"Life is so different than when I was working on 'ComfortZone.' A lot of people that were close to me during that time are gone," Saba says solemnly. None more important to him than his uncle, who was a formative influence during his childhood. His uncle went to prison for a long time and then, soon after he was released, died in his sleep. Saba had only seen him one time after he left prison. "He passed in 2014, right after I put out 'ComfortZone.' It was everything taking a toll on my brain and my thinking, there was the loss of my uncle, my music wasn't where I wanted it to be and I was frustrated with my career," Saba recalls. He couldn't write, and in the entirety of 2015, he hardly released any music.