The Big Day
by Chance the Rapper
  • Record Label: N/A
  • Release Date: Jul 26, 2019
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3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 325 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 84 out of 325
  2. Mixed: 54 out of 325
  3. Negative: 187 out of 325

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  1. grntksslr
    Jul 29, 2019
    3
    I will honestly say that Chance is not one of my favorite rappers, but I have appreciated some of his work, plus he's a cool guy; however, that doesn't really excuse this album. Compared to the other work he has created over the past few years, this is extremely weak, even for him. There are some decent songs but I really don't understand how this album is getting 100's and 10's. ComparedI will honestly say that Chance is not one of my favorite rappers, but I have appreciated some of his work, plus he's a cool guy; however, that doesn't really excuse this album. Compared to the other work he has created over the past few years, this is extremely weak, even for him. There are some decent songs but I really don't understand how this album is getting 100's and 10's. Compared to any other body of work he's put out, this is bad. Also, the message of the album has nothing to do with my reception if it, despite the people defending him will say, just because it's "not about drugs" or whatever bs they wanna spew because he's not like other rappers, he's a quirky, good boy rapper. This album is just not good.… Expand
  2. Bromine2x
    Aug 2, 2019
    1
    Worst Album i have ever listened to by a good artist. Hot shower is the worst rap song of 2019. The big day is ruined by a guy screaming at the top of his lungs. The album has no continuity.
  3. VictorMonteiro
    Aug 5, 2019
    3
    This is by far the worst project of Chance's career. The 80 minute album revolves entirely around the wedding theme and is full of corny upbeat songs with unconvincing melodies, an awkward production and the artist's worst lyrical performance so far. With the exception of three or four tracks out of a total of 22, this is a long boring mess and the biggest disappointment of the year.
  4. spenceryang8
    Aug 21, 2019
    0
    This album should have been called The Big Mess.

    FAV TRACKS: n/a

    LEAST FAV TRACK: FOUND A GOOD ONE (SINGLE NO MORE)
  5. JackAppleSack
    Aug 4, 2019
    0
    I'll keep things short and simple. Lyrics are garbage.
    It lacks depth and meaning.
    His singing is unbearable on this album. He seems more fake than ever. Every album after acid rap just gets progressively worst and it's quite sad to see Chance stray away from his roots on 10 Day and Acid Rap. He sounds like he's afraid to be anything more than PG which comes across fake and just turns a    I'll keep things short and simple. Lyrics are garbage.
    It lacks depth and meaning.
    His singing is unbearable on this album.
    He seems more fake than ever.

    Every album after acid rap just gets progressively worst and it's quite sad to see Chance stray away from his roots on 10 Day and Acid Rap. He sounds like he's afraid to be anything more than PG which comes across fake and just turns a lot of people off. If you make fake music with no soul people aren't going to listen.    … Expand
  6. WAIVTheRapper
    Aug 17, 2019
    0
    I don’t understand how this album has such a high praise From big media?!? Wtf! This album is repetitive, low quality production, lyrics weaker than my grandma, (surprised he didn’t actually use that simile considering the vast amount of terrible ones he used in this album!) as well as an album that just lacks focus.... one moment he is talking about his wife, then back to he is releasingI don’t understand how this album has such a high praise From big media?!? Wtf! This album is repetitive, low quality production, lyrics weaker than my grandma, (surprised he didn’t actually use that simile considering the vast amount of terrible ones he used in this album!) as well as an album that just lacks focus.... one moment he is talking about his wife, then back to he is releasing something important and has to be ready, then he married.... its all over the place... (other than the focus on loving his wife) if the lyrics “Life is short as a midget, but mine's a little LeBron” make you not wanna smash your head in a wall then this album is for you!… Expand
  7. TheBasicFan
    Aug 18, 2019
    3
    This new chance album is boring, generic, lack lust and all around a major step back for the Chicago MC in terms of production, lyricism and conceptuality.
  8. campbellc267
    Aug 1, 2019
    0
    One of the worst hip hop albums of the decade. The production is boring and chance’s lyrics.
  9. Draymorgan
    Aug 1, 2019
    0
    It’s **** Usually listen to every album all the way through. However this was unbearable to the point where I had to turn it off halfway through. Too king and diluted and just awful lyrically and sonically
  10. IronToolBox
    Aug 4, 2019
    0
    I think Chance the Rapper loves his wife. Honestly, this is Chance’s worst album, and this is coming from a fan of his. Hopefully this isn’t the start of a new era of bad Chance the Rapper albums. If it is, at least he still has a job for Kit Kat...
  11. yungsharkboi
    Aug 11, 2019
    0
    I don’t think a spoiler alert is even necessary, I wish I had that atrocity of an album spoiled for me. I wish that somebody told me how bad it was so I wouldn’t have to wait AN HOUR+ of my life. It’s an objectively horrible album. The bars on this “album” were some of the worst I’ve ever heard, I mean it’s like he didn’t even try. I have yet to hear, in person, a good thing about thisI don’t think a spoiler alert is even necessary, I wish I had that atrocity of an album spoiled for me. I wish that somebody told me how bad it was so I wouldn’t have to wait AN HOUR+ of my life. It’s an objectively horrible album. The bars on this “album” were some of the worst I’ve ever heard, I mean it’s like he didn’t even try. I have yet to hear, in person, a good thing about this tragedy. I paid good money to see Chance live 3 years ago because I thought so highly of his music. Now he’s in an almost permanent time-out mode. Additionally, the sound was god awful. The concept was stupid. There was a SHAWN MENDES feature. I rest my case.… Expand
  12. MarshallCavalli
    Aug 16, 2019
    0
    This is a massive disappointment compared to his previous work such as Acid Rap and Coloring Book, which had a more unique and dynamic feel. This album struggles with many ideas and concepts that fails to achieve any meaningful purpose.
  13. 1994brookie
    Aug 26, 2019
    0
    One of the worst albums I have ever heard. It took everything in me to even finish the record. Not sure what happened. Was his music always bad? Or was I just young and dumb with his previous projects? Save yourself some time and skip over this album. Not worth a listen.
  14. oatyboaty
    Oct 28, 2019
    0
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
  15. flametail23
    Aug 1, 2019
    1
    This album is an absolute travesty. A bloated 22 track (77 minute) project with countless filler verses and terrible lyrical moments. Yet another bad album to add to the pile of disappointment that 2019 has been thus far.
  16. MacDeMannco
    Jul 29, 2019
    1
    Album is extremely uninspired and entirely phoned in. First three songs are the only ones with real promise, every other song is mediocre or actively bad. Chance the Rapper is on a downhill spiral.
  17. SmithN51
    Jul 31, 2019
    3
    Unfocused, overstuffed and undercooked record with way too many components going to make a cohesive record. From hip house to trap to 90s R&B chance tries it all with a heavy dose of insecure and marriage relating subject matter which can leave the listener feeling tiresome.
  18. Alfnil18
    Aug 2, 2019
    2
    Biggest disappointment of the year so far. Long, boring and at times unlistenable. A very very light 3
  19. sammyanthony
    Jul 28, 2019
    3
    The Big Day is about Chance the Rapper's big day: his marriage, his debut album release, and so on. It serves as a celebratory purpose.

    The Big Day brags striking production, for the most part. And yes, still, has a lot of fillers going on. The Big Day has a statement. The statement sprawled out and gave a vague conclusion. Besides, it's still on point, remarkable, and will be a    The Big Day is about Chance the Rapper's big day: his marriage, his debut album release, and so on. It serves as a celebratory purpose.

    The Big Day brags striking production, for the most part. And yes, still, has a lot of fillers going on.

    The Big Day has a statement. The statement sprawled out and gave a vague conclusion.

    Besides, it's still on point, remarkable, and will be a new start for Chance the Rapper to once again disclose his own uncharted musical prowess.    … Expand
  20. TrentRey
    Jul 31, 2019
    0
    I love all of Chance The Rapper previous project but this project right here is really bad. This album is really hard to listen to. It's too long and the lyrics are so cringy. Listening to this entire album or a song on this album is a chore. It's a punishment. I don't understand how Chance The Rapper could write lyrics that are this trash. I feel like Chance The Rapper is some of robotI love all of Chance The Rapper previous project but this project right here is really bad. This album is really hard to listen to. It's too long and the lyrics are so cringy. Listening to this entire album or a song on this album is a chore. It's a punishment. I don't understand how Chance The Rapper could write lyrics that are this trash. I feel like Chance The Rapper is some of robot that was programmed to make an album about being married and loving his wife. He literally talks about being married and loving his wife on songs that are not about being married and loving his wife.

    The lyrics from Chance The Rapper on this album are some of the worst writing I've ever heard from a rapper on his level. I thought Chance The Rapper was a pretty good lyricist but this album proved me wrong. There isn't a single track on this album that is good. We do have some solid tracks on here because of the features. Every single feature on this album outshines Chance on this album.

    "My wife nanny like Fran Drescher
    Three damn Grammys, my Granny like, "No pressure"
    So much style, my stylist got no dresser
    **** goin' straight to the pros, I’m professor"

    This isn't the worst of the bars. This is actually one of the best which is wild because this is trash.

    I don't understand how anybody could like this project. It's so trash. I never thought the day would come when I call a Chance The Rapper album trash.    … Expand
  21. JesusWept
    Jul 28, 2019
    3
    Unfortunately Chance rambles on with forgettable song after forgettable song. The listening experience ranges from boring to laughably poor. By the end it feels as if you've sat through the longest church service ever. Overall the high points are overwhelmed by the mediocre tracks that fill this album.
  22. Johnstevebill
    Jul 29, 2019
    2
    It’s a big big no from me dawg. None of the songs go together, the beats are incredibly boring. While his ability to write is still 10/10, he really needs to not produce anymore. Also why does he seems like he’s chasing trends now? It’s bad, it really is. There are 22 songs and by the end of it you just want to never hear anything elder ever again.
  23. proph011
    Jul 30, 2019
    0
    This is beyond a doubt the worst album of Chance's career and the most cringeworthy Hip Hop album to drop this year let alone this decade.
  24. thegoat2486
    Jul 30, 2019
    0
    Album was wayyyyy too long. Most of the songs sound the same to the point where after listening i could barely even remember any of the songs. Very repetitive and not worth waiting three years for the follow up after Coloring Book
  25. theneedforreed1
    Jul 31, 2019
    0
    holy **** this is bad. horribly mixed, awful vocal preformances by chance and several features, lyrically almost Revival levels of awful.
  26. Spoobop
    Jul 27, 2019
    1
    Not good. Boring, too long, and insufferably preachy. It's amazingly pretentious and, despite overflowing with talent, lacks any real purpose beyond stroking an already inflated ego. Cringe.
  27. chocstraw
    Jul 28, 2019
    1
    An absolute chore to get through, it's not apparent if this album is as long as it is to maximize streaming revenues, or because Chance himself is pretentious enough to believe that you should sit through 77 minutes of this.
  28. Jessthespider
    Jul 29, 2019
    0
    Hey you. Ya person reading the reviews on this album, has anyone ever told you "this album saved my life" or "this singer made me get off drugs". Well this album is like the total opposite of that I never thought an album could make me want to die until now, nothing but bland boring tracks that are about as inspired as my last session of throwing up expired food. This album makes 80ishHey you. Ya person reading the reviews on this album, has anyone ever told you "this album saved my life" or "this singer made me get off drugs". Well this album is like the total opposite of that I never thought an album could make me want to die until now, nothing but bland boring tracks that are about as inspired as my last session of throwing up expired food. This album makes 80ish minutes feel like forever.… Expand
  29. nateromero286
    Jul 26, 2019
    3
    With all the hype that has built up this album including a release party, media buzz, Chance’s own Twitter account, I have to say I’m more disappointed than I can describe. Chance was one of the rappers that got me into rap music with Acid Rap, an experimental sonic piece that was cohesive and vibrant. The Big Day is exactly the opposite. Its overly long, perhaps a result of this streamingWith all the hype that has built up this album including a release party, media buzz, Chance’s own Twitter account, I have to say I’m more disappointed than I can describe. Chance was one of the rappers that got me into rap music with Acid Rap, an experimental sonic piece that was cohesive and vibrant. The Big Day is exactly the opposite. Its overly long, perhaps a result of this streaming era mantra of quantity over quality. The production is just so boring, I mean just awful. Some songs legitimately sound like they are from a 90’s BET Soap opera. While his actual lyricism and rapping have some bright moments like on All Day Long and Let’s Go On The Run, it’s mostly uninspired and uninteresting. He’s ecstatic and joyous and I’m happy that he’s thriving right now but he’s lost that cutting edge, that hunger and vigor that made him such a raw rapper before. I honestly like his most recent EP better than every single song on this album. I guess I just miss the Old Chano. Not the sound persay but the bite.… Expand
  30. Gravedigga13
    Jul 28, 2019
    3
    YBN released a better Chance the rapper album than Chance. On my first listen, i quit half way through, and had to force myself to finish the album next day.
  31. jboogie95
    Jul 27, 2019
    2
    Extremely disappointing first album. This is the Chance that I never wanted to hear. For how insufferably long the album is, there is hardly a memorable verse (or song) from Chance. On Acid Rap and 10 Day he raps with crazy flows, clever word-play as well as introspective lyrics. The Big Day is void of everything that made Chance great. His first mixtapes were genuinely a new sound in rap.Extremely disappointing first album. This is the Chance that I never wanted to hear. For how insufferably long the album is, there is hardly a memorable verse (or song) from Chance. On Acid Rap and 10 Day he raps with crazy flows, clever word-play as well as introspective lyrics. The Big Day is void of everything that made Chance great. His first mixtapes were genuinely a new sound in rap. This album is full of outsourced hooks and verses from the cringiest indie pop artists in the industry and it comes off as an attempt to appeal to as many people as possible while simultaneously saying "ooohh look how unique I am". This is a very polished, Kidz Bop-esque version of Chance the Rapper. It's very clear that he has become buddies with big music companies that he used to preach against.… Expand
  32. AmitKafle
    Jul 27, 2019
    0
    Has some good songs but not upto mark. The album is long for me and should have been less than an hour by removing filler tracks.
  33. lildouse
    Jul 30, 2019
    0
    This is bad. This is so bad. I would literally like to eat **** than listen to this album. This album has made me so sad an dim not sure if I want to live anymore. I **** hate it so much. I'd rather have a kid with cancer than listen to this album. I'd rather rot in hell than listen to this album again. Literally anything else. If i could remove anything for this world I would remove thisThis is bad. This is so bad. I would literally like to eat **** than listen to this album. This album has made me so sad an dim not sure if I want to live anymore. I **** hate it so much. I'd rather have a kid with cancer than listen to this album. I'd rather rot in hell than listen to this album again. Literally anything else. If i could remove anything for this world I would remove this album. If I had the chance to remove anything from this world ( I could remove world hunger, global warming, cancer, but none of these are as bad as this album) I would remove this album and anything, any memories related to it.… Expand
  34. GregTehBunny
    Jul 27, 2019
    2
    I would prefer that Chance put out a tight album with a few excellent songs, but this album has no direction across its 22 tracks and some embarrassingly bad songs like Hot Shower that sound like demos. This doesn't sound nearly as fun or energetic as Acid Rap and it's disappointing for Chance to put out a record that is this bloated and uninspired. What really struck me was how bad someI would prefer that Chance put out a tight album with a few excellent songs, but this album has no direction across its 22 tracks and some embarrassingly bad songs like Hot Shower that sound like demos. This doesn't sound nearly as fun or energetic as Acid Rap and it's disappointing for Chance to put out a record that is this bloated and uninspired. What really struck me was how bad some of these verses and the general wordplay of this album is. The chorus of "Let's Go on the Run" sounds like the Simpsons gag about RHCP's lyrics; "What I'd like is I'd like to hug and kiss you".… Expand
  35. AllElbows
    Jul 28, 2019
    3
    Very Disappointing debut album. Seems to have gone and try to fit in with trends, like songs Hot shower. No song stands out and all seem to be unmemorable.
  36. SovirakchhaiS
    Sep 11, 2019
    0
    I think this is one of the worst rap albums of all time. I have no other explanations. Just watch theneedledrop's review on it, BLUCK!
  37. chickensusu
    Feb 24, 2021
    1
    if you like this stay away from me 1/10
    if you like this stay away from me 1/10
    if you like this stay away from me 1/10
  38. Joel_Freecheck
    May 29, 2020
    3
    A sleeper of an album. Nothing of note beyond a couple good lines. Chance needs to bring that talent back on his next record.
  39. mooseles
    Aug 1, 2019
    1
    Literally one good song, Eternal. Everything else sounds like someone who's not Chance, or a Chance that's retired from creativity.
  40. Boofboof
    Aug 1, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's just so repetitive, obnoxious, and ugly. It is grossly, disgustingly happy, and it is so boring. Writing is God awful, and chance ruins his own album. Lastly, the features save songs on the album, bring it bright spots, but overall, awful. It is too long.… Expand
  41. awb5401
    Jul 29, 2019
    3
    One of the most disappointing highly anticipated projects in recent memory. I've been a fan of Chance since "10 Day". After waiting for this to come out for over 3 years, I really wanted to like this. But it's just such a major step down from all of his previous work. The flow of the album is extremely incohesive, which is a first in his entire discography. There is tons of filler on thisOne of the most disappointing highly anticipated projects in recent memory. I've been a fan of Chance since "10 Day". After waiting for this to come out for over 3 years, I really wanted to like this. But it's just such a major step down from all of his previous work. The flow of the album is extremely incohesive, which is a first in his entire discography. There is tons of filler on this thing that should've been cut from the album. The album felt like it took over 3 hours to get through. Only 5 songs that really stood out to me on a 22 track project. The production on several songs sounds downright boring. Lyrically, Chance also sounds mostly uninspired. A huge disappointment of a "debut album".… Expand
  42. Pozolaso
    Jul 30, 2019
    3
    Quizás deberías de seguir escuchando Coloring Book y Acid Rap un tiempito más hasta que Chance saque algo mejor o igual porque "spoiler alert" this album ain't good.
  43. kingmosca
    Jul 30, 2019
    1
    Chance the rapper rips off Kanye West. Has mickey mouse rhymes. His features outshine him. What else is there to say about this disappointment?
  44. Austinlarose
    Oct 23, 2019
    0
    Hot shower made me wish I was born with no ears. This album is yucky, would not recommend
  45. Haakonw
    Oct 27, 2019
    2
    Chance the rapper was one of my favorite rappers prior to this album. I loved 10 days, Acid rap, and especially Coloring Book. Sadly he took the worst parts of Coloring book, and made it into 22 track bulk of boring content.

    There is to me not a single standout with this release, and the three songs i added to my playlist has since released been skipped. The instrumentals is bland,    Chance the rapper was one of my favorite rappers prior to this album. I loved 10 days, Acid rap, and especially Coloring Book. Sadly he took the worst parts of Coloring book, and made it into 22 track bulk of boring content.

    There is to me not a single standout with this release, and the three songs i added to my playlist has since released been skipped.

    The instrumentals is bland, the lyrics ranges from bland to super corny (the airdrop line in hot shower stands out here).

    Standouts: Dababy flows nice on hot shower, sadly the beat is super empty. Nicki Minaj also deliveres. Shawn mendes has a nice voice    … Expand
  46. coopsjt998
    Jan 19, 2020
    2
    TBD lacks an overall theme and features little to no continuity. A low effort output in both production and writing, as this record features some of the corniest bars on any album this decade. TBD truly lacks any depth or substance. A poorly mixed, poorly written, and poorly conceived record. Very few highs and many, many lows.
  47. SlushyCup
    Mar 30, 2020
    2
    Wow this album is something. It starts off alright, there tracks I would rather not hear ever again like *cough cough* "I Got You (Always and Forever)." It's like sorta hit and then miss with the first 12 tracks, but after "Big Fish".. wow does it just go into the worst 10 track run in hip-hop/rap ever. It just drained me so much, I would not like to revisit this album only if you paid me.Wow this album is something. It starts off alright, there tracks I would rather not hear ever again like *cough cough* "I Got You (Always and Forever)." It's like sorta hit and then miss with the first 12 tracks, but after "Big Fish".. wow does it just go into the worst 10 track run in hip-hop/rap ever. It just drained me so much, I would not like to revisit this album only if you paid me. "Hot Shower" funny enough is the only song which has replay-ability. Maybe like almost all 7 other of the first 12 tracks I kinda liked are? Kinda scared to check and find out what is to be honest. But yeah generally the album is 2/10. Not worth the hour and 17 minutes.… Expand
  48. dubsv
    Mar 8, 2020
    0
    chance sucks n shouldn't be considered an mc this is GARBAGE plz don't waste ur time
  49. SebbyPlaysMusic
    Nov 9, 2020
    1
    I really wanted to like this.
    But now I think I'm afraid of getting married because I don't want it to do to me what it did to Chance.
    There are a handful of sections within the 22 tracks where Chance shows a little bit of that quality that got him playing at Lollapalooza off of mixtapes, but he doesn't particularly excel at anything here in a comparable fashion to his higher quality    I really wanted to like this.
    But now I think I'm afraid of getting married because I don't want it to do to me what it did to Chance.

    There are a handful of sections within the 22 tracks where Chance shows a little bit of that quality that got him playing at Lollapalooza off of mixtapes, but he doesn't particularly excel at anything here in a comparable fashion to his higher quality work like Acid Rap, nor does he give the impression that he's trying to prove anything other than his flamboyantly monogamous dedication to his newlywed (or that he's not a kid anymore, I guess? Kind of comes off backhanded against people who aren't living exactly the way he does).

    Now I'm all for artists trying new things (as risky as it may be on an official debut album after you've built a rep), but this is basically taking his identity as an artist and a person away from the interpersonal connectivity of open, unreserved socialization (and hip-hop is generally a very socially minded genre) to... very strictly the commercialized wedding / family circuit.
    It's strange to me to even call this trying something new, because Chance sounds like the majority of his rhymes are just spur-of-the-moment expressions more than anything that had any concise planning attached to it outside of a song's general premise. I don't think these tracks really do anything that I haven't heard somewhere before, either.

    Every time I find myself starting to think I might end up enjoying a song to some degree, I end up facepalming for half the track as he says something that just makes the song irredeemable. I literally cringed at least once on almost every track here. ALMOST. There were a couple tracks where I wasn't thrown a major road block on the road to enjoyment, but I was still stuck in traffic somewhere I didn't ask to go to with a broken GPS. There were maybe three spots on the album where it seemed to have some sort of naturally effective dynamic with his delivery, but unfortunately, to me, it felt like bait to keep me trying to salvage some quality from this I can actually apply positively to my life or Chance's identity in any fashion. By the time I made it to the last track on the first listen, I legitimately couldn't deal with listening to the album anymore. When I was a kid, I went to a few weddings of Polish relatives, but I don't speak Polish, and I couldn't go anywhere for hours while everyone around me was extremely intoxicated and I was all alone; This album gave me the same exact feeling of disassociation.

    I really wish the moments that made me cringe were only once or twice per track; Almost every line in the first verse of the opening song just adds to the feeling of needing to cover my face and eventually just shout "WHY!?"
    But then the second verse is like... kinda alright. Maybe in comparison? I feel a bit too disoriented when I listen to this to really tell. Regardless, that's one of the highlights of the album. It's just not worth sitting through the bad parts to get to it, or through the good parts just to let them go sour almost every single time.

    Having to sit through 77 minutes of this over 22 songs made me start to feel like I fell into a black hole where positivity goes to eat itself; Nobody is this mindlessly happy. It's legitimately worrying me. Like... is he secretly being emotionally abused by his wife and he has to write these songs in order to continue to live? What is going on here?
    I never wanted to feel this concerned for another man's happiness! What the hell did this album do to me?

    If you never understood what it's like to have all your friends get married and stop hanging out: Here it is when Chance does it.
    I know there're going to be some people out there who enjoy this album.
    More power to you for having access to excessive levels of positivity that I wish I could harness.
    But there's no way you can convince me this album is in good taste. I'm really sorry about all of this.

    Chance, I know you're not reading this because my review reflects a really bad experience regarding something you love. But you really shouldn't take it too personally because you're already so much more fortunate than your critics, you know? You're obviously damn good at what you do, it's just...
    Music has many elements to it that make it enjoyable. You've been having mastered combining these elements, with interesting timing, melodic sense, vocal timbre (post-10 Days), honest expression, dope word-play, meanings worth thinking about that apply to how we interact with other people... All of that combined creates this depth that creates fantastic music that's worth listening to on repeat and potentially living by. I think that this describes how you are on Acid Rap. That is not what I'm getting here past only getting glimpses that you can be this person. I hope your expression stays true, just don't let success get in the way of having something to yearn for.    … Expand
  50. Kmi
    Sep 18, 2020
    3
    The Big Day is a messy project. Songs range from good to decent to Hot Shower (aka Hot Garbage). There's nothing about this project that really stands out. It feels incomplete and a little bland.

    Everything blends together with there being a whopping 22 tracks. By the end, you feel empty and you just wasted more than an hour of your life on a project that had no idea what it was going    The Big Day is a messy project. Songs range from good to decent to Hot Shower (aka Hot Garbage). There's nothing about this project that really stands out. It feels incomplete and a little bland.

    Everything blends together with there being a whopping 22 tracks. By the end, you feel empty and you just wasted more than an hour of your life on a project that had no idea what it was going for. The Big Day is not in the slightest bit cohesive and a lot of the time the album's not fully realized sound doesn't make up for it.

    One reviewer put it quite nicely:
    "On Coloring Book and Acid Rap, each song, strong or weak, had the verve of a fully realized vision. On The Big Day, Chance’s mixture of reflection and fun is translated in his reliably impressive wordplay and flows, but its production palette can feel confusingly packaged and at times lacking intention. The result is a somewhat flat record that contains shades of Chance’s supreme talents, but lacks the dynamism of his previous works. It is undoubtedly Chance’s big day. But it’s hard not to feel let down."    … Expand
  51. Wrong_Opinions
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    CHANCE THE RAPPER RAPS OVER BEATS AND RAPS ABOUT HOW MUCH HE LOVES HIS WIFE
    0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10
  52. proreview0
    Apr 19, 2021
    0
    This album should have been called The Big atrocious mess

    FAV TRACKS: none.

    LEAST FAV TRACK: ALL
  53. Hounddog118
    Aug 17, 2022
    0
    Just bad. That’s it. There’s nothing else to really say about it. Absolutely brutal on the ears.
  54. JeffryBezos
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    The biggest disappointment I have ever went through. I have never wanted to gauge my ears out more listening to an album.

Awards & Rankings

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#19 Most Discussed Album of 2019
15
#15 Most Shared Album of 2019

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. The Wire
    Sep 13, 2019
    50
    This album finds itself wandering far too into pop territory, without the accompanying substance and adventure that made his preceding releases so refreshing. [Oct 2019, p.67]
  2. Sputnikmusic
    Aug 6, 2019
    80
    TBD, on the other hand, wrangles with value-laden mindlessness in a manner that is both fun and endearing. TBD succeeds, in other words, on the merit of its recontextualisation of current trends into a project that is equal parts soapbox and sellable product.
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  3. AllMusic
    Aug 1, 2019
    80
    Occasional nearsighted lyrical perspectives and three or four excellent but inessential tracks keep The Big Day from quite reaching masterpiece status, but it's still the most grown up (and the most polished) rendering of Chance's eternally bright spirit in his catalog.
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