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That he’s still rapping his ass off makes uknowhatimsayin¿ as satisfying to hear as you can imagine it was for Brown to make. Fuzzy guitar, looped strings, and expansive guest spots from fellow vets Blood Orange and Run the Jewels underscore a new phase of Brown’s work without blotting out the high-pitched urgency that made him a compelling figure in the first place. Notably, uknowhatimsayin¿ is executive produced by Q-Tip, whose penchant for air and texture encourages Brown into a mellower, more sober headspace. Brown knows what works and honors it here. The album is a wonderful scenario for an artist a decade into their career: a rewarding balance of consistency and growth, with subtle experimentation instead of the common midcareer misstep of transparently grabbing for radio play. Discovered genuinely useful and wholesome mentalities to lead with, and I feel like I’ve finally found my feeling again.Danny Brown’s fifth full-length offers heartening proof that the 38-year-old has settled snugly into a demographic of middle-class rappers who can sustain livelihoods without the pressure of storming charts or selling out stadiums. “I’ve shed many layers but also wrapped myself in new ones. “I’ve learned a lot of blistering home truths about myself along the way,” Adele wrote. When she announced her latest record in October, the “Hello” songstress reflected on the lessons she’d learned amid all of her personal ups and downs. “But nothing is as scary as what I’ve been through over the last two three years behind closed doors.” “There were moments when I was writing the record, or I would listen back to something and be like, ‘That might be a bit too private,'” she said. In a sit-down interview the same night, the British musician explained that she wasn’t “frightened” for fans to finally hear her deepest thoughts. And that song, writing it, made me just … kind of get over things that my own parents did or didn’t do for me.”Īhead of the album’s release, Adele performed a handful of its tracks during her CBS special, Adele One Night Only, on Sunday, November 14. I thought about all of them, because my divorce really humanized my parents for me. “While I was writing it, I just remember thinking of any child that’s been through divorce or any person that has been through a divorce themselves or anyone that wants to leave a relationship and never will. And it was really, really beautiful,” she told “Beats 1” of new song “My Little Love,” which she dedicated to her son. But I can speak about where he was finding himself in it. “I can’t tell his story actually for him. They share son Angelo, 9, who was also a big inspiration for the Oscar winner when working on 30. The “Set Fire to the Rain” artist split from Konecki, 47, in 2019 after going public with their romance seven years prior. And I truly do believe, like, when we started the interview where I was like, ‘There’s not an occasion or a scenario or a feeling where there is not the perfect song for it somewhere.’ I really do believe, and I’m not being arrogant or anything like that here, it’s just, like, it was my hell. “It was like it really helped me, this album,” the Grammy winner told Zane Lowe during an interview on Apple Music’s “Beats 1” on Wednesday, November 17. Leading up to the new music’s release, Adele admitted that working on the record was a saving grace amid her divorce from Simon Konecki. The 33-year-old singer’s album dropped on Friday, November 19, nearly six years after 25‘s debut. Go easy on Us! Adele‘s highly anticipated fourth record, 30, is finally here - and already has fans reaching for their tissues.