7/22/2023 0 Comments Limbo singerIt kind of feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. It was a bit nerve-racking, 'cause it's like your baby. How does it feel now that your new album is finally out? spoke with Aminé about taking his time on Limbo, supporting the Black Lives Matter protests in Portland and finding peace in not always knowing what's next.Ĭongratulations on releasing Limbo! You've been working on this album since before you dropped OnePointFive in 2018. "It's the place where I grew up and I love it to death, but it's also a place that never made me feel like I was welcome." "For a city to be so liberal, it was so racist-the way I was brought up," he reflects. Born to Ethiopian and Eritrean parents, the rapper shares his experience as a Black man who grew up in the predominantly white city, which was once a Northwestern epicenter for segregation and deep-seated racism. Limbo also arrives as thousands of protestors have demonstrated in the streets of Aminé's hometown of Portland for more than two consecutive months in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in May. The album features familiar faces, including Charlie Wilson, Injury Reserve, J.I.D, Vince Staples, slowthai, Summer Walker and Young Thug. The album is a mature sophomore project-it features tributes to his mother as well as his icon from his hoop-dream days, Kobe Bryant-yet pines for simpler days when he wasn't expected to have everything figured out. Limbo comes full circle for Aminé in several ways. "It meant a lot to me, so I gave every song the time and care that it deserved." "I couldn't have made the same album if I'd only had six months to make it," the 26-year-old rapper told just a few days after he released Limbo. In between, he took his time to carefully craft Limbo. After generating a promising buzz, starting with his 2016 summer smash, " Caroline," Aminé released a placeholder mixtape, OnePointFive, in 2018. Over two years in the making, the LP marks his official follow-up to his 2017 debut, Good For You. As fans hungrily devour Limbo, his newly released sophomore album, Aminé can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
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