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.
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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. This is the life I live and it comes out spilling on the page.As fans hungrily devour Limbo, his newly released sophomore album, Aminé can finally breathe a sigh of relief. So, I don’t even think about it when writing those types of lyrics. “If you look,” Aminé says, “time and time again in hip-hop, people are talking about racial issues and talking about tensions in America. Recently experienced massive protests against police brutality, there is a lot For an artist steeped in hip-hopĪnd music culture, born and raised by immigrants in a mostly white city that Its ability to reflect the world in real time. After all, the essence or through-line to the genre is The world from that diaspora relate to me.”įor Aminé, telling the truth about the world is as hip-hopĪs anything there is. Now, I want to make sure that kids around Because, growing up, for me, Iĭidn’t really see people who came from that kind of background. To be a first-generation Eritrean-Ethiopian. A first-generation American and son of immigrants, Aminé But if that wasn’t enough, his own heritage and family tree also He says “an alarm went off.” Bryant’sĭeath, along with the tragic murder of rap star, Nipsey Hussle, propels him to Aminé says that lifeĬut short was a “wake up call” for him. Star, Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter accident in 2019. Aminé speaks eloquently about the death of NBA basketball Stoked, Aminé is set to work, while also carrying on the lineage of many who Now, with his musical foundation secure and his ambition Surrounding myself with people I want to surround myself with. “All that came out because I had extra time,” Aminé says. Spritely “Compensating,” pensive “Can’t Decide,” candid “My Reality” and braggadocios It was in these sessions that standouts on Limbo were crystalized, like the
The west coast and traveled to Toronto to work with producers (and friends), But, perhaps even more important than either of thoseīenefits, Aminé now had more time to craft his sophomore LP in full. The mixtape gave Aminé another hit and allowed him to go onĪ new global tour. Give myself more time, I put out my mixtape, OnePointFive, which did a lot for me.” “But I knew I had to put out music,” Aminé says. Was going to take longer to construct the cohesive work than he’d first As he began to build the album, though, he realized it
Ideas, things that had bubbled up from long stints on the road, along withįresh ideas and flows. Hopped in the studio almost immediately and began putting down new thoughts and Aminé began the record directly coming off tour for his debut While “Caroline” was the start to Aminé’s career, Limbo will prove to be a giant leapįorward still. “After high school,” he says, “I couldn’t use that equipmentĪnymore because I didn’t go there anymore.
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