{"id":22612,"date":"2025-05-16T18:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/amine-3-months-of-sunshine-album-amine-releases-new-rap-album\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:18:55","slug":"amine-3-months-of-sunshine-album-amine-releases-new-rap-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/amine-3-months-of-sunshine-album-amine-releases-new-rap-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Amin\u00e9 \u2013 3 Months of Sunshine Album &#8211; Amin\u00e9 releases new rap album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amin\u00e9 releases his third full-length solo studio album 13 Months of Sunshine via 10K Projects. The follow-up to his 2020 album Limbo includes his previously released singles <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/amine-arc-de-triomphe\/\"><strong>\u201cArc de Triomphe,\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/span> \u201cVacay\u201d and \u201cFamiliar\u201d and finds him perfecting the experimentation he displayed across his TWOPOINTFIVE mixtape and collaborative LP KAYTRAMIN\u00c9 with KAYTRANADA where he explored the nexus of rap and dance\/electronic music. To celebrate the album\u2019s release, he\u2019ll be hosting album release parties in New York City and Los Angeles next week, both of which sold out in three minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/amine-3-months-of-sunshine-album\/about:blank\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/2016307167&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/2016307167&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The album\u2019s title is a play on the Gregorian 13-month calendar that Amin\u00e9\u2019s native Ethiopia and Eritrea follow, as well as a direct reference to the Western marketing campaigns to entice tourists to visit Ethiopia in the 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s. \u201cThey came up with this slogan to show people that there was so much more to Ethiopia than what is advertised,\u201d the rapper shared, \u201cI related so heavily to it, because on this album, I am showing that there\u2019s so much more than what everyone assumes about my music\u2014myself included.\u201d Guided by intimate conversations with family members, specifically his father, and the strong ties to his East African heritage, 13 Months of Sunshine sees the rapper reevaluate his meteoric success and the legacy he wants to leave behind through intentional storytelling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Executive produced by Dahi (Ravyn Lenae, SZA, Kendrick Lamar), every line on the 16-song album passes the \u201csmall reading room test\u201d through lyrics that he \u201cwould be proud to read, without music and in front of 30 people,\u201d Amin\u00e9 explains, \u201cEvery line had to pass that test.\u201d From the Waxahatchee-featuring indie pop beauty of \u201cHistory\u201d to the psych-synth invocation of Toro y Moi-assisted album closer \u201cImages\u201d on 13 Months of Sunshine, the rapper presents his most exacting vision to date as well as a ferocious appetite as both a listener and curator of sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ahead of the album\u2019s release, Amin\u00e9 has stayed busy in the years between, releasing his TWOPOINTFIVE mixtape in 2021 and acclaimed, collaborative full-length <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/kaytramine-kaytramine-album\/\"><strong>KAYTRAMIN\u00c9 with KAYTRANADA<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>in 2023. An avid participant in the world of fashion, he\u2019s designed two pairs of sneakers as part of his ongoing collaboration with New Balance as well as fostered close relationships with Louis Vuitton, Jacquemus, and Thom Browne. 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