Outline by Amethyst Rorie
- Intro: introduction to paper
- “story” about how today’s listeners were looking for a different sound
- More like a scenario
- Ex: “getting in the car & turning on the radio” or “pulling out your phone to listen to music”
- Popular music tends to have the same sound bc of musical trends
- Popular artists make popular music
- Numerous artists came along & wanted to produce a new sound, make different music
- Not just follow popular trends they know would fit in with musical trends
- More individuality
- Thesis: Chance the Rapper’s desire to remain true to himself and his own vision for his music has propelled him through the music industry.
- More like a scenario
- Paragraph 2: background
- Chancelor Johnathan Bennett
- Born April 16, 1993
- West-side Chicago
- Parents:
- Ken Williams-Bennett
- Aide to former Chicago mayor Harold Washington and to senator Barrack Obama
- Lisa Bennett
- Secretary for office of Illinois Attorney General
- Grew up in middle-class West Chatham neighborhood on Chicago’s south side
- Grew up listening to music his parents played
- Jazz & gospel
- 1st hip hop album he listened to: The College Dropout by Kanye West
- Huge influence on him
- Inspired to begin rapping bc of Kanye
- Began rapping @ young age
- Formed hip-hop duo w/ friend during freshman year @ Jones College Prep High School
- Instrumentality
- Recorded 10 Day during 10-day suspension during senior year
- Wasn’t his first mixtape, but was 1st mixtape released as Chance the Rapper
- Used to record & hand out mixtapes
- Paragraph 3: 1st mixtape
- 10 day
- Brief explanation/summary
- Released April 2012
- Success
- Downloaded over 500,000 times on DatPiff
- Came shortly after Chance was highlighted as one of Complex magazine’s “10 New Chicago Rappers to Watch Out For”
- Helped him make connections
- Met great producers
- Featured on Childish Gambino’s track “They Don’t Like Me”
- Paragraph 4: Acid Rap
- 2nd mixtape
- Features with popular people
- Childish Gambino
- Twista
- Very successful
- Displayed a little of Chance’s versatility
- Various sounds/styles
- Paragraph 5: Surf w/ the Social Experiment
- Unique style & growing popularity caught attention of major labels
- Didn’t sign with any of them
- Met w/ 3
- Wanted to keep the freedom he had as an independent artist
- Meant that his income would rely on revenue from touring and from merchandise
- Allowed him to do whatever he wanted musically
- Album: Surf
- Worked with trumpeter Nico Segal (AKA Donnie Trumpet) & group of musicians called the Social Experiment
- Jazzy & soulful
- Not classic rap & not just a mixtape
- Not what fans expected, but widely accepted & praised
- Paragraph 6: Coloring Book
- 3rd mixtape
- Featured on The Life of Pablo by Kanye
- Numerous features:
- Kanye
- Lil Wayne
- 2 Chainz
- T-Pain
- Justin Bieber
- “No Problem” was very popular
- Talked about labels in this song
- Very successful
- 1st album ever to chart Billboard 200 just from streaming
- Received 57.3 million in 1st week
- Blended various sounds & genres
- Gospel
- Soul
- Hip-hop
- Sounds of the Social Experiment
- Chance won 3 Grammys in 2017
- 1st album ever to chart Billboard 200 just from streaming
- Paragraph 7: More than an artist
- Activist
- Involved in improving the Chicago public school system
- Donated $1 million of his own money after meeting w/ mayor
- Campaigned for Hillary Clinton
- Things like this create a real connection w/ the fans bc he’s no afraid to stand up for and support what he believes in
- Other artists may mention it or just send money towards it, but only a few are really out doing something about it themselves
- Paragraph 8: Conclusion
- Tie all points together and explain how it relates to/supports thesis
- Didn’t sign with any of them
- Unique style & growing popularity caught attention of major labels
- 10 day
- Wasn’t his first mixtape, but was 1st mixtape released as Chance the Rapper
- Ken Williams-Bennett
- “story” about how today’s listeners were looking for a different sound
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