Acid Rap
| Chance the Rapper
Acid Rap
Acid Rap is the second official mixtape by American rapper Chance the Rapper. It was released on April 30, 2013, as a free digital download. In July 2013, the album debuted at number 63 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, due to bootleg downloads on iTunes and Amazon not affiliated with the artist. The mixtape has been certified "diamond" on mixtape site Datpiff, for garnering over 1,000,000 downloads. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Acid Rap, invites elements of classic soul, juke, gospel, blues-rock, drill, acid jazz, house, ragtime scat, and R. Kelly, Twista, and a young Kanye to the same open mic poetry night.
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Consequence of Sound
Chance’s voice and the multi-faceted production are all about change...
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The A.V. Club
An intoxicatingly soulful listen...
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Rolling Stone
It’s the density of wit, ideas, and verbal invention that makes this one of the year’s defining hip-hop releases...
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Pretty Much Amazing
This summer, you can find me in the park with my Jambox and Acid Rap on repeat.
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PopMatters
On his second mixtape Chicago's Chance the Rapper takes us on a psychedelic journey that's as ambitious as it is appealing.
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Hip Hop DX
Sparks a conversation that keeps the listener committed from start to finish.
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XXL Magazine
Beautiful, thorough and compelling body of work...
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The Quietus
Acid Rap feels like a more considered 'this is me' statement.
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Earmilk
Music that is sharply clear and discerning, and music that is piercingly intense, jarring even.
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Fact
Nevertheless, as a portrait of a city, and a person, Acid Rap is about as good – and as honest – as they come.
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Chicago Tribune
Chance the Rapper opens “Acid Rap,” his second, self-released mix tape, with a boast: “Even better than I was the last time, baby.” It’s hard to argue with him.
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SPIN
There are way too many ideas on Chance the Rapper’s Acid Rap mixtape, but that’s a good thing.
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Prefix
It is Chance’s ability to transition fluidly between self-imaginings that makes him such an impressive and likeable rapper. It’s also part of what will make Acid Rap one of the major hip-hop releases of this year.
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SPIN: No Trivia's Rap Release of the Week
This is a great record. If your ears work, you know that already.
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Exclaim
True to his artistry, the person he's growing into and is becoming a force in the new age rap realm.
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Now Toronto
While the mixtape features strong guest spots from Ab-Soul, Action Bronson and a rare appearance by veteran Twista, none of them overshadow Chance...
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KXCS Radio
The growth in musical maturity between 10 Day and Acid Rap can be felt not only in the production of each individual track, but the structural complexities and hidden references of the album as a whole.
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About to Blow
Chance the Rapper has completely lived up to the hype, delivering one of the most flawlessly original and versatile mixtapes around...
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Drowned in Sound
This is a near-flawless performance from an unstoppable talent.
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Target Audience
Few rappers have such a natural knack for syllabic strokes and rhythmic rhymes.
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KZSC Santa Cruz 88.1 FM
Filled with scratchy, soulful samples, clever wordplay, and high-profile guest spots.
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Bonus Cut
Chance the Rapper has improved as a rapper over the past year, and provides us with a vivid trip through his thoughts and feelings.
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Truants
“Acid Rap” is a deeply personal, intimate album...
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Los Angeles Times
Chance is as exciting musically as he is verbally.
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The 405
Acid Rap revels in its sense of fun.
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Planet Ill
One of the most exciting young artists to emerge in the past couple of years.
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Pursuit of Dopeness
This is one ride you can’t afford to miss.
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Viberant
This is the best rap mixtape of all time...
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Elevator
The 20 year-old’s thirteen track project exhibits a young rap prodigy in the making.
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Day & A Dream
A tape that has garnered enough merit and worth to not only be called one of the more fun rap releases of 2013, but also one of the year’s most important.
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Vandala
Acid Rap is one psychedelic work of art.
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Jam Spreader
The best summer album I’ve listened to so far.
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Thought Catalog
This mixtape has anger and sadness, but mostly it is joy...
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Santa Fe New Mexican
As gritty as it is psychedelic...
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Dozens of Donuts
It's Acid Rap's orchestrated commotion that Chance uses to outshine many of his peers.
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Stacks Magazine
It is safe to say that “monotony” won’t be used in reference to the production on this mixtape.
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Mr. Hipster
The songs are catchy and fresh sounding and full of whimsy.
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Passion of the Weiss
This is a fantastic composition of realism.
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WVAU
An impossibly smooth and effortless collection of summer infused, fresh pop rap.
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Jonk Music
Chance’s Acid Rap has the potential to catapult him into superstardom.
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