Mick Jenkins Announces Album, Shares Video for New Song With JID: Watch

Mick Jenkins has announced his new album, The Patience, with “Smoke Break-Dance,” a new single produced by Stoic and featuring JID. Jenkins’ follow-up to 2021’s Elephant in the Room is due out August 18 (via RBC/BMG). Check out the Andre Muir–directed music video for the new song below. Scroll down for the new album’s cover.

Of the new album, Jenkins said in a statement:

The Patience: As best I can be, I am a person who does everything within his power to change his situation. I think with some level of consistency, that behavior inevitably leads you to a point where you have to wait. A point where the things that now need to happen to move you forward are no longer in your control. I see this as a period of time in one’s journey, no matter the length, where the unseen things must take place; the muscles must tear and repair, the understanding of a concept coming to you in a moment completely devoid of artistic intention. It’s through these moments where I’ve found myself being the most frustrated with patience.

And this body of work sounds like that frustration.

Revisit Pitchfork’s track review of Jenkins’ Elephant in the Room song “Gucci Tried to Tell Me.”