For Brim, it was important to recruit hip-hop heavyweight Fabolous and R&B newcomer Arin Ray because not only is he a fan of their work, but their individual sounds blend perfectly with the sound that he’s working to create.

“Anybody I worked with on this project was somebody that I'm a fan of,” Brim said. “I feel like for the tone of the music that I'm trying to create, which I call ‘happy Black,’ is just letting Black people be the purest versions of themselves and not really having to subscribe to the DNA of the music industry.”

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