TRACKLIST
Richard Pryor
Dead Vines
Close Calls
Sermonette
Ski’d Up
Too Afraid to Dance (feat. Remy Banks)
A Forsaken Lover’s Plea
Sunset Park
Polish Jazz (feat. Joey Bada$$)
Feelings
Crusaders
To All the Girls
Home
Ali’s Roti Shop
Grasp (feat. Obii Say)
Some Flatbush... (feat. Erick the Architect)
Count on My Love
DESCRIPTION
- Includes features from Joey Bada$$, Remy Banks, & Flatbush Zombies’ Erick the Architect.
- Production credits include Californian beat veteran The Alchemist, and Strangers himself.
- Coverage from Hypebeast, Pitchfork, HipHopDX, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Vibe & Okayplayer.
- 180g Silver Vinyl limited to 200 copies.
"...too G to take a knee, still I gave you all of me.” A pivotal force in the early ‘10s NYC rap revival, now LA-based rapper and producer Chuck Strangers steps into the limelight on new solo LP A Forsaken Lover’s Plea out March 15th. The album sounds markedly lush, candid rhymes bolstered by a slew of guest producers—including The Alchemist, Animoss and Strangers himself. Chuck’s own production feels current without ditching its previous homeliness, a seamless compliment to his honest, lived-in raps. A collection of fellow NY natives lace the album with guest verses, from Pro Era comrade Joey Bada$$ & Flatbush Zombies’ Erick the Architect to Queens’ own Remy Banks. Production credits include Californian beat veteran The Alchemist and the masterful Strangers himself. Strangers’ tangled romance with hip-hop is the crux of the project—the culmination of a decade’s unwavering dedication to his craft, with its lofty highs, inevitable lows, and rough lessons of humility, patience, and process. It’s Chuck’s most comprehensive solo project since Consumers Park, his 2018 debut, and follows The Boys & Girls EP, released in May 2023.