''Parallel World'' is the fifth studio album by Cadence Weapon, nee Roland Pemberton, released April 30, 2021. The album was the winner of the

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. The album is marked by political themes about

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life and experience.Nick Krewen
"Cadence Weapon reflects the ‘dystopian present’ on his Polaris-nominated album ‘Parallel World’"
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'', September 25, 2021. Pemberton described the concept as being told with a "journalistic lens" that was largely inspired by watching the

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protests in 2020.

Track listing

References

2021 albums Cadence Weapon albums Polaris Music Prize-winning albums {{2020s-hiphop-album-stub