The Patience

The album features guest appearances from Freddie Gibbs, Benny the Butcher, JID, and Vic Mensa.

[1][2] On the same day, he released the album's lead single, "Smoke Break-Dance" featuring American rapper JID, alongside a music video.

"[18] The Line of Best Fit's Steven Loftin praised the album as a "classy combination" of jazz instrumentals with Jenkins' "pent up thoughts on everything from the state of rap to racial injustice.

"[20] KTSW's Thomas Stevens concludes his review writing: "Jenkins delivers on every song with finesse and with almost zero words wasted."

described Jenkins' delivery on the album as "his most urgent in recent memory" and that it drives "determined observations on money, clout, authenticity, resilience and ways of coping with the highs and lows.