The Idea of Beautiful is the debut studio album by American rapper Rapsody. It was released through her independent record label, named It's a Wonderful World Music Group on August 28, 2012. The album features guest appearances from Big Rube, Raheem DeVaughn, Ab-Soul, Mac Miller, The Cool Kids, Buckshot, Childish Gambino, GQ, Big Remo, Heather Victoria, Rocki Evans, BJ the Chicago Kid, and Nomsa Mazwai. Production on the album was handled by its members of the musical group, called The Soul Council (consisting of 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Eric Jones, AMP, Eric Gabouer, and Ka$h).
The album was released after Rapsody has been receiving a critical acclaim through her mixtapes with Return of the B-Girl (2010), Thank H.E.R. Now (2011), and For Everything (2011), alongside her debut extended play (EP), The Black Mamba (2012).
Background The album includes the production by its members of the musical group, called The Soul Council (consisting of 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Eric Jones, AMP, Eric Gabouer, and Ka$h). The album features guest appearances from Big Rube, Raheem DeVaughn, Ab-Soul, Mac Miller, The Cool Kids, Buckshot, Childish Gambino, GQ, Big Remo, Heather Victoria, Rocki Evans, BJ the Chicago Kid, and Nomsa Mazwai.
Singles and other songs The album's first single was a track, "Believe Me", and its music video was released on YouTube and two more videos were released - the songs "Kind of Love" and "The Drums". All of these music videos were directed by It's a Wonderful World Music Group's in-house director Kenneth Price.
Track listing
Sample credits "Destiny" contains a sample from "You're the One for Me" as performed by the Edwards Generation.
Personnel Keyboards: Zo! on "Motivation" Acoustic guitar: Nick Hagelin on "Good Good Love" Recording engineer: 9th Wonder, Khrysis Mixing: Khrysis Executive Producer: 9th Wonder & Rapsody Artwork and design: Warren "AMP" Hendricks Jr. Photography: Adam Sikora Cover Photo: Patrick Douthit
References
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