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80
Just as Jidenna uses hip-hop music to convey the story of an immigrant, he reaches across the globe to pull from seemingly disparate genres as he tells his tales. Surprisingly, Jidenna makes it work, commanding the listener's attention from start to finish.
9y
80
A collection of songs that are diverse in nature and showcase the newcomer’s range as an MC and songwriter.
9y
74
While The Chief sets him up for a more focused sophomore effort, Jidenna’s genre-hopping album is merely a sliver of his versatility as an entertainer.
9y
70
What's thrown, including tepid trap beats, passable tropical pop-house, and overly fanciful retro-contemporary touches, doesn't always stick, yet Jidenna's charismatic flair and sharp writing make almost all of it entertaining, rarely dull.
9y
58
A versatile dandy, Jidenna tries on many different musical styles with his debut album—but all that changing quickly grows tiresome.
9y
I once knew this “rapper” in high school who lived in the Bronx till he was five. His entire rapper persona was based on how he was so traumatized and hardened by "what he saw” in the Bronx even though we all knew he lived in the upper-class Jewish part and had a pretty nice childhood. About eight years before that and a few towns over, Jidenna was graduating from Milton Academy, quite possibly the most prestigious private school in Massachusetts. Based on The Chief, I ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | A Bull's Tale 4:56 | |
| 2 | Chief Don't Run 3:47 feat. Roman GianArthur | |
| 3 | Trampoline 5:01 | |
| 4 | Bambi 4:10 | |
| 5 | Helicopters / Beware 6:18 | |
| 6 | Long Live The Chief 2:40 | |
| 7 | 2 Points 1:36 | |
| 8 | The Let Out 3:43 feat. Nana Kwabena | |
| 9 | Safari 4:05 | |
| 10 | Adaora 4:00 | |
| 11 | Little Bit More 3:26 | |
| 12 | Some Kind of Way 3:55 | |
| 13 | White N***** 5:25 | |
| 14 | Bully of the Earth 4:25 |
Total Length: 57 minutes
