Chuck Strangers

A Tangled Romance Is The Crux Of A Forsaken Lover’s Plea Chuck’s Most Comprehensive Solo Project Since Consumers Park His 2018 Debut. The Five Years That Have Made Up The Interim Time Not Unlike The Four Years He Spent Making Unheard Beats Were Teeming With Hard-Learned Lessons Even If Not All Of Those Lessons Are Available On Streaming. For One He Found That If He Applied Himself With Patience And Discipline He’d Be Surprised At What He Could Accomplish “It’s Cliche ” He Says “but If You Put In A Bunch Of Reps You’re Going To Get Brolic.” Like Muscle Mass On A Body The Reps Manifest Themselves In A Distinctive Bulkening Adding Compelling New Layers To His Singular Sound. Where Consumers Park Remained Steadfast In The 90s-Borne Boom-Bap Ethos That Forged Him A Forsaken Lover’s Plea Sounds Markedly Lush Candid Rhymes Bolstered By A Slew Of Guest Producers — Including The Alchemist Animoss And NV. Chuck’s Own Production Feels Current Without Ditching Its Previous Homeliness A Seamless Compliment To His Honest Lived-In Raps. On A Forsaken Lover’s Plea Chuck Taps A Number Of Longtime Collaborators Each Sharing A Familiar 90s-New-York Backdrop — Remy Banks Joey Bada$$ Erick The Architect — Without Sounding Like He’s Trapped In The Past. After All The Record Is Less About Yearning For History Than Reckoning With It The Weight Of Time Being More Of An Engine Than An Anchor. With Examining Yesterday Comes Examining Oneself After A Decade Spent Eulogizing New York’s Golden Age He’s Turning That Focus Inward Eulogizing The Version Of Himself He’s Steadily Learning To Outgrow. On The Title Track A Graymatter-Produced Conversation With Hip-Hop About Shortcomings And Tensions He Admits To Being “Too G To Take A Knee” — Less About Ignorant Pride And More About The Patient Resolve That’s Not Only Brought Him To His Current Standing But Is Poised To Pave The Way For Both His And New York Rap’s Future. “I’m Not Giving Up ” He Says. “All These Niggas Are Like ‘I Love So And So ’ Or ‘he’s My Favorite Rapper ’ But Not Me. I’ve Gotta Keep Going.” read less