How Chance the Rapper brought gospel to the digital masses

His latest album is going down in history.

In 2011, high school student Chancellor Bennett was suspended for 10 days after being caught with marijuana on campus. At that moment he started on a journey that would bring an eclectic mix of trumpet-loving rap to the masses. He released a song called Windows, and started working on his first full-length project, 10-Day. Released in February of 2012, the 14 song mixtape landed him in Complex magazine’s “10 Chicago Rappers To Look Out For”. And now, two incredible projects later, we’ve arrived at Chance’s biggest statement yet: Coloring Book.

Coloring Book was released on May 12th, 2016 exclusively on Apple Music. The widespread release will be out in two weeks. Last weekend, he had a listening event for Coloring Book called the Magnificent Coloring World at the Goose Island Brewery in Chicago. All around, the energy behind this mixtape is incredible, and we’re going to break it down.

You ready big fella?