Nobody (album)
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| Studio album by Chief Keef | ||||||||||
| Released | December 16, 2014 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2013–2014 | |||||||||
| Genre | Drill | |||||||||
| Length | 36:20 | |||||||||
| Label | RBC Records, GBE | |||||||||
| Producer | 12Million, Kanye West | |||||||||
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| Pitchfork Media |   |
Nobody is a collaborative studio album, by American hip hop recording artist Chief Keef and record producer 12Million. It was independently released on December 16, 2014, by Keef's Glo Gang label. The album is primarily a solo effort, includes two guest features from Tadoe and Kanye West. The album's production and lyrics are representative of the drill music genre.
On November 22, 2014, when Keef announced the release of an album, titled Nobody (also noted as Nobody: The Album), slated for a December 2, 2014 release, it became apparent that the "Nobody" track had developed into its own project, rather than as a portion of Bang 3. The album experienced a slight delay, but was released on December 16 through iTunes digital download. Meaghan Garvey of Pitchfork Media wrote that the album was, "released suddenly and without much fanfare."
On September 2, 2014, Chief Keef released the cover art for the song "Nobody". The cover art features the heads of Keef and Kanye West side by side, seemingly fading into the black background, where Keef was shown holding a bundle of dollar bills up to his ear.
The music on the album was noted to be, "experimental, and equally devoid of any conventional hits." On the album, Keef touches on the concept of his fame, and how it has impacted his life in both positive and negative aspects. The album included "emotional cornerstones," as well as subtle jokes made by Keef at his own expense. Keef also raps about his romantic insecurities that have been compiling in his work since 2012, the, "unflinching ubermasculinity that characterizes drill and its proponents, and beyond that, the temperament expected of black men from a young age."
Specifically, on the track "Nobody", various sources reached a consensus that Keef's slurs and croons over Kanye West's vocals contributed to one of his more emotionally driven songs. Chris Coplan of Consequence of Sound writes that Keef's auto-tuned vocals are, "part slur and part croon", and that Kanye West's, "succinct-yet-soulful backing harmonies sound doubly hazy over rumbling drum beats and the intermittent flutter of keys."The Source writes that the song is, "one of the more emotionally driven cuts we’ve heard from the Chicago rapper in recent history." Garvey writes that the track is, "about Keef at his rawest and most honest," referring to the line, "They thought I was a joke," as being burbled, "with a melancholy that suggests he reads the comments." Zach Frydenlund of Complex, writes that the song is, "decked out in auto-tune from start to finish, as Keef handles the majority of the record with his unique crooning throughout." However, Brennan Carley of Spin, commented, "as West croons in his trademark 808s warble in the background, the drill rapper slurs through bragging lyrics."
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