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Fly Anakin by Will Pippin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY QUELLE CHRIS
SHARES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “THE TIMES” & “CORNER POCKET” FEATURING QUELLE CHRIS, BBYMUTHA & THE ALCHEMIST
Richmond, Virginia’s Fly Anakin releases his new album (The) Forever Dream. Executive produced by Quelle Chris, Anakin’s second studio album finds him embracing a more ambitious and adventurous iteration of his sound, guided by his new creative partnership with Quelle. Celebrating the album’s release, Anakin is also sharing a new two-part music video for “The Times” and the previously-unheard album cut “Corner Pocket”, directed by award-winning filmmaker Phillip Youmans (Smino, Jon Batiste, Michael Kiwanuka) and featuring Quelle Chris, BbyMutha and The Alchemist.
(The) Forever Dream represents a newfound creative freedom for Anakin, working side-by-side with Quelle Chris to craft casually conceived songs that register among the most experimental and unpredictable tracks he’s ever made. Combining Anakin’s decade-spanning reputation of being an incisive and masterful lyricist, with Quelle’s free-wheeling, sharp production style, the duo are polar opposites and a match made in heaven. Anakin’s writing on his second studio album continues to strike his distinctive balance of honest and personal anecdotes, with the clear and effortless humor that he’s always included in his work. Beyond Quelle, Anakin also enlisted collaborators both familiar and new on (The) Forever Dream, including Pink Siifu, BbyMutha, The Alchemist, $ilkMoney, lojii, Nickelus F, Turich Benjy, Demae, and of course, Mutant Academy brethren Big Kahuna OG and Sycho Sid.
Over the last decade, Anakin’s carved out a singular path for himself in hip-hop with an unparalleled consistency of Mutant Academy releases and a prolific run of solo projects. He entered new territory off the breakout success of his widely-celebrated joint album with Pink Siifu, FlySiifu’s, and the accompanying $mokebreak EP a year later. Those projects opened up a new sound and community for Anakin who has seized on that project’s success to cement himself as a leader in rap’s underground renaissance with his critically-acclaimed studio debut album Frank in 2022, which landed on best of the year lists at Bandcamp, HipHopDX, OkayPlayer, Uproxx and more. His subsequent dual-sided mixtape series with Mutant Academy producer Foisey, Skinemaxxx, demonstrated that he could be versatile and adapt to more experimental and boisterous production, leading to Pitchfork describing him as “the single best pure rapper in the scene.”
Fly Anakin
(The) Forever Dream
Lex Records
April 25, 2025
1. Good Clothes (feat. Demae)
2. Teen Summit
3. My N*gga (feat. Quelle Chris, $ilkmoney & Big Kahuna OG)
4. Lil One (Intro)
5. Lil One
6. CheckOnMe (feat. lojii)
7. NOTTOOSHABBY (feat. Quelle Chris, Nickelus F & $ilkmoney)
8. Lord Forgives, I Hold Grudges (feat. Denmark Vessey & Pink Siifu)
9. The Times
10. Forever Dream (Interlude)
11. Forever Dream
12. Corner Pocket (feat. Quelle Chris & BbyMutha)
13. Dr Phil [skit] (feat. Psycho Sid)
14. YOUGOTME!!
15. Foreverever Dream (Interlude)
16. Say Thank You (feat. Pink Siifu & Turich Benjy)
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