The young Maryland rapper/producer redveil has never reminded me of Chance The Rapper until this moment. Today, redveil follows “square one,” the impressive single that he released earlier this year, with “brown sugar,” a cutesy, flirty new track with a singsong chorus that definitely has a lot of Coloring Book-era Chance in its DNA. It’s even got a video where redveil dresses up all nice and a verse from Chicago/St. Louis great Smino, a frequent Chance collaborator from back in the day. (Smino is even on Chance’s new album Star Line.)
