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Do What Thou Wilt.

Do What Thou Wilt.
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Studio album by Ab-Soul
Released December 9, 2016
Recorded 2015–16
Genre Hip hop
Length 76:57
Label Top Dawg
Producer
Ab-Soul chronology
These Days...
(2014)
Do What Thou Wilt.
(2016)
Singles from Do What Thou Wilt.
  1. "Huey Knew"
    Released: September 30, 2016
  2. "Braille"
    Released: October 28, 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 64/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Exclaim! 6/10
HipHopDX 4.2/5
PopMatters 6/10
Pitchfork 4.4/10
RapReviews.com 6.5/10
Vice A–
XXL 4/5 (XL)

Do What Thou Wilt. is the fourth studio album by American rapper Ab-Soul. It was released on December 9, 2016, by Top Dawg Entertainment. The record serves as the follow-up to his previous studio effort, These Days... (2014). The album was supported by two singles: "Huey Knew" featuring Dash, and "Braille" featuring Bas.

In 2007, Ab-Soul signed a deal with Top Dawg Entertainment. In 2014, after the release of his third album, These Days... through the TDE label, Ab-Soul embarked on a national concert tour. Upon returning from the tour, Ab-Soul began recording new material as early as February 2015. On July 14, 2015, Ab-Soul give more updates on the album that day: "My album's almost done..." he wrote on Twitter, adding, "It's a love story". He completed the post with the hashtag "DWTW", presumably the acronym to his album title, to which he kept alluding. On June 8, 2016, Ab-Soul revealed that he had finished the new album and then turned it in for audio mixing.

In December 2016, in an interview with HotNewHipHop, Ab-Soul spoke on the album's cover artwork, revealing why he's not featured with his trademark sunglasses: "With the light sensitivity, I knew it would be difficult, but I was up to the challenge. I knew that it was something that the people wanted to see from me. I like to bare it all. I'm very honest. I think this album kinda called for that type of sincerity." He said the photographer wanted to "capture his angst" but "I'm a happy guy," he said, smiling. "But the tone of the album, you can get that from it. I think that that cover is a proper depiction of... the tone of the album. It's the grey area."


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