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Fresh off a brief Euro tour with Slum Village,Olskool Ice-Gre and E.P. Da Hellcat, also known as the Chicago Hip-Hop duo Abstract Mindstate, took to Instagram today (7/1/2025) to officially announce the release date for their long-awaited new album The Art Project. Produced entirely by Young RJ of Slum Village, the album is finally set to release on July 18 via Honest Music/Barak With Love/Vydia. To hold fans over in this homestretch, the duo shares their new Sly Pyper-assisted single “Who Would’ve Thunk It” as a 24-hour free download, exclusively via Bandcamp.
“This song is about a perfect relationship going south. If you’ve actively been in the dating scene you’ve probably experienced one of those where it felt like the stars aligned and it can’t possibly get any better. Then, out of nowhere, it takes a turn for the worse. And you and everyone around the relationship can’t believe it ended. All you can say is ‘Who Would’ve Thunk It’… It’s a conversation we’ve never put into song as a duo, but we’ve both experienced this in our own personal lives.” – Olskool Ice Gre
Stream/download “Who Would’ve Thunk It” here.
The Art Project is a result of the undeniable chemistry established between Slum Village and Abstract Mindstate while the two groups toured the Pacific Northwest and Europe together in 2022 and 2024, respectively. The album will serve as the duo’s full-length follow-up to their 2021 Kanye West-produced album Dreams Still Inspire.
Pre-order/save The Art Project here. See the full tracklist below:
1· The Red Carpet Intro
2· Feature Presentation
3· “Bar Louie” ft. David Banner (music video)
4· Art 101 (3) Art Fundamentals
5· Hypophora feat. John Forte
6· “The Get Down” ft. Slum Village (lyric video)
7· Art 210 (3) Visual Thinking
8· Still Inspired
9· Perilous Rotation feat. J.Ivy
10· Art 453 (3) Seminar on Aesthetics
11· This One’s For You
12· Who Would’ve Thunk It feat. Sly Pyper
13· Art 403 (3) Design
14· Conjugality feat. Kaye Fox
15· L.O.L
16· Art 206 (3) Art Appreciation
17· Gravity feat. Brittney Carter
18· Church Shoes 2 feat. Blu & Day Underscore
19· Art 222 (3) Art History
Today’s news arrives on the heels of Abstract Mindstate’s recent nomination in two categories for The Hollywood Independent Music Awards: “Adult Contemporary Hip-Hop” and “Rap/Hip-Hop”.
Abstract Mindstate is also set to release Still Paying…An Abstract European Experience, a short film documenting their first tour with Slum Village in 2024, this summer. Watch the trailer here.
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