On November 22, 2016, the music video for "Braille", which was directed by PANAMÆRA, was released. The song features a guest appearance from New York City-based rapper Bas, while the production was handled by WondaGurl. Ab-Soul released the album's second single, titled "Braille", on October 28, 2016. "Huey Knew" is listed as "Huey Knew THEN" on the album's track-listing. The music video for "Huey Knew", was released on October 14, 2016. It features production by TDE's in-house producer Willie B, as well as a guest appearance from New Jersey-based rapper Dash. "Huey Knew" was released on September 30, 2016, as the album's lead single. On December 7, 2016, Ab-Soul released the music video, directed by PANAMÆRA, for a song titled "D.R.U.G.S." On December 13, 2016, Ab-Soul released another music video, this one directed by APLUS Filmz, for the album's intro, "RAW (backwards)". On December 6, Ab-Soul unveiled the album's cover art and track-listing. The announcement of the release date coincided with the release of the song "Threatening Nature", on TDE's SoundCloud page. On December 5, 2016, Ab-Soul announced on his Twitter feed that DWTW was scheduled to be released on December 9, 2016. That's just one of those that resonated with me the most. That's what that quote means to me, and you know I'm a man of quotes. Something that's supported by love and passion. Not necessarily 'do what you wanna do'-'cause that's kinda chaotic-but do what you will to do. In a December 2016 interview, with Hypebeast, Ab-Soul shared the title comes from a quote from English occultist Aleister Crowley: I think that that cover is a proper depiction of. "But the tone of the album, you can get that from it. I think this album kinda called for that type of sincerity." He said the photographer wanted to "capture his angst" but "I'm a happy guy," he said, smiling. I knew that it was something that the people wanted to see from me. In December 2016, in an interview with HotNewHipHop, Ab-Soul spoke on the album's cover artwork, revealing why he's not featured with his trademark sunglasses: "With the light sensitivity, I knew it would be difficult, but I was up to the challenge. On June 8, 2016, Ab-Soul revealed that he had finished the new album and then turned it in for audio mixing. He completed the post with the hashtag "DWTW", presumably the acronym to his album title, to which he kept alluding. On July 14, 2015, Ab-Soul gave more updates on the album: "My album's almost done." he wrote on Twitter, adding, "It's a love story". Upon returning from the tour, Ab-Soul began recording new material as early as February 2015. through the TDE label, Ab-Soul embarked on a national concert tour. In 2014, after the release of his third album, These Days. In 2007, Ab-Soul signed a deal with Top Dawg Entertainment. The album was supported by two singles: "Huey Knew" and "Braille". The record serves as the follow-up to his previous studio effort, These Days. It was released on December 9, 2016, by Top Dawg Entertainment. is the fourth studio album by American rapper Ab-Soul. It seems that he has remembered: the most poignant discovery is that of one's own character.Do What Thou Wilt. He mourns Mac Miller and ponders drug dependency, wrestles with survivor's guilt and challenges his own inactivity. Soul leans into his usual imagery - the crown of thorns, puzzles and chakras, stardust and galaxies - but here he draws upon it to think about self-improvement. The beat is built around a swirling sample of Nick Hakim's "Green Twins," which seems to echo in the background as drums click into place before him. Trying to do better is a common theme in his songs, working through the big questions to get at more personal answers, but here he puts the onus on himself explicitly. His new song, "Do Better," resurfaces the Ab-Soul at the root of even his most outlandish music - the curious, trenchant around-the-way philosopher. On his last album, Do What Thou Wilt., from 2016, he got so tangled in the threads of string theory that he lost the plot entirely. He not only lost his sense of reason chasing conspiracy theories, but also the grounded outlook that made his wordplay so bracing. But soon his chosen rap position as the stoned overthinker started to spiral out of control. As one of TDE's original four, he helped build the label's rep as a rap powerhouse with epigrammatic lyricism that attempted the heady work of unraveling the mysteries of the universe.
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