Listen To 'Chance The Dropout' Brilliantly Mash Up Kanye West & Chance The Rapper

By Stephen Gossett in Arts & Entertainment on Dec 8, 2016 9:44PM

'Chance the Dropout'

The last time we happened upon a Chance the Rapper-related mashup—the Hood Internet’s World Series-timed Frankenstein hybrid of “Go Cubs Go!” and Chance’s evergreen “No Problem”—it somehow just didn’t add up to the sum of its parts. (Maybe Chance being a White Sox fan doomed it from the start.)

But we’re happy to say that the latest to come our way, the 23-track Chance the Dropout, absolutely passes muster. Maybe that’s because it’s a mix of Chance and Kanye West, one of the younger MC’s avowed inspirations and, of course, a fellow Chicago favorite. That stylistic and geographic symbiosis seemed to be front of mind for the creators of the project, DJ Critical Hype and DJ Clyde.

"I love Chance as an artist and Kanye is one of the best producers of all time," Critical Hype told Pigeons & Planes. "They are both from Chicago and Chance is always talking about how big of an influence Kanye was and is. It seemed like a match made in heaven and a great way to bridge the gap of a new and older Chicago artist."

"When I started to play around with the idea it sounded even better than I had thought,” he added.

Despite the College Dropout reference, the project isn’t isolated to one particular era for either artist. It runs the gamut of their output and is all the better for it.

Perhaps they’ll rock it in L.A. in February at the Grammys. ‘Ye, it was announced on Tuesday, is up for eight awards while Chance is up for seven. West’s The Life of Pablo and Chance’s Coloring Book are the first streaming-only albums to be nominated for a Grammy.

[H/T Red Eye and Pigeons & Planes]