--- title: Chance the Rapper Drops New Mixtape, 'Coloring Book' description: Almost exactly a year after the release of his collaborative album Surf, Chance the Rapper has dropped a new mixtape, Coloring Book. canonical: https://time.com/4329035/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-13T08:24:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:31:33.385Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Chance the Rapper Drops New Mixtape 'Coloring Book' og:description: The mixtape features Justin Bieber, T-Pain and Kanye West og:url: https://time.com/4329035/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb4b4d289b5abc78/6988930df887dc516de95d6e/gettyimages-518486630.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: SoundCloud Go Launch og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chance the Rapper Drops New Mixtape 'Coloring Book' twitter:description: The mixtape features Justin Bieber, T-Pain and Kanye West twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb4b4d289b5abc78/6988930df887dc516de95d6e/gettyimages-518486630.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chance the Rapper Drops New Mixtape _Coloring Book_ by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins May 13, 2016 8:24 AM CUT  Hip-hop artist Chance The Rapper performs during the SoundCloud Go Launch at Flash Factory on March 31, 2016 in New York City. Hip-hop artist Chance The Rapper performs during the SoundCloud Go Launch at Flash Factory on March 31, 2016 in New York City.Mike Pont—Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins May 13, 2016 8:24 AM CUT Almost exactly a year after the release of his collaborative album _Surf,_ Chance the Rapper has [dropped](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/coloring-book/id1113239004 "undefined") a new mixtape, called _Coloring Book._ The Chicago rapper’s new fourteen-track project is his third solo mixtape. Smooth and subtly cerebral, it showcases contributions from a diverse host of musicians, including Justin Bieber, T-Pain, and Kanye West. (The 23-year-old Chance, who has worked with West before, [told](http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/chance-the-rapper-acid-rap/#%5F "undefined") _Interview Magazine_ that he “found out \[he\] wanted to be a rapper” after discovering West’s 2004 debut album _The College Dropout._) _Coloring Book_ is available to stream and download on Apple Music, but a player widget featuring the mixtape is available at _Consequence of Sound,_ which [reported](http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/chance-the-rapper-releases-new-mixtape-coloring-book-stream-download/ "undefined") the release Thursday night. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4329035/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4329035/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book/"},"headline":"Chance the Rapper Drops New Mixtape Coloring Book","datePublished":"2016-05-13T08:24:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:31:33.385Z","description":"Justin Bieber, T-Pain and Kanye West all contributed to it","url":"https://time.com/4329035/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book/","keywords":["Music","rap","Kanye West","chance the rapper"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb4b4d289b5abc78/6988930df887dc516de95d6e/gettyimages-518486630.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb4b4d289b5abc78/6988930df887dc516de95d6e/gettyimages-518486630.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SoundCloud Go Launch","caption":"SoundCloud Go Launch","creditText":"Mike Pont—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4329035/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book/","name":"Chance the Rapper Drops New Mixtape Coloring Book"}}]}] ```