At Metacritic, the mixtape received an average score of 86, based on 21 critics, which indicates "universal acclaim." It was also nominated for Best Mixtape at the 2013's BET Hip Hop Awards. Acid Rap was strongly praised by music critics and fans alike. Chance enlisted the guest vocalists from Twista, Vic Mensa, Saba, BJ the Chicago Kid, Action Bronson, Childish Gambino and Ab-Soul. Since the release of his mixtape, the record has been downloaded over one million times. On April 30, 2013, Chance released his second mixtape, Acid Rap, on DatPiff. Gambino asked Bennett to join on his first concert tour of North America as his opening act. In July 2012, Bennett appeared on American rapper Childish Gambino's sixth mixtape, Royalty, on the track, called "They Don't Like Me". Career 2012-15: Acid Rap and The Social Experiment The mixtape grabbed the attention of Forbes magazine, which featured it in the publication's Cheap Tunes column. The mixtape was well received locally and helped Bennett make connections with producers such as Chuck Inglish, Kenny Jame$, and Blended Babies. In February 2012, Bennett was highlighted as one of Complex magazine's "10 New Chicago Rappers to Watch Out For." Bennett says he spent "about eight months recording, writing and making connections off of the hunger to put out something." Bennett released the mixtape on Apand it has since been downloaded over 300,000 times via Datpiff. In December 2011, he released a song titled "Windows", and publicly announced his 10 Day project.
Following a 10-day suspension in early 2011 during his senior year for possessing marijuana on campus, Bennett recorded his first full-length project, a mixtape titled 10 Day (also known as #10Day). Īt Jones College Prep High School, some of his teachers ridiculed his aspirations to become a musician. He mentioned in an interview that fellow Chicago native Kanye West's 2004 debut album The College Dropout was the first hip-hop album that he ever purchased and listened to, previously being into soul and jazz. Many of Chance's earliest performances took place at the YOUmedia Lyricist Loft at Harold Washington Library in Chicago. In his freshman year at Jones College Prep High School, Chance formed the hip-hop duo Instrumentality with a friend.
Williams-Bennett, who is now a deputy chief of staff to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, dreamed that his son might one day hold office. His father, Ken Williams-Bennett, was an aide to former Chicago mayor Harold Washington and worked for then-Senator Barack Obama. His younger brother, Taylor Bennett, is also a Chicago rapper.
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