JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs

All My Heroes Are Cornballs is the third studio album by American hip hop artist JPEGMAFIA, released in September 2019 via EQT Recordings.

JPEGMAFIA is an American rapper, singer and record producer from Baltimore, Maryland.

After the release of his breakthrough record Veteran (2018), he began recording tracks for a follow-up album, with a total of around 93 songs by 2019. He handled the production, mixing and mastering of all these recordings in his home studio.

The new album features guest appearances from Abdu Ali, Helena Deland and Buzzy Lee, as well as additional vocals by Refined Sugar, Vegyn and Young Emoji. Vegyn also serves as a co-producer on one track.

All My Heroes Are Cornballs is an avant-garde experimental hip hop and punk rap album, which also draws influences from glitch hop, ambient, noise and industrial music, and experimental pop. It has a smoother and more melodic sound than its predecessor, employing uncommon song structures, extensive sampling, and a variety of vocal techniques such as rapping, screaming and singing, often in falsetto.

Thematically, the album is personal and introspective, and touches on the internet culture, prejudice, political issues and JPEGMAFIA's newfound fame.

This is a copy of his story about the album from his Bandcamp page:

“This album is really a thank you to my fans tbh. I started and finished it In 2018, mixed and mastered it in 2019 right after the Vince tour. I don’t usually work on something right after I release a project. But Veteran was the first time in my life I worked hard on something, and it was reciprocated back to me. So I wanted thank my people. And make an album that I put my my whole body into, as in all of me. All sides of Me baby. Not just a few. This the most ME album I’ve ever made in my life, Im trying to give y’all niggas a warm album you can live in and take a nap in maybe start a family and buy some Apple Jacks to. I’ve removed restrictions from my head and freed myself of doubt musically. I would have removed half this shit before but naw fuck it. Y’all catching every bit of this basic bitch tear gas. This is me, all me, in full form nigga, and this formless piece of audio is my punk musical . I hope it disappoints every last one of u…”

This double album is on black vinyl with printed inner sleeves, pressed in the US.