Factory Baby, Noname’s 2nd full-length album was due to come out in 2019. Then Chicago’s finest MC (Yes, Chance and Kanye, she is Chicago’s finest MC) decided that she was leaving the music business. She dropped off a massive triple headlining tour with Chromeo and Toro u Moi. The album never saw the light of day, and she was pretty silent throughout 2020, aside from a low profile single, “Song 33” and starting a NoNameReads, a book club dedicated to uplifting the voices of POC.
Well, about a month ago or so, Noname reactivated her artist profiles on social media, teasing that she’s back. Her first track since her “return” is “Rainforest.” Her smooth, calm delivery almost makes you miss the fact that it’s a biting, no-holds-barred attack on colonialism and capitalism. If this is what we are going to expect from Factory Baby, then I’m totally on board.
“Rainforest” is available in all the usual places. More news on Factory Baby as we get it!
