HOPE by NF
On his second LP, the gospel-inspired rapper talks about coping with fame. After his debut album, <i>Mansion</i>, reached the top 10 of Billboard’s US rap chart in 2015, Michigan rapper NF (born Nate Feuerstein) felt intense pressure to keep his stride. He opens <i>Therapy Session</i> with an earnest question: "I’m back, did anyone miss me? They said the second record could be tricky." Feuerstein is known for his raw honesty and powerful pacing, and uses this album to weigh the dark sides of celebrity (including gruesome death threats) against his gratitude. "I get emotional, I didn’t plan this," he confesses on "Intro 2". "I’m doing things I never imagined."
