Saba released the amazing Care For Me.
Chicago strong.
Incredibly fun and rewarding to watch Saba grow as an artist. I vividly remember my old coworker, maybe five years ago, telling me I need to pay attention to “this kid Saba, he’s really doing something special.” I’ve been a fan ever since.
Last year, Saba’s cousin was stabbed to death in Chicago after a brief scuffle on the train. The killer tailed him for half a block before fleeing, just to make sure he would die. The way Saba raps about his cousin—born Walter Long Jr., who performed as dinnerwithjohn and was a founding member of Saba’s Pivot Gang crew—you’d think he was magical, kissed by fortune his entire life. He was Saba’s mentor, his wingman, dauntless and deathless until, suddenly, he wasn’t.
PIVOT!