“The Big Day is a spiritual, idiosyncratic self-reflection from Chance The Rapper”
“On 9 March 2019, Chance the Rapper donned a white tux and married his long-term partner at a service in Newport Beach, California. The Chicago star’s long-awaited debut album is a confetti shower of sweet-hearted hip-hop forged in the fulsome emotion of that day. A wedding ring gleams on its cover and comic skits threaded throughout the record pull you inside a riotous reception, as the rapper, re”
“Chance’s sprawling, 77-minute “debut” is an exuberant and often wonderful celebration of love and family that struggles to bring depth to his newlywed dad-raps.”
“Last week, Chance the Rapper hosted an album release party, but he did not release his album there. Five hundred people crowded the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago as Chance, chipper as ever, bounced on a tiny stage, surrounded by a few lucky fans, select influencers and media. He performed cuts from the newly-streaming fan favorites Acid Rap and 10 Day, as well as a handful from 2016’s rev”
“The long-awaited follow-up to the Chicago's rappers' landmark 'Coloring Book' is like flipping through someone's wedding photos.”
“‘The Big Day’, Chance the Rapper’s debut studio album (following three commercial mixtapes), is a buoyant, cheerful project that looks back on his young, successful career through rose-tinted lenses but, ultimately, doesn’t possess enough depth amidst a mishmash of production and features that make it too long-winded. Over 22 tracks, ‘The Big Day’ flips through like a nostalgia-heavy scrapbook. A”
