Chance The Rapper & Hannibal Buress Interview One Another, Talk Beginnings, Superheroes & New Projects
Chance The Rapper & Hannibal Buress have long been the musical and comedic ambassadors of Chicago's full-bloom artistic renaissance. But they share a whole lot more in common than their hometown as a recent feature in Interview suggests, where the two creative kin actually interview one another or as the rest of like to refer to that process, "talk". Below is a collection of the most compelling tidbits from their chat, wherein they discuss their mutual acquaintance Donald Glover, the difficulty in transitioning from the comedic to the musical world (and vice versa) which superheroes they had always envisioned themselves as, Buress' musical endeavors, Chance's comedic endeavors and plenty more. Hit the link below for the full script.
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Chance on how the new album is shaping up:
"The album is very much so a Beyoncé kind of thing. So I can't say the date of the project, but I can say that it's super dope."
Hannibal on his own musical exploration:
"So, around this time last year I did this ill ass track. Flying Lotus made the beat, and I knocked it out. One take. Dope ass freestyle. Some lines about Dennis Rodman in North Korea. And I sent it to you, and never got it back. What's up with that?"
Chance on which superhero/villain he Hannibal as:
"I don't know if you heard, but Donald [Glover, a.k.a. Childish Gambino] has been involved a little bit in this Spider-Man reworking, and we had some ideas going back and forth about Donald becoming a superhero. I thought, "If you were ever to be a Marvel or D.C. character, you might be really good as the supervillain The Penguin." I thought, "If they ever had a crossover with Donald's Spider-Man versus Hannibal's The Penguin, how would those events transpire? What would that look like?"
Chance on how he's trying to give back to Chicago:
"...on Wednesdays specifically, they had this open mic thing hosted by this guy Brother Mike. I used to go to that every Wednesday, back from when I was a sophomore in high school until after I graduated. And Brother Mike, who put it all together, passed away last year. So I'm putting together an open mic in memory of him, two Mondays out of the month in Chicago for high school kids. Just keeping that idea—free presentation of art, and how important it is to be a member of an art community from a young age—keeping that shit going. Organizing that stuff is real easy, because I know a lot of people in the city and I think we're at a point in Chicago's renaissance that people are happy to do shit."
