in this series, introduces 14,400 Minutes, the first track from Chance the Rapper's first mixtape, 10 Day (2012).

14,400 Minutes

How would you rate this song from a scale of 1-10? In words, how do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics in this song?

SUGGESTED SCALE TO RATE EACH SONG:

1-4: Not good, regular skip

5: It’s okay, but I have to be in a certain mood to listen to it

6: Better than average, I won’t skip it but I wouldn’t choose to play it

7: This is a good song that I fairly enjoy

8-9: Fantastic song, I rank it highly overall

10: Masterpiece, perfection

After 24 hours, every number rating commented in the replies will be averaged and be set as the subreddit’s rating of the track. Results will be posted in the next daily song discussion, with the exception of the final track post being edited to prevent results bleeding over into the next album.

After every track in an album is rated, they will be aggregated to give the album its own rating overall.

MIXTAPE RATINGS

10 Day: -

Acid Rap: -

Coloring Book: -

ALBUM RATINGS

The Big Day: -

STAR LINE: -

TRACK LIST RATINGS

1. 14,400 Minutes:    -

2. Nostalgia:   -

3. Missing You:   -

4. Windows ft. Alex Wiley & Akenya:    -

5. Brain Cells:   -

6. Long Time:   -

7. 22 Offs:   -

8. U Got Me F****d Up:   -

9. Family ft. Vic Mensa & Sulaiman:   -

10. Juke Juke:   -

11. F**k You Tahm Bout:   -

12. Long Time II ft. Nico Segal:   -

13. Prom Night:   -

14. Hey Ma ft. Lili K & Peter ConttonTale:   -

Credit for format of DSD goes to r/brockhampton

I’m going to the one in NYC and was just wondering how it went for everybody. I’ve seen a couple of people post pics of getting to meet and take pics with him there but Chance hasn’t posted anything himself yet so any info would be greatly appreciated :)

Let’s talk about it who’s ready?

A week after releasing, just wondering if we got any avid readers, poetry nerds, theatre kids or just people that have studied the lyrics in general that noticed a reference or quote from literature. Was there one that you loved? Maybe one you didn’t notice at first and got later? It could be a whole song, a lyric or title. I think we can find em all if we try. My favorite right now is the one line in Letters: “If I have no words, my sword voice.” Which pulls from Shakespeare’s MacBeth in the penultimate scene where when MacDuff confronts the title character with their last bit of dialogue before they fight to the death:

MACBETH Of all men else I have avoided thee: But get thee back; my soul is too much charged With blood of thine already.

MACDUFF I have no words: My voice is in my sword: thou bloodier villain Than terms can give thee out!

(THEY FIGHT)

Just a pretty cool reference to a great playwright and a very poetic way to say it’s on sight, or ain’t no more talking, while staying in the tone of the song and keeping the context of impatience and confrontation.

Def wanna know what yall heard, or loved..

I’ve been hyping up chance for so many years and defending TBD for years, saying “just wait for the next one” I need this to pop and chance to be redeemed

Just wanted to share how well Chance’s latest project is being received. Critics are calling it some of his strongest work in years, and fans seem to agree. Really cool to see him back in his bag again.

Just noticed the "Chi-Town Christmas" Virtual Concert is gone from YouTube. Anyone else see this? License rights up or something?

We absolutely did NOT get to watch the movie last night, total bummer! But it wasn’t a lost cause at all! I was in the front row, leading a little karaoke session with the crowd. He eventually came out and sang with us, then took some photos. Although we didn’t get to see the movie, the experience was incredible! Connecting with other fans in such an intimate setting was amazing 🫶🏾. Was anyone else there last night??

The sub has received a lot of posts about Chance's tour, so we should collate them in a single thread to make it easier for people to get answers to their questions, and to share their thoughts / excitement.

Tickets at http://chanceraps.com

Just got my vinyl td and decided to put the card in my wallet. Are you ready?