Legendary Member

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Legendary Member
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Studio album by
Released26 September 2019 (2019-09-26)
Genre Mumble rap [1]
Length34:11
Label Year0001
Producer
Thaiboy Digital chronology
Trash Island
(2019)
Legendary Member
(2019)
Back 2 Life
(2022)

Legendary Member is the debut studio album by Thai rapper Thaiboy Digital, released on 26 September 2019 through Year0001. The album was recorded with Thaiboy Digital exchanging trips between London and Stockholm, [2] and features Bladee, Ecco2K, and Yung Lean. [3] [4] The album has Gud as executive producer, with Whitearmor, RipSquad and Woesum as co-producers. [4] It was first announced a month before with the release of a single, "Lip Service", featuring Ecco2K, [5] [6] followed by the release of "Nervous" [7] and "IDGAF". [8] A music video for the album's title track was released in October. [9] [10] Thaiboy Digital later toured Australia. [10]

According to Thaiboy Digital, recording the album was one of his best experiences in a studio. [11] Nadine Smith reviewed the album to Pitchfork , giving it a rating of 7.2/10. [1] It was also reviewed by Zac Cazes of The Quietus . [12]

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