Chance the Rapper Explains Social Experiment Album Surf, Recruits Andre 3000 for Solo Album

Chance the Rapper is the subject of a new cover story in The Fader (written by Pitchfork contributor Andrew Nosnitsky) that delves into the rapper’s upcoming Surf project, which is credited to Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment, the four-piece band of which Chance is a member. As the story details, Chance is just one of many elements on the album, which is the result of prolonged, labor-intensive sessions. (One of which yielded 610 tracks for a single song.)

Most notably, Chance isn’t specifically singled out on any of the songs. “People hear what they wanna hear,” said Nico Segal, aka the titular Donnie Trumpet. “If they only wanna listen to the songs with Chance The Rapper, they’re gonna have to listen to the whole project cover-to-cover because I’m not gonna tell them which songs [he's on]. The important thing is just to listen. Listen to the music, then send it to your grandma.”

Chance himself emphasized his role as supporting player. “Surf is Nico’s project,” he said. “He was working on it when we decided to be the Social Experiment, so we decided that his project should be first.”

Raury and Noname Gypsy appear on the album. No release date has been announced for Surf yet. Previous Social Experiment tracks released include “No Better Blues”, “Sunday Candy”, and “Nothing Came to Me”.

Elsewhere in the story, it’s noted that previously reported further collaborations between Chance and James Blake have been put on the shelf for unknown reasons. 

In other news, Chance’s debut solo LP, which will be released after Surf, is also in the works. It will feature Andre 3000, as well as the previously reported Frank Ocean and J. Cole, as GQ reports. 

Listen to “No Better Blues”:

Watch the video for “Nothing Came to Me”:

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