▁It ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁by ▁Im agine ▁Nation ▁Music , ▁For ▁M embers ▁Only ▁Records ▁and ▁Empire ▁Distribution . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁is ▁the ▁du o ' s ▁first ▁album ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 0 ' s ▁Left back ▁release . ▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁album ' s ▁development ▁secret ly ▁began ▁during ▁the ▁previous ▁year ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁after ▁R apper ▁Big ▁Po oh , ▁Ph onte ▁and ▁ 9 th ▁Wonder ▁reun ited ▁during ▁September ' s ▁Art ▁of ▁C ool ▁festival . ▁However , ▁this ▁wasn ' t ▁made ▁public ▁until ▁shortly ▁after ▁Big ▁Po oh ▁and ▁Ph onte ▁announced ▁the ▁group ' s ▁re union ▁as ▁a ▁du o ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁Like ▁the ▁previous ▁album ▁Left back , ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁production ▁input ▁from ▁ 9 th , ▁who ▁went ▁on ward ▁from ▁the ▁group ▁to ▁emb ark ▁on ▁a ▁solo ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁producer ▁and ▁CE O . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁primarily ▁produced ▁by ▁long time ▁collabor ators ▁and ▁Soul ▁Council ▁members ▁N ott z , ▁and ▁Kh rys is . ▁Produ cers ▁Black ▁Mil k , ▁F ocus ..., ▁De vin ▁Mor r ison , ▁Bla a q ▁Gold , ▁and ▁even ▁Ph onte ▁himself ▁also ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁album ' s ▁production . ▁Sh aring ▁continu ity ▁with ▁The ▁M inst rel ▁Show , ▁the ▁album ' s ▁theme ▁continues ▁the ▁running ▁concept ▁of