The “Coloring Book” Mixtape Is Black Nerd Heaven

“It seems like blessings keep falling in my lap.” We all heard the chat and keyboard clatter from around the globe when Beyoncé dropped that Lemonade joint in our laps last month. Hell, it had folks poppin’ off #Lemonade inspired fan fic and errythang! I’m not here to talk about Auntie Yoncé today though. I’m talking about the nerd blessings that we all just received. I’m talking about a nerd and his mixtape. I’m talking about the Blerd that lived, and his name is Chance the Rapper. I became acquainted with his work in December when Chance lit the stage on SNL with Sunday Candy. You can now just call me a full-fledged fan up in this piece. I know I’m not from the south side of Chicago and all but I feel like I can refer to him as my cousin from now on. Yep, that’s what I’m going to do until he tells me otherwise. So, my cousin Chance dropped that Coloring Book mixtape on May 12, 2016 and it’s streaming for two weeks on Apple Music. I’ve been stuck in the “end of the school year grading and paperwork” frenzy, so the other day I figured I’d go ahead and spin it once while sitting in front of a computer screen… LET ME TELL YOU THAT WAS THE MOST UNPRODUCTIVE DAY OF MY LIFE. I couldn’t get any work done because I was busy rewinding (yes, I said rewinding… I’m an 80’s baby) tracks making sure my ears weren’t deceiving me. Why had I been sleeping on this dude? Cat is a nerd. Like, a forreal forreal gospel-playing, bars-dropping, Black nerd! YO! I was like… “did dude just drop Pott…