One Bad Album Ruined His Career 

I was hyping Chance up to all my friends leading up to Coloring Book dropping and i finally got them to try his music when he dropped The Big Day and ive been apologizing ever since

The “I love my wife״ album

Dude’s more loyal to that damn hat than his team, wife & fans lmaooo

I told my boy back in 2016 "Chance is too good of an artist for something not to happen to him" this wasnt nearly what i expected. Acid Rap will still be one of my favorite tapes of all time. I still have countless posters and shirts of the album

I think it’s the fact he delivered a bad album after make his fans wait for years.

“I met Kanye, I’m never gonna fail” sounds more like a curse the more time passes

It really is crazy it’s been 10 years. 10 day, acid rap, because the internet and kissland was the soundtrack of my 2013.

Who's here after he got divorced?

He can make a comeback. He still has the skill when it comes to rapping. Hes just unfocused and developed an ego over the years. Sometimes the ego can be a good thing but for him its hindering him.

Controversial opinion I never thought he deserved the hate he got off of one bad album. I feel like people where waiting on his downfall. Especially when even some of my favorite artist have at least made one bad album in their career. Hope he can bounce back

Acid rap came out when I was in 10th grade, my friends and I were crazy about it. That whole time was different with chance, the whole odd future crew, childish gambino, Vic Mensa, etc.

Coloring Book was especially wild because he actually pulled off the gospel thing authentically without it coming off corny. His hype songs were really getting played everywhere too

Cocoa butter kisses is a song that from the day it dropped will never be able to be skipped. Takes you back to a whole different time

I mean I think what really ruined his career was his complete inability to take criticism

A decade really flew by man. Where did the time go. Hard to believe 2013 was that far back.

Acid Rap came out in senior year. Had so much fun with my friends back then, doing reckless shit and thinking we were invincible. Looking back I cringe at a lot of things I did but I miss that feeling of "I'll be friends with these guys forever.". At 28 now I'm not as social as I used to be and get anxious in public so it's pretty nice to imagine a time I wasn't. Kendrick's Control verse blew us away, we listened to Yeezus for the first time together. Oxymoron era Schoolboy Q, Work REMIX and Shabba. Discovering Kendrick through MAAD city, all that shit man.

That video of him getting twerked on after he made a whole album about how he loves his wife explains celebrities in general.

these new mini documentaries on rappers that you've been doing are excellent, hope you continue making them!💯

Man I miss the early underground Chicago rap. Mick Jenkins, hurt everybody (my favorite group) chance the rapper, Saba, LUCKI ecks, kembe x, Alex Wiley, Noname gypsy, Vic Mensa all while lyrical lemonade was coming up. Glad I was around

Still my favorite verse of his was on Action Bronson’s “baby blue” he slaughters and made a super creative humorous addition

I was so hyped for that Chance album too 😢 we really lost a good one

We like to talk about musicians as if they’re race horses or something. At the end of the day, they’re still just human. I’m probably gonna get ragged on for saying this but if you look back on Logic & Chance’s early discography, they were both incredible, especially for their age. Regardless of where things might be now, I think both have already proven what they can do. It’s kinda like the Nickleback effect..they’ll get bullied because it’s the popular thing to do but chances are, they’ll never lose their cult fan base. BUT I do see why people view them as corny now, they’ve both done several things to make me cringe.

Hes been a judge on the voice, i cant believe this wasn't mentioned

Acid Rap brought me through my 1st year of University. To this day, I catch myself reciting Smoke Again. I actually met him in 2013 when he had his concert in Toronto. He was honestly such a cool, genuine dude. I loved when he worked with Childish Gambino and I will forever cherish that era🙏🏽

Crazy how you hit a million good job brother keep up the work love watching your videos always interesting

Thank you for going over this guys history. I just saw him at peak popularity when he was in commercials and people wearing his hat in high school. But never ever learned much about him after that. Now I’m curious to see why he was so hyped and dive into his music.

This was a very well put together video Jamari!!!! Good work

Being a celebrity in the USA seems to mean you get popular, have a ‘downfall’ and have a comeback story, so Chance can absolutely get back. Fans (especially music fans) can be very fickle so if the worse he’s done is he danced with a woman in Jamaica I expect to see a comeback soon

"Chance the Rapper" went from being one of the most loved to the most memed rapper in the blink of an eye . Ngl I fw him hard back in the day tho

2:13 Great vid. Quick note, Soundcloud wasn't the "move" yet until like 2015-2019. 2013 was mostly WSHH, AudioMack, Datpiff, and LiveMixtapes.

GREAT video dawg. I'm glad you came up with this video 👏👏

Man that coloring day concert in Chicago was such a good time. Great memories from a bunch of solid performances

I was going to say he could easily make a comeback but plenty of people did already and I think that says a lot. People want him back to an extent and most of us agree that’s very possible if he just drops some heat

One of the lines he was freestylin with sounded a lot like Joey Badass Waves

We also have to remember that chance the rapper is a huge reason why soundcloud is still here. When the service was going bankrupt he came thru and saved them. Along with many many of peoples hard work. I appreciate him for that.

Wait it’s been 10 years since Acid Rap???? Oh god I feel so old! I remember listening to that like it was yesterday and I played that so much in my car. It came out during my junior year of high school. Wow this makes me think back on all those type of like alternative rappers like chance and odd future, who I was also a huge fan of

Nobody can stay at their peak forever. Instead of criticizing the downfall, we gotta appreciate the climb to the top

Dont do me like this ive been waiting for the new video to drop and you hit me with thr two hit combo. 👍🏿

This was an amazing analytical video Jamari

Jamari always knows how to make my day

He went from being who he is to being the person popular people want him to be

Just realised you'd hit a million subscribers. You put in the work and you're getting the recognition for it. Well done ❤

I'm fucking with these more educational/informative vids, you do a good job of producing em

Very good video and cool topic. I was wondering if Chance would ever bounce back from his album flop, and it seems like he still hasn't. I remember the NeedleDrop half apologizing to Chance hoping he could brush himself off and come back with an album that redeemed his reputation and career, but I don't think that's happening. Chance's self esteem got shot to hell and it leaves me wondering if he even could make a good come back album. Chance's old manager, who ended up suing him, said he'd been super busy during the album creation and didn't dedicate enough time to the project. Allegedly he told Chance to not rush the release, but Chance released it unpolished anyway. I wonder if the album would be any better if more time was given. But I'm personally doubtful since some of the song's on the album were just corny and things like "I love my wife" just came off as overly artisan.

Acid rap was incredible and I still listen to it to this day. I’d see chance for a concert of him just singing that album

Honestly rapping shouldn't be a "career" because true longevity is lightning in a bottle and most rappers these days don't have it. Instead they should get their bread and make smart investments to make generational wealth

That little clip of young Mac 😢 idk if I’ll ever stop feeling sad when I see him.. my heart still hurts man

Waiting for this man to come back. His features are still fire. His talent is there. Come back to us chano!

Recently I went back and listened to Acid Rap and said to myself why tf was I banging this shit in 2013 🗑️

The problem is it wasnt just any album, it was his first *actual album* after years of hype

A 15 min Jamari video??? Hell yeah!

When he went down on his down fall... man I was so sad.... I loved his music but man, so sad

i grew listening chance and kid cudi and to this day i still listen to both even the older albums mostly kid cudi stuff had an huge impact on my life but its sad how they both went out and i hope they make a huge comeback

This man gave us nothing but classics with Acid Rap and Coloring Book, I wouldn’t count him out because of a bad debut album. He has insane potential, maybe I’m biased because of how influential his music was to me in highschool but I’ll always root for Chance

Funny that you made the “highs and lows” remark at the end there, not sure if it was intentional. Him and Joey Bada$$ dropped a song called that recently that I think is honestly great

I’m glad you covered this I was wondering wat happened to him

Acid rap was my starting point into hip hop and to this day the album carries the nostalgia and memories from that part of my life. Listening to the big day crushed me because of how garbage it is compared to his previous work. I still hope that we will see a proper return to form from chance and get to see a proper album that lives up to his other projects.

I went to see chance years ago and it was so much fun. He even sang the Arthur theme and Family Matters theme songs lol it was lit

Some of his songs made me who I am today, so sad to see this man😢😢

sometimes you get grinded on when youre out kicking it. it happens. when youre tore back and it happens, not much you can do

fun fact another artist was smoking with him when he was suspended. It was an artist that is now in the band "twin peaks" they are incredibly talented, and you should definitely check them out. Also, I was dming Hoodie Allen today and he was cool. That is all

Huh, I never really got into/listened to Chance, just wasn't my stuff. I haven't heard his name in awhile though, didn't know he was still going. Hopefully he figures it out and finds that sound that fans seem to love.

I hope he does bounce back I was very late to the chance train and started listening to him when he dropped coloring book but when i look back at acid rap is my favorite mixtape of all time!!! I listen to it constantly and I love 10 day too. I even like when he raps about god because I can relate to his music. I hope his next album is a comeback of the century

Acid rap is one of my favorite albums of all time to this very day. Shit still holds up. A true classic of modern hip hop.

to be honest, i never took chance seriously in the first place. ten years later i still dont know ANY of his songs lol

Once you get accepted by main stream artists and "arrive in the game" these artists are compromised... sad that their downfall is so obvious. Logic still gets my respect to a degree, seems like he still just doing his thing, and can actually rap

Man I had to watch this with captions because I can’t understand anything the rappers are saying or trying to say. Great video by the way.

I fw the music content man

I was in Afghanistan when acid rap came out and omg that mixtape has a lot of memories attached to it.

For me it was how they marketed the big day. It was supposed to be his debut studio album and that he had poured hours of his life into it. It comes out, it flops, and people start retracting that it was just another mixtape.

I fw the long videos🤓

Still appreciate this guy, really different from the crowd of rappers these days. I think he can still pull it off if he really try.

His first two big mixtapes catfished us he was cool af then got lame af.

His career is not ruined at all. He's 3/4 on projects, has dropped good songs since then, and The heart and the Tongue from 2021 is one of my favorite songs by him idc. He can easily bounce back with another good album

I’m gonna have to go and listen to this now.

2dopeboyz man those were some good times

Sometimes i forget the chokehold he had on rap at the time. Im still on chance's side bro

I maintain that the big day has hitters that most people would still enjoy if they listened to it without bias. We Go High is one of my favorite songs chance ever made.

Similar, yet different was Kool Keith when he went from East to West Coast and got trippy as fuck making music under crazy personas like Doctor Octagon & Black Elvis.

Love Your videos & The content you push appreciate You covering this Topic. The only thing that can’t be argued is how Blessed our Family is. Appreciate You

i love my wife

It was fire back in the day, but I stopped being able to take him serious after I thought he sounded like Doodlebob 😂

Get Rich or Die Tryin was my 1st album that i owned in the 9th grade 2003

Chance is one of my favorite artist ever. I think he has another run left in him. But I’d be a fool to think that he could reach the heights he could pre 2019

I was expecting this to end off on a light note, but instead it ended without a single thing he has done in the last few years. I don't understand how a guy makes 1 album that was made solely for his wife and now that's all people remember. Here is a list of songs since The Big Day that can give us some hope: Wraith A bar about a bar The Highs and the Lows The Heart and the Tongue

its so insane how he went from making godly albums like acid rap and colouring book to ass albums like big day i hope he can come back

Dag. I knew the whole story, but summarizing the demise in video format makes the downfall even more sad. 🤦🏽‍♂️

He can definitely make a come back

I’m gonna say yes, he can make a comeback because he is very talented. This seems like another the hype got to him kind of story.

Logics last 2 projects were 🔥 🔥 Edit: also I love the quote “luck, blessings, hard work and shit.” When asked about how he got to where he was. 💯

chance will never die what he’s done is still relivenant and he’s independent so

He can still come back. If 2 or 3 albums bomb then it’s game over. However releasing 1 bad album and even being memed for it isn’t the biggest deal. People forget memes easily after a few months, especially a few years

You should create a series on artists who linked up to Kanye and sank

Acid Rap good times, one of my favourite projects this and Mick Jenkins with The Waters and Isaiah Rashad Cilvia Demo

Gotta recognize 10 day and Acid Rap were iconic and validating backpackers who didn’t already know of other artists. I knew of Del and but the Chance came out and I felt like “Ok this still gets made”

I never really liked chance like that, but I acknowledge his skill. Regardless I saw it coming from a mile away. People who have the rocket soar in a short amount of time fall hard.

Ooh I love my wife

Chance will make it back✌🏾 I’m hopeful

1:45 Young Chance rapped like a positive young Eminem

Never heard his music but he was an amazing host of snl. If his career ever completely tanks he should consider acting or comedy