If I Fail Are We Still Cool?

Long before Patrick Paige II knew how to rip bass, he knew he wanted to fly. he recalls. “I wanted to be in the airforce until I got older and more conscious - no, I don’t wanna drop bombs on people for no f**king reason. But flying was an obsession that started young.” It’s a fixation that permeates his forthcoming sophomore album If I Fail Are We Still Cool, a collection of tenacious affirmations stitched together with in-flight interludes and an unshakable sense of ascension. For all its surrounding community, the album remains an inherently individual journey, one that only Paige can take. If he’s already introduced us to who he is as a bassist, and later as an artist, then the album introduces us to Paige as a human, with all his vulnerabilities and insatiable ambition. Taken as a whole, it pays rhapsodic homage to who he’s always been while pushing further beyond the goal posts. “It represents everything in abundance that I’m willing to work hard for, and willing to elevate in every aspect.”

Tracks

1~1~Intro (Hard Times)
1~2~New Habits (Ft. Paco)
1~3~Big Plays (Ft. Westside McFly)
1~4~Curfew
1~5~Runway (Ft. Ohana Bam)
1~6~40000 Ft
1~7~Accountable
1~8~Aint Talkin Bout Much (Ft. Syd)
1~9~Whisper (Want My Luv) (Ft. Steve Lacy, Allen Love, Durand Bernarr)
1~10~Good Grace (Ft. Ohana Bum)
1~11~So They Say
1~12~Who Am I
1~13~West Side Player S**T (Ft. Westside McFly)
1~14~Freestyle (Ft. Saba)
1~15~Feelin Myself (Ft. Bowie)
1~16~Sun Up
1~17~Outro (Wake Up)

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Patrick Paige I I
Release Date: 30 July 2021
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
Label: Fat Possum
Distributor: Inertia Music