College Park, the Maryland rapper’s new album, will be released on February 24th. This is his first release since going independent.
He released an animated trailer for his “independent debut,” which features RZA, Redman, Joey Bada$$, Norah Jones, Bun B, Lil Keke, Statik Selektah, Seth MacFarlane, and others.
“I love y’all, and I’m making shit from the heart,” Logic said to the crowd. “I adore hip-hop. For a while, I wasn’t feeling it. I don’t really mean the music; I mean the industry’s nonsense. But now, more than ever, I realize that none of that nonsense matters. I’ve missed you guys, and I’m back, and all I want to do is have fun.
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Logic left Def Jam after seven studio albums on the label, beginning with 2014’s Under Pressure. Vinyl Days, his final project, will be released in June 2022. He’d previously expressed his displeasure with the label.
“I think for me, I’ve had a relationship that’s been very up and down, but it’s been a lot of ups, it really has. “I can’t just go in on Def Jam when it’s not just Def Jam, but major labels in general,” he told Apple Music.
College Park is the first release from Logic’s new multi-album global partnership with BMG.
“I’m just glad to be moving on to a place where I can be independent, respected as an artist, and feel in control of my career,” he said when the deal was announced in July.
Watch the College Park trailer below.
