Chance The Rapper Celebrates 10 Years of ‘Coloring Book’ With Rooftop Cinema Club Screenings of ‘Magnificent Coloring World’
It’s been a decade since Chance The Rapper handed us the mixtape that rewrote the rules of the music industry, and he’s not letting the moment slip by quietly. To kick off the 10-year anniversary of Coloring Book, Chance is teaming up with Rooftop Cinema Club for a limited run of screenings of his concert film, Magnificent Coloring World, complete with a live Q&A from the man himself after each show.
The rollout hits three cities: Chicago on May 16, New York on May 20, and Los Angeles on June 20. Tickets are on sale now at RooftopCinemaClub.com, and given that this is the first time the public can experience Magnificent Coloring World together on a big screen, expect them to move fast. Consider this the opening act of a much larger anniversary celebration still to come.
Originally filmed in 2016 at Chicago’s historic Cinespace and directed by Jake Schreier, Magnificent Coloring World is less a traditional concert film and more a fully staged production. Think immersive lighting, theatrical set design, choir arrangements, and ensemble blocking that pulls directly from the gospel-rooted DNA of Coloring Book. Fans will get live renditions of beloved tracks like “No Problem,” “Blessings,” and “Same Drugs,” brought to life with the same attention to detail Chance has always poured into his live shows. After a brief run of preview screenings back in 2021, the film is finally getting the spotlight it deserves.
And it’s worth remembering exactly why Coloring Book still matters. Released in May 2016, it became the first streaming-only album to win three Grammy Awards, a seismic moment that legitimized independent artists and forever changed how the industry measured success. The project’s blend of gospel, hip-hop, and soulful instrumentation, with contributions from Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Kirk Franklin, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, T-Pain, and Saba, plus production from longtime collaborators Nico Segal, Peter Cottontale, The Social Experiment, Kaytranada, Brasstracks, and Francis and the Lights, felt like a cultural reset. Rolling Stone called it a “gospel-rap masterpiece.” The New York Times dubbed Chance “a crusader and a pop savant.” Complex labeled it “a defining moment for independent artists.” Ten years later, that praise still holds up.
If you can’t make it to one of the screenings, now is the perfect time to revisit the album that started it all. Stream Coloring Book on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/71QyofYesSsRMwFOTafnhB
Grab your tickets at RooftopCinemaClub.com and get ready to step back into the Coloring Book era, this time on the big screen with Chance himself in the room.
