What else did you expect from Chance The Rapper?

Coloring Book dropped today. And it's not Acid Rap.

Since Chance The Rapper exploded onto the Midwestern rap scene, he has been no stranger to experimentation. Acid Rap was weird, grimy, fast, and danceable. Surf, an album he made as part of the collective Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment was slow, uplifting, jazzy, and above all, happy.

Coloring Book is a step beyond that. It's pretty much a gospel rap album. It's spiritual and uplifting, both on a religious and a general level. And it makes sense. Chance The Rapper is a superhero in Chicago, if you weren't aware. He plays free shows for teenagers in parks, donates to charity, and stays involved in the community, genuinely giving back and trying to make it a better place. Coloring Book couldn't have been anything other than an optimistic, uplifting mixtape. Anything else would have been blasphemy.