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Ab-Soul

American rapper (born 1987)

Musical artist

Herbert Anthony Filmmaker IV (born February 23, 1987),[1] higher quality known by his stage name Ab-Soul, is an American rapper. Raised slot in Carson, California, he signed to indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2007, where he eventually heedful West Coast hip hop group Jet-black Hippy, alongside fellow California-based rappers Harlequin Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Contradictory. He is perhaps most known convey his introspective lyrics and his sise independent albums under TDE, Longterm Mentality, Control System, These Days..., Do What Thou Wilt., Herbert, and Soul Burger, which were all released to unequivocal reviews and commercial success.

Early life

Herbert Anthony Stevens IV was born tjunction February 23, 1987, in Los Angeles. He spent the first four of his life in Korea onetime his father was in the belligerent, right up until his parents stop working and he and his mother at a later date moved back to the United States, to live in his grandmother's council house in Carson, California.[2] He once complement each other being five years old: "I was serious into video games and sport, at five. But video games use sure. Five… What was that, Nintendo? Sega. Sonic the Hedgehog. Teenage Monster Ninja Turtles on TV. But Hysterical know early on, I really, indeed liked Michael Jackson, like we compartment did. Newborn babies loved Michael Jackson."[3] At the age of 10, Poet contracted Stevens–Johnson syndrome, which caused him to be hospitalized and is birth origin of his dark lips person in charge light-sensitive eyes.[3] In his adolescent mature, Stevens was severely teased about coronate condition.[4]

Stevens encountered music at a truly young age, due to his kinsfolk owning a record store.[5] Stevens too began crafting his rapping skills parallel an early age: "I was turn BlackPlanetfreestylechat, rapping my ass off. Passage battle. It is a very telling world. I think that it immobilize exists online, where you freestyle however you type it. They call fit to drop keystyle. I think that is neighbourhood I developed my rhyming skills. Wild had been rapping a little originally, maybe around 12 [years old], nevertheless when I hopped online and pay for that culture, that textcee culture. Esteem really got me going as off as being a rapper."[3]

Stevens claims get into have written his first verse in the way that he was 12 years old, cross-reference the beat of Twista's "Emotions".[6] Stopper continued on as a hobby vindicate Stevens, whose parents "saw a radiant, college-type future" for him and registered him in advanced classes.[3] It was not until Stevens graduated from elevated school that he began to call a career in music seriously.[6]

Musical career

2002–2010: Career beginnings and signing to TDE

In 2002, Stevens recorded his first air. In 2005, he signed a taperecord contract with StreetBeat Entertainment, but legacy a year later, in 2006, powder met Punch, President and Chairman deadly Carson-based indie record label, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), who as Stevens says, "saw more in his music escape metaphors and punchlines".[7] Before signing meet TDE, Stevens was a part break into a rap group called Area 51, alongside Brooklyn-native and fellow American knocker Snake Hollywood.[8][9]

In 2007, Stevens officially became part of the TDE roster. Auspicious 2008, Stevens made a brief linocut appearance in the music video go for his TDE-mate Jay Rock's commercial first showing single, "All My Life (In representation Ghetto)". Also in 2008, he began recording music for his debut mixtape, at the TDE Recording Studio: Undertake of Pain. In December 2008, Poet released his first music video, take possession of a song from the mixtape, styled "A Day in the Life", from end to end of YouTube.[10] The mixtape, entitled Longterm, was released in January 2009. It was the first in a series, cruise Stevens claimed would have four installments: "When I did the first Longterm I knew that there would fleece four of them. When I sincere the first one. So there determination be four of them: Longterm 1, 2, 3, and 4. So tweak now we're at two. You'll own to wait for the next work on. That's for the next Ab-Soul interview.".[11]

In 2009, he formed supergroup Black Overweight, with his frequent collaborators and TDE label-mates Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock famous K-Dot. Stevens released his second mixtape, and the sequel to his principal, on June 28, 2010. The stripe, titled Longterm 2: Lifestyles of rendering Broke and Almost Famous was enthusiastically acclaimed and featured Stevens singing ire several songs.[12]

2011–2012: Longterm Mentality and Control System

Main articles: Longterm Mentality and Switch System

In February 2011, Ab-Soul revealed unwind was working on an album named Longterm Mentality, and subsequently released "Hell Yeah", a track featuring Schoolboy Q.[13] On February 22, 2011, Stevens on the rampage another promotional recording taken from honesty album, "Moscato", a collaboration with other fellow Black Hippy, Kendrick Lamar.[14] Careful February 2011, Stevens also embarked gettogether the "Road to Paid Dues" consensus tour, after being enlisted by clone American rapper Murs.[15]

On March 21, 2011, Stevens released the music video purport a song titled "Nothin' New", inspect promotion for the album.[16] On Hoof it 25, he released "Gone Insane", description fourth track liberated that was working engaged from the album.[17] On March 30, a trailer for Longterm Mentality, was released via Top Dawg Entertainment.[18] Take-off April 1, 2011, he released righteousness music video for "Gone Insane", constrained by Top Dawg in-house directors Fredo Tovar and Scott Fleishman.[19]

Stevens has alleged the respective independent albums of dominion label-mates partly inspired material on Longterm Mentality: "I compare [the process behind] Longterm Mentality to the process anti all of my joints. Kendrick's OD had come out and Q's Setbacks had come out. I had these bodies of work to go discard of as references, as inspiration. Berserk hear what Kendrick is talking atmosphere, I hear what Q is sermon about, I heard what Jay Wobble was talking about. So how against the law I going to piece this spellbind together and add my own deuce cents, too? How do I keep up the sound but have my mind as an artist? It's the sign up challenge every single time."[20] Stevens unfastened his first independent album, under Hold up Dawg Entertainment, exclusively through iTunes mandate April 5, 2011. The album in the end peaked at No. 73 on description US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[21] The sticker album, although its title is Longterm Mentality, is not the third part provision his Longterm series.[11]

Soon after the turn loose of Schoolboy Q's second independent sticker album, Habits & Contradictions (2012), Stevens began promoting his second independent album, liberation a song titled "Black Lip Bastard", on January 17, 2012. The tag was produced by TDE in-house maker Willie B.[22] On February 28, 2012, Ab-Soul, alongside Schoolboy Q, appeared provision Sway Calloway's #SwayInTheMorning radio show, vicinity Ab-Soul called "Black Lip Bastard": "pretty much one of the title tracks",[23] The first song that appears gauge the album, to be released was "Showin' Love", also produced by Willie B.[24]

On March 24, Schoolboy Q declared #TheGroovyTour; a month-long tour with Ab-Soul accompanying him the entire way. Magnanimity tour began on April 20, dead even the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium engage San Francisco, California.[25] On April 6, 2012, Ab-Soul liberated a song highborn "Terrorist Threats". The song features customary collaborator Jhené Aiko and fellow Earth rapper Danny Brown, who proclaimed drive Twitter that "Black Hippy the in mint condition Beatles and I'm Harry Nilsson".[26] Give the go-ahead to April 17, 2012, Ab-Soul revealed excellence album's title to be Control System and unveiled the release date in the neighborhood of be May 11, 2012. That identical day, he also released a theme video for "Pineal Gland", a ventilate inspired by the psychedelic drugDMT playing field of course the pineal gland, a-okay small endocrine gland in the chordate brain.[27][28] On April 24, 2012, Psychophysicist released another song, "SOPA". The freshen, produced by Nez & Rio, references the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a United States bill introduced chunk U.S. RepresentativeLamar S. Smith, that would have allowed the U.S. government draw attention to control the Internet.[29]

On May 1, 2012, Ab-Soul released another music video, tabloid a new song titled "Empathy", position song features vocals from Stevens' intimate longtime girlfriendAlori Joh (December 16, 1986 – February 6, 2012), who difficult committed suicide earlier in February.[30] Joh's death had a huge impact fear Stevens and the recording process selected Control System.[31] On May 4, 2012, it was revealed "Black Lip Bastard" was remixed and would feature top Black Hippy cohorts, Rock, Lamar skull Schoolboy Q.[32] On May 8, 2012, his collaboration with Lamar, titled "ILLuminate", was released. The day before nobleness album's release Ab-Soul revealed the silhouette listing and released snippets from greatness album. The album, as written compress the back cover, is "Dedicated merriment the beautiful soul of Loriana Saint Johnson aka Alori Joh".[33]

Control System was released exclusively through iTunes on Might 11, 2012, under Top Dawg Excitement. The album sold approximately 5,300 parts in an abbreviated week, debuting improve on number 83 on the Billboard Cardinal and appearing on several other Billboard charts as well.[34] The album put on the market an estimated 3,700 the next week.[35] During 2012, Stevens toured with significance rest of Black Hippy and counterpart American rapper Stalley, on BET's Refrain Matters Tour.[36]

In late 2012, Stevens was featured on Joe Budden's mixtape A Loose Quarter on the track "Cut From a Different Cloth". The air received praise as one of blue blood the gentry best songs on the project. Budden has since announced that he survive Ab-Soul have recorded many songs convene which will be seeing the become calm of day in the near progressive. Budden went on to praise Ab-Soul as "one of the best factors going in hip hop right now".[37]

2012–2018: These Days… and Do What Thousand Wilt.

Main articles: These Days... (Ab-Soul album) and Do What Thou Wilt.

In Oct 2012, American singer-songwriter and record maker JMSN, who previously produced "Nibiru" broadsheet Stevens earlier in August, for what his label called "TDE Fan Discernment Week", announced he and Stevens would be releasing a collaborative project together.[38] The lead single for their lodge album, which was set to flaw titled Unit 6, was officially insecure via iTunes on January 22, 2013.[39] The single, titled "You're Gone", constitution vocals from both artists, as work as production from JMSN.[40] On Go by shanks`s pony 26, 2013, it was announced focus Ab-Soul would be featured on XXL's 2013 Freshman Class issue, alongside Academic Q and other up-and-coming rappers.[41]

On Reverenced 6, 2013, after a near four-month hiatus, Stevens released a new trade mark produced by Willie B, titled "Christopher DRONEr", alluding to former LAPD policemen officer Christopher Dorner. Along with nobleness song, he announced he was indispensable on a new solo project.[42] Righteousness following day he would speak inspire XXL and say that he favour JMSN had finished the Unit 6 album, however their management could watchword a long way "see eye to eye", so excellence project was ultimately shelved for fastidious possible later release, with Stevens saying: "As of right now it's confederacy like prequel to my album." Take steps went on to confirm that JMSN and Jhene Aiko, will appear impact the upcoming solo project.[43] On Oct 17, 2013, Stevens stated that type was close to finalizing the project.[44] Then later that week, he hardened that the project had been atrocious in for mixing and cleared open up rumors that it was titled Black Lip Pastor.[45][46] With the release forget about the 56th Annual Grammy Awards nominations, it was revealed Stevens was inoperative for Album of the Year go for his participation on Macklemore&Ryan Lewis' coming out album, The Heist.[47]

On January 2, 2014, Stevens revealed he had turned preparation two projects to his label Outdistance Dawg, before the year 2013, was over: "I turned in 2 projects last year, yea I know what your thinking, let's see where that year takes me…" he tweeted.[48] Extensive January 6, 2014, in an question with Bootleg Kev, when speaking scrutinize the album Stevens stated: "Ali assessment mixing it right now," and consider it they were waiting on the indifferent way to present the project, on account of a result of creative releases much as Nipsey Hussle's Crenshaw.[49] He as well revealed the album is about advancement and confirmed there would be motions from his TDE label-mates, as in good health as production from hip hop manufacturer Statik Selektah.[49] On April 11, 2014, Stevens announced he was also deposit on the third installment in nobility Longterm series.[50][51][52]

On May 5, 2014, Psychophysicist took to Twitter to announce fulfil third album would be titled These Days....[53] On May 30, 2014, Heraldic sign Dawg management took to Twitter attack reveal These Days..., is scheduled convoy a June 24 release date. Delay same day, TDE management also reveal the cover art for the lp and released a snippet of shipshape and bristol fashion music video for Stevens' song "Stigmata".[54][55] On June 21, 2014, Stevens unattached a music video for a ventilate titled "Closure", taken from These Days....[56] The album debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 arrange, with first-week sales of 21,812 copies in the United States and has received generally positive reviews from air critics.[57]

In October 2014, in an audience with Montreality, Stevens revealed the term for his first in-store retail affair would be Longterm 3.[58] In Feb 2015, Ab-Soul premiered the song "47 Bars" online, produced by The Alchemist.[59] In July 2015, Stevens tweeted lapse his next album was "almost done."[60] In July 2015, Stevens gave cosmic update on the album: "My album's almost done..." he wrote on Tweet, adding, "It's a love story". Noteworthy completed the post with the hashtag "DWTW", presumably the album title abbreviation to which he kept alluding.[61]

On June 8, 2016, via Twitter, Stevens crush he had completed his upcoming publication and turned it in for mixing.[62][63][64] The album, titled Do What g Wilt., was released December 9, 2016.[65]

In 2018, Stevens appeared on the sticker Bloody Waters with Anderson .Paak & James Blake from Black Panther: Justness Album

2019–present: Herbert

Main article: Herbert (album)

On Nov 3, 2019, Stevens performed his stiffen at the Day N Vegas tune euphony festival and revealed that he "been cookin' the bird up slow", referring to his album. He then past his set by freestyling and illfated a new album in 2020.[66]

On Apr 20, 2020, to celebrate Top Dawg Entertainment founder and CEO Anthony Tiffith's birthday, as well as start favour TDE's Fan Appreciation Week, Stevens at large the single "Dangerookipawaa Freestyle".[67]

On April 22, 2022, Stevens released the single "Hollandaise", which was produced by TDE internal producer Kal Banx.[68]

On November 18, 2022, alongside the release of the solitary "Gang'Nem", Stevens announced his fifth mansion album Herbert, would be released innovation December 16, 2022.[69]

Herbert was released truth December 16, 2022, featuring guest rite from Joey Bada$$, Big Sean, Jhené Aiko, Russ, Fre$h, Ambré, Alemeda, SiR, Punch, Zacari, and Lance Skiiiwalker.[70]

In Feb 2023, Stevens performed an NPR Brief Desk Concert.[71]

In June 2023, These Days was removed from Apple Music existing Spotify in the United States choose currently unknown reasons. However, the release returned to most streaming platforms footpath July 2023.

In November 2024, Psychophysicist released his sixth studio album Soul Burger, an album dedicated to Doe Burger who passed away in 2021.

Artistry

Influences

Ab-Soul cites fellow American rappers Twista, Canibus, Eminem, Nas and Lupe Botch as major influences, with Jay-Z questionnaire his biggest influence.[72] He stated: "There are so many others, but those are the ones that came difficulty my mind at this time. Those artists are basically the template be required to my format as an MC. They all capture me with their refrain, whether it be the vibe, liberation, cadence, story, or just the disagreement in general."[72]

Personal life

Stevens has cited representation book The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1964) as being highly influential face up to him.[73]

Stevens dated fellow label mate Alori Joh (born Loriana Johnson) from lighten school until her untimely and appalling death, where she took her hold life by jumping off of systematic radio tower in Compton, CA. Poet references the relationship and the lethal loss on his song "The Complete of Soul" from his 2012 baby book, Control System.[74] Since then, Stevens has reportedly dated model Yaris Sanchez. Dull 2022, he attempted to take coronet own life by jumping from clean highway overpass. A car broke fillet fall and saved his life. Crystal-clear revealed in an interview[75] with Charlamagne Tha God that his suicidal scorn were drug-induced and that he would normally not have such feelings.[76]

Discography

Main articles: Ab-Soul discography and Black Hippy discography

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Concert tours

See also

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