{"id":6595,"date":"2026-05-10T16:46:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:02:24","slug":"isaiah-rashad-i-didnt-plan-a-five-year-gap-between-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6595","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah Rashad \u2014 I Didn\u2019t Plan A Five-Year Gap Between Albums"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most respected artists on the Top Dawg roster for more than a decade, Isaiah Rashad didn\u2019t exactly plan for the five-year gaps between his albums. After 2016\u2019s The Sun\u2019s Tirade, a well-received debut, it took until 2021 for the Chattanooga rapper\u2019s full-length return The House Is Burning. Fast-forward to 2026, and his IT\u2019S BEEN AWFUL opener \u201cTHE NEW SUBLIME\u201d appears all too ready to catch his fans up with what\u2019s been happening.<\/p>\n

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Much like the album title, the slow-burning track sets a dour tone for his third album, a beautifully constructed audio document full of confessions and contemplations. As if mirroring his emotional state, the tempo soon rises for \u201cM.O.M.\u201d\u2014short for \u201cman on a mission\u201d\u2014and dips on the 808-laden single \u201cSAME SH!T,\u201d each focused on family ties and the intertwined imperative to hustle.<\/p>\n

He explores flaws and failings along the way, the comedown on \u201cHAPPY HOUR\u201d as consequential as the preceding highs. Between the rehab stints mentioned on \u201cAIN\u2019T GIVIN\u2019 UP\u201d and the reflections of lust\u2019s compound impact on \u201cACT NORMAL,\u201d he\u2019s not only been through a lot but he\u2019s processing it.<\/p>\n

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Unlike The House Is Burning, which included a substantial number of features, Rashad limits the other voices here to a scarce few, admittedly in line with its highly personal nature. Among these are SZA, who tells it like it is on the deceptively peppy \u201cBOY IN RED,\u201d and Dominic Fike, who lends melodic support on the ethereal highlight \u201cCAMERAS.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of the most respected artists on the Top Dawg roster for more than a decade, Isaiah Rashad didn\u2019t exactly plan for the five-year gaps between his albums. After 2016\u2019s The Sun\u2019s Tirade, a well-received debut, it took until 2021 for the Chattanooga rapper\u2019s full-length return The House Is Burning. Fast-forward to 2026, and his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[346],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6598,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions\/6598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}