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With flute to string together the production, Amine brings so much charisma to the table. Referencing Portland, his hometown, he talks about growing up in Woodlawn park. This is easily the best track on the entire album. For any generic artist, following up this track would certainly be a challenge.Īmine sees this challenge and raises it one with the amazingly catchy “Woodlawn”.

If people were still sleeping on his work, this track is certainly a wake up call. The track features some of Amine’s best bars to date. He proclaims the song is the music “you’d pick your homie up from jail with”, and he isn’t wrong. Starts off with “Burden”, a statement track that is certainly a pleasant surprise. With Limbo, we finally get his most consistent, hard-hitting sound. There’s nothing inherently wrong with either projects, it just felt like Amine had much more to say through his music.

He followed up with a much sleeper, trap influenced mixtape titled ONEPOINTFIVE. Good For You was a solid first effort, but it still felt like there was something missing. Many people, myself included, never thought that he would progress past this R&B heavy track. Starting off his career with a rocky spotlight, labeled as a one hit wonder with his breakout single “Caroline”. Sitting with this album for a few weeks now, I can say with confidence that this is easily his best body of work. Going into this album, I had my fair share of worries, as his prior work was mildly inconsistent. TOURING TOURING TOURING AND MORE TOURING.After a two year long absence from music, Amine has returned with his highly anticipated sophomore effort Limbo. The thing I’m most looking forward to doing when the pandemic is over is: The thing I’m least looking forward to in 2021 is: We all tried but we all took Ls this year.Ī word or phrase I never want to hear again is: Sometimes I’d even say that I hated touring. Touring is a big part of my career and I would usually complain about how tired I would be. The mistake I learned the most from this year was: We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates I always thought it was so hard to make but I realized it was easy. Shiro, which is an Ethiopian dish my mom always made growing up. The most interesting thing I learned to cook during quarantine was: Jay-Z, because I would secretly trick him into executive producing my next album. The celebrity I’d most want to quarantine with is: I found a new love for Korean beef and jasmine rice with a little dash of teriyaki garlic sauce. I recently started cooking for the first time and actually trying recipes because I was stuck inside.

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The old-favorite movie I returned to for comfort this year was:Ī new hobby I picked up in quarantine was: And as the year comes to an end, Aminé has plenty to celebrate and look forward to in 2021: On Friday, he released a deluxe edition of Limbo with seven new tracks, and just last month notched his first Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording for “My High” with Disclosure and Slowthai.

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Still, there was plenty at home to keep him busy, including an array of TV shows and a newfound love of cooking (he says learning to make the Ethiopian dish Shiro, which his mom often made, was a personal highlight). Or, as he more succinctly described the epiphany: “Sometimes I’d even say that I hated touring. While the rapper was unable to hit the road in support of the record due to the coronavirus, he says being stuck in lockdown helped him realize how much he took the touring life for granted, even at its most grueling. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.Īfter two years since his last project, Portland rapper Aminé returned in 2020 with a new album, Limbo, that showed once again why he’s one of the most creative and compelling MCs out there.

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So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year.

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