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"Chase Compton "Elevated Preview""

Kansas’ own 18 year old phenom Chase Compton drops his first single, Acknowledge, from his upcoming mixtape titled Elevated Preview dropping next month. Compton is a smooth lyricist who you will be hearing a lot from in the future. His lyrics contain a lot of meaning and deliver a powerful blow. - lacrosse playground


"Chase Compton "Elevated Preview""

Kansas’ own 18 year old phenom Chase Compton drops his first single, Acknowledge, from his upcoming mixtape titled Elevated Preview dropping next month. Compton is a smooth lyricist who you will be hearing a lot from in the future. His lyrics contain a lot of meaning and deliver a powerful blow. - lacrosse playground


"Acknowledge Chase Compton"

Chase Compton drops a video for his track “Acknowledge” from his upcoming mixtape Elevated Preview. - Traps N Trunks


"Acknowledge Chase Compton"

Chase Compton drops a video for his track “Acknowledge” from his upcoming mixtape Elevated Preview. - Traps N Trunks


"Should Chase Compton Continue to Rap (Yes)"

I assume Chase Compton has an outrageous number of haters. The reasons for this assumption are threefold. The first is that he can’t stop talking about how many haters he has. Compton just released a mixtape entitled “Elevated Preview,” the overall theme of which is his battle against doubters. The second reason is that people are predisposed to hating on rich white-boy rappers, and that’s exactly what Chase Compton is. We want to hate him before we ever hear the music.

The third reason is that Chase Compton is legitimately talented, and if he weren’t, nobody would bother hating on him.

I should back up a minute. Compton, if you don’t know, is the son of Lawrence, Kansas real estate mogul Doug Compton. Anybody not from Kansas reading this will laugh at that sentence, but chances are very high that if you lived in Lawrence for any significant period of time, you lived in a property owned by Doug Compton. He is one of the biggest names in the city, and one of its wealthiest citizens. He has zebras. One of his sons is a video coordinator for the Kansas basketball team. The other is Chase, who is 18 years old.

This, I imagine, has done nothing but accelerate the number of so-called “haters” in Chase’s life. There’s the basic jealousy, and on top of it a lot of people hate their landlords. Your first instinct is to go, “Oh sure, Doug Compton’s kid thinks he’s a rapper. This should be hilarious.”

And then you listen to the music and … by golly, he’s good. He’s very good.

Well, talented. He’s talented. If “Elevated Preview” is an indication of where he is as an artist, then he still hasn’t found his voice. He sounds like a rapper, his songs are well produced, his lyrics are creative and interesting and he can certainly ride a beat.

But there is a certain tone-deafness to this mixtape that’s hard to overlook. It begins on the intro track, which ends with a clip from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. The words themselves fit nicely into a rap album about dreaming, but the implication that Compton’s “struggle” is in any way analogous to MLK’s is the stuff facepalms are made of.

So that tells you where we’re headed with this mixtape.

The best song on it is “Cold War,” which includes the line, “Don’t judge me by my skin, judge me by my wins. Judge me by my nows, but never by my thens.” Thematically, the song is about the coldness of the world, and the song is genuinely good. But when you know some of the biographical information about the rapper, lines like “I got the keys to my city like a dealership” only remind you that Chase Compton literally does have access to more keys in the city of Lawrence than anybody else.

Later, Chase raps that he has “lost some homies to boozin’,” which nobody is going to believe, even if it’s true.

The tape reaches its greatest heights, as you would expect, in its moments of greatest honesty. When Chase raps, ”No diploma. Poppa pissed but he won’t show it,” we all believe that. There’s another line about how he couldn’t do an office job.

In these moments, he taps into a generational sentiment. Ours is the generation that does not want to make a living by traditional means. We are the “How To Make It In America” generation. The “extended adolescence” generation. We want to start T-shirt companies or build snowboards. Anything but work for the man and buy a 3/2 with a picket fence.

Every single one of us thinks we’re special, and Compton is at his best when he’s swimming along that vein.

The rhetorical thrust of “Elevated Preview” is mainly a justification for the existence of “Elevated Preview,” and that’s actually a good thing. It is an attempt to convince the listener that this needed to happen (against all odds). This is a sentiment the Millennial Generation intuitively understands, and in that way the mixtape is a success.

Compton is only 18, so I suspect he will find his voice with more clarity in future efforts. He’s on the right path, but nobody wants to hear Martin Luther King introduce a mixtape by a rich white kid from Kansas.

And if that makes me a hater, well, I guess I’m not surprised. - The Club House


"Should Chase Compton Continue to Rap (Yes)"

I assume Chase Compton has an outrageous number of haters. The reasons for this assumption are threefold. The first is that he can’t stop talking about how many haters he has. Compton just released a mixtape entitled “Elevated Preview,” the overall theme of which is his battle against doubters. The second reason is that people are predisposed to hating on rich white-boy rappers, and that’s exactly what Chase Compton is. We want to hate him before we ever hear the music.

The third reason is that Chase Compton is legitimately talented, and if he weren’t, nobody would bother hating on him.

I should back up a minute. Compton, if you don’t know, is the son of Lawrence, Kansas real estate mogul Doug Compton. Anybody not from Kansas reading this will laugh at that sentence, but chances are very high that if you lived in Lawrence for any significant period of time, you lived in a property owned by Doug Compton. He is one of the biggest names in the city, and one of its wealthiest citizens. He has zebras. One of his sons is a video coordinator for the Kansas basketball team. The other is Chase, who is 18 years old.

This, I imagine, has done nothing but accelerate the number of so-called “haters” in Chase’s life. There’s the basic jealousy, and on top of it a lot of people hate their landlords. Your first instinct is to go, “Oh sure, Doug Compton’s kid thinks he’s a rapper. This should be hilarious.”

And then you listen to the music and … by golly, he’s good. He’s very good.

Well, talented. He’s talented. If “Elevated Preview” is an indication of where he is as an artist, then he still hasn’t found his voice. He sounds like a rapper, his songs are well produced, his lyrics are creative and interesting and he can certainly ride a beat.

But there is a certain tone-deafness to this mixtape that’s hard to overlook. It begins on the intro track, which ends with a clip from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. The words themselves fit nicely into a rap album about dreaming, but the implication that Compton’s “struggle” is in any way analogous to MLK’s is the stuff facepalms are made of.

So that tells you where we’re headed with this mixtape.

The best song on it is “Cold War,” which includes the line, “Don’t judge me by my skin, judge me by my wins. Judge me by my nows, but never by my thens.” Thematically, the song is about the coldness of the world, and the song is genuinely good. But when you know some of the biographical information about the rapper, lines like “I got the keys to my city like a dealership” only remind you that Chase Compton literally does have access to more keys in the city of Lawrence than anybody else.

Later, Chase raps that he has “lost some homies to boozin’,” which nobody is going to believe, even if it’s true.

The tape reaches its greatest heights, as you would expect, in its moments of greatest honesty. When Chase raps, ”No diploma. Poppa pissed but he won’t show it,” we all believe that. There’s another line about how he couldn’t do an office job.

In these moments, he taps into a generational sentiment. Ours is the generation that does not want to make a living by traditional means. We are the “How To Make It In America” generation. The “extended adolescence” generation. We want to start T-shirt companies or build snowboards. Anything but work for the man and buy a 3/2 with a picket fence.

Every single one of us thinks we’re special, and Compton is at his best when he’s swimming along that vein.

The rhetorical thrust of “Elevated Preview” is mainly a justification for the existence of “Elevated Preview,” and that’s actually a good thing. It is an attempt to convince the listener that this needed to happen (against all odds). This is a sentiment the Millennial Generation intuitively understands, and in that way the mixtape is a success.

Compton is only 18, so I suspect he will find his voice with more clarity in future efforts. He’s on the right path, but nobody wants to hear Martin Luther King introduce a mixtape by a rich white kid from Kansas.

And if that makes me a hater, well, I guess I’m not surprised. - The Club House


"Chase Compton "Elevated Preview""

Showing just how far hip hop has come, Chase Compton is a rapper from Lawrence, Kansas. Last year, he dropped his Elevated Preview mixtape. Though it was released last year, the mixtape continues to make its rounds and it includes a freestyle of Mike Jones’ “Still Tippin.” - Hip-Hop Vibe


"Chase Compton "Elevated Preview""

Showing just how far hip hop has come, Chase Compton is a rapper from Lawrence, Kansas. Last year, he dropped his Elevated Preview mixtape. Though it was released last year, the mixtape continues to make its rounds and it includes a freestyle of Mike Jones’ “Still Tippin.” - Hip-Hop Vibe


"New music from Chase Compton"

With his boyish good looks and youthful demeanor, Chase Compton resembles a thug version of Justin Bieber. While the teen idol’s pop music propelled him to stardom, the Lawrence-based Compton is counting on hip-hop to bring him fame and fortune. Based on the head-turning quality of his free new mixtape “Elevated Preview,” Compton may very well see his dream fulfilled.

Compton, 18, has collaborated with Kansas City rapper Dutch Newman and has served as an opening act for Machine Gun Kelly and XV. His next big show is an opening slot for Asher Roth at the Granada on Nov. 15.

“(D)on’t judge me by my skin,” Compton implores listeners on “Elevated Preview.” Yet it’s almost impossible not to group him with other high-pitched rappers burdened with pigmentation deficiencies. His flow may be patterned on Kanye West, but Compton sounds like a white teen. Compton’s source material betrays a superior taste in music. “Elevated Preview” opens with a sample of Janelle Monae’s “Cold War.” He alludes to Machine Gun Kelly’s “Wild Boy” as he freestyles over Mike Jones’ 2004 hit “Still Tippin’.” “Destiny” uses the XX’s “Angels” as its intoxicating foundation.

The smoky psychedelia of Compton’s “West Side” is an audacious copy of the A$AP Rocky hit “Peso.” Compton raps over Kendrick Lamar’s “The Recipe” on “Recipe 420.” “Reflection 1994” is an imaginative rehash of Drake’s “Over My Dead Body.”

While he claims to be a “lyrical genius,” Compton’s worldview is largely limited to articulating his obsessions with his career. It’s hard to take his raps about paying dues, deferring dreams and cultivating an army of haters seriously. His suggestion that Jay-Z, Kanye West, Eminem, The Game and even the late Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac have transferred their talents to him is laughable.

A few audaciously awful missteps don’t help his cause. Compton’s most unfortunate line — “she got back like Rosa” — is an unseemly comparison of a woman’s physical attributes to the actions of a leading figure of the civil rights movement. He also conflates his personal career aspirations with Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.

Explaining that “this is only a preview,” Compton intends to release a modified version of the 33-minute “Elevated Preview” as a commercial release. The mixtape includes an extended monologue from a documentary on Mike Tyson. It’s appropriate he finds inspiration in Tyson’s fiery passion. Compton is a legitimate contender.
- Ink Magazine (Kansas City)


"New music from Chase Compton"

With his boyish good looks and youthful demeanor, Chase Compton resembles a thug version of Justin Bieber. While the teen idol’s pop music propelled him to stardom, the Lawrence-based Compton is counting on hip-hop to bring him fame and fortune. Based on the head-turning quality of his free new mixtape “Elevated Preview,” Compton may very well see his dream fulfilled.

Compton, 18, has collaborated with Kansas City rapper Dutch Newman and has served as an opening act for Machine Gun Kelly and XV. His next big show is an opening slot for Asher Roth at the Granada on Nov. 15.

“(D)on’t judge me by my skin,” Compton implores listeners on “Elevated Preview.” Yet it’s almost impossible not to group him with other high-pitched rappers burdened with pigmentation deficiencies. His flow may be patterned on Kanye West, but Compton sounds like a white teen. Compton’s source material betrays a superior taste in music. “Elevated Preview” opens with a sample of Janelle Monae’s “Cold War.” He alludes to Machine Gun Kelly’s “Wild Boy” as he freestyles over Mike Jones’ 2004 hit “Still Tippin’.” “Destiny” uses the XX’s “Angels” as its intoxicating foundation.

The smoky psychedelia of Compton’s “West Side” is an audacious copy of the A$AP Rocky hit “Peso.” Compton raps over Kendrick Lamar’s “The Recipe” on “Recipe 420.” “Reflection 1994” is an imaginative rehash of Drake’s “Over My Dead Body.”

While he claims to be a “lyrical genius,” Compton’s worldview is largely limited to articulating his obsessions with his career. It’s hard to take his raps about paying dues, deferring dreams and cultivating an army of haters seriously. His suggestion that Jay-Z, Kanye West, Eminem, The Game and even the late Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac have transferred their talents to him is laughable.

A few audaciously awful missteps don’t help his cause. Compton’s most unfortunate line — “she got back like Rosa” — is an unseemly comparison of a woman’s physical attributes to the actions of a leading figure of the civil rights movement. He also conflates his personal career aspirations with Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.

Explaining that “this is only a preview,” Compton intends to release a modified version of the 33-minute “Elevated Preview” as a commercial release. The mixtape includes an extended monologue from a documentary on Mike Tyson. It’s appropriate he finds inspiration in Tyson’s fiery passion. Compton is a legitimate contender.
- Ink Magazine (Kansas City)


"Chase Compton "Elevated Preview""

FINALLY HERE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, long awaited mixtape, ever since he’s dropped by us “Acknowledge.” Chase Compton, the 18 year young prodigy straight out of Lawrence, Kansas, released Elevated Preview only minutes ago. One of your biggest mistakes would be missing this one today so do yourself a favor and stream the tape, I’d suggest making it easy on yourself and downloading the entire tape now. - SuperBangers


"Chase Compton "Elevated Preview""

FINALLY HERE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, long awaited mixtape, ever since he’s dropped by us “Acknowledge.” Chase Compton, the 18 year young prodigy straight out of Lawrence, Kansas, released Elevated Preview only minutes ago. One of your biggest mistakes would be missing this one today so do yourself a favor and stream the tape, I’d suggest making it easy on yourself and downloading the entire tape now. - SuperBangers


Discography

C3 Presents Chase Compton (2009)

Midnight Music (2010)

Elevated Preview (2012)

Wake Up Coming fall of 2013

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Bio

Chase Compton was born January 21, 1994 in Lawrence,Kansas. This rapper/songwriter started his musical aspirations at the age of 15. Chase has released three projects with another one on the way so far in his career and has been building his awareness throughout the Midwest region. Chase caught the attention of his peers with the release of "Midnight Music" in 2010. Fans were growing daily and more show opportunities came his way in a matter of months. Midnight Music propelled him into his first big show as the main support at the Section 8 music festival. Chase has blessed the stage with the likes of Juicy J, Chevy Woods, Problem, Dubo, Chris Webby, MGK, Currensy, Talib kweli, TimeFlies, Asher Roth, Berner, XV, T Mills, Kid Ink, Mac Miller, Big Krit, Wiz Khalifa, and Smoke Dza. During the fall of 2012 came the release of "Elevated Preview". The response was unbelievable and the first single "Acknowledge" visuals received over 40 thousand views via YouTube and 150 thousand views on gorilla leak hip-hop music site. The spring of 2013 took Chase to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas where he performed at 3 official showcases. One month later Chase was invited to accompany Chevy Woods as support on the Good Stock tour. Chase is now spinning on 14 major college radio stations throughout the country and has been named a headliner for the music festival “Dancefestopia” in Kansas City. Needless to say Chase is working his heart out to make good music. He is always saying that "this is for the fans." So, what started as a hobby has now turned into something special. His "Wake Up” project is coming soon. This Phenom ''CHASE COMPTON" is the Real Deal. Just you wait and see....