Controversial NFL star turned rapper Antonio Brown, has announced the release of a new album. After his recent release of Paradigm, Brown is wasting no time working on his latest project. He has dubbed his new efforts his dream project, pursuing his desire to break the unidimensional stereotype of an athlete.
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In the spirit of that particular desire, Brown has made it clear in interviews that he wants his next album to be an athlete-specific one. He has mentioned that there will be only pro athletes featuring on it with him and that they’ll have the liberty to express themselves.
Antonio Brown and his Album announcement’s reactions
Recently, the wide receiver-turned-rapper took to Twitter to remind fans that his next album is already in the works. Subsequently, there was an uproar on Twitter, anticipation, excitement along with criticism of the album.
While fans reacted to the talks about the album the release, they had different reactions. One of the fans was confused as to what Antonio Brown was saying and expressed it as such.
what language is this? i dont understand? @ABtranslatorr ?
— 𝓴𝓿𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓪#77 (@ValeKunDo) November 19, 2022
There was also some speculation about who might be featured on the album:
Locked Up ft Miles Bridges
— Brycen 🔮 (@Brycen77) November 19, 2022
AB x Le'Veon Bell track loading
— X (@LilDaddy_Bitch) November 19, 2022
There were also some comments that weren’t very eager to listen to Brown’s work:
You’re a joke. You’re a wanna be rapper. Dudes living off royalties, not album purchases
— mikey🇬🇾 (@mike_wasowski98) November 19, 2022
A surprising comment came from a fan talking about the ex-Buccaneer’s football talent:
My fav WR since 2019
— Robbie “Long Haul” Lakeman (@robert_lakeman) November 19, 2022
Some of the comments made it clear that Brown’s rapping does have a fan following:
Put that shit on
— Garret (8-1) (@FBallAnalysisYT) November 19, 2022
Whether the comments are negative or positive in nature, Antonio Brown’s announcement has certainly attracted a lot of attention. Furthermore, the rapper has made it clear where his inspiration is as well as who his prospective artists will be.
The rapper’s inspiration and prospective list
Brown has gone on the record to say that he does not want to be unidimensional. He mentioned that he feels like athletes can pursue other talents while playing professionally. He credits Shaquille O’Neal for being his inspiration.
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The wide receiver mentioned how Shaq had a platinum album while playing with the Lakers. While referring to Shaq, he also said, “He changed the fact of athletes being one-dimensional.”
The athlete-turned-rapper also mentioned that he wanted his new album to have a list of professional athletes on the feature list. He mentioned that he was eyeing players like Melvin Ingram, Shaquille O’Neal, Miles Bridges, and Darren Waller to feature on the next album.
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The upcoming album will certainly be an interesting one to listen to. Additionally, it is going to be very interesting to see which pro athletes feature on Brown’s album.
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