The Belgian rapper shared the track Chrome last Friday, before announcing the album’s release, scheduled for November 15. The 32-year-old musician returns to the forefront of the music scene, a year after declaring his intention to take a break until May 2025.
It’s better not to believe Damso on his word. While the Belgian rapper announced over a year ago that he would be taking a break and returning in 2025, With what should be the last album of his career, he is already back. On his social networks, he announced the release of J’ai menti son forthcoming album, due November 15, and unveiled the first single Chrome – available on all music streaming platforms since Friday 1er November. The man nicknamed “Dems” launches the start of a crazy period, much to the delight of his many fans.
Starting with private listening sessions, organized at Brussels (November 6), Montreal, Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Not to listen to the new single, but to listen to the whole record, whose title is rather well thought-out. ” I’m taking a break, buying a camper van, and you won’t hear from me again until May 30, 2025, when I release “BEYAH”, which will be my very last album. “, he launched after performing at the V & B festival in Château-Gontier. (Mayenne) in August 2023. ” The end of an era The announced “end of an era” seems to have been a decoy, as Damso was already preparing his premature comeback. It’s hard to hang up the gloves when you’ve been treading the boards since 2015 and racked up 14.3 million listens in 24 hours on the release of your latest opus. QALF (2020).
ChromeDamso’s outlet
I liedis the kind of project in which “Dems” lets off steam. And, as usual, he doesn’t pull any punches. In Chromeprobably the album’s opening track, we quickly understand the Belgian rapper’s intentions. ” F*ck you “, we hear after a few seconds on a bewitching rhythm, full of infrabasses and oppressive sounds, before the lyrics ” Black Chrome ” – to evoke a firearm – ” shoot in the skin “and references to Martin Luther King and Malcolm.
” You haven’t even broken through that they’re already saying you rapped better before “
Damso in his track Chrome
As the minute passes – on the 2″50′ of music – we observe a change of tempo, with Damso rapping in a completely different register, in a much more dynamic, violent, fast way, uttering lyrics each more brutal than the next: ” Trace of cannon in retinal examination “, ” the fight “, ” headbutt to the jaw “, ” I like it when the blood spreads “… Before concluding: ” You haven’t even broken through that they’re already saying you used to rap better! “. Great atmosphere.
Booba lashes out at Damso
With such a comeback, Damso drew a lot of reactions, including negative reviews, including Booba’shis former mentor. ” The piece is a disaster, reacted the French rapper from 92. Holy Dems ! Not only does it reek of m*rde, but it’s also copy-pasted. “A copy and paste, according to him, of the title Press by the American artist Cardi B (2019), with which he sees a striking similarity. Booba also called his former protégé ” crazy ” and ” unbalanced “, claiming that Damso was ” doomed to failure “.
Beautiful words that Damso may or may not find worth listening to. For the moment, his album is shaping up to be one of the events of the year in the world of urban music. Just minutes after the launch of pre-orders for J’ai menti and listening sessions, the site was already displaying ” Out of stock “. The 32-year-old rapper also announced that Angèle – with whom he had collaborated on the track Demons in 2021 – Kalash CriminelMichkavie and Kalash will be the “featurings” on his next album, intended to be the penultimate of his career, before BEYAH in May 2025.