About From a Birds Eye View by Cordae Album
From a Birds Eye View is Cordae’s sophomore studio album, which follows the Maryland rapper’s 2019 debut album, The Lost Boy. After announcing it on his birthday, Cordae dropped the Roddy Ricch-assisted single “Gifted,” on August 27, 2020 alongside a Cole Bennett-directed music video as the album’s first single. Nearly two months after the release of “Gifted,” he dropped “The Parables,” though its appearance on the tracklist is unknown. Cordae’s first release of 2021 took the form of April’s JUST UNTIL…, a four-track EP intended as a teaser for the album. On its cover, Cordae hints at the project’s impending release: See you soon, album almost done. –Cordae On December 3, he released the project’s final single, the Lil Wayne-assisted “Sinister.” Just days later, on December 8, he revealed the album’s title, artwork, and release date of January 14, 2022, parodying Steve Jobs' reveal of the iPhone from 2007. On the 10th, he took back to social media to announce the album’s tracklist with eleven new tracks, including a remix to “The Parables” featuring Eminem.
