Parallel World (Cadence Weapon album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Parallel World

| type = Album

| artist = Cadence Weapon

| cover = Parallel World (Cadence Weapon album).png

| alt =

| released = April 30, 2021

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| venue =

| studio = Dream House Studios

| genre = Canadian hip hop

| length = 26:24

| label =

| producer = Jacques Greene, Jimmy Edgar, Martyn Bootyspoon, Casey MQ, Korea Town Acid, Strict Face, Little Snake, DNNY PHNTM, AudioOpera

| prev_title = Cadence Weapon

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title = Rollercoaster

| next_year = 2024

}}

Parallel World is the fifth studio album by Cadence Weapon, nee Roland Pemberton, released April 30, 2021.Daniel Sylvester, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cadence_weapon_parallel_world_review "Cadence Weapon Is as Clever as Ever on 'Parallel World'"]. Exclaim!, April 26, 2021. The album was the winner of the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-cadence-weapon-wins-polaris-music-prize-for-parallel-world/ "Cadence Weapon wins Polaris Music Prize for ‘Parallel World’"]. The Globe and Mail, September 27, 2021.{{Cite web|last=Friend|first=David|date=September 28, 2021|title=Cadence Weapon wins Polaris Music Prize for hip hop album 'Parallel World'|url=https://kitchener.citynews.ca/around-ontario/cadence-weapon-wins-polaris-music-prize-for-hip-hop-album-parallel-world-4460369|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=CityNews/The Canadian Press}}

The album is marked by political themes about Black Canadian life and experience.Nick Krewen, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2021/09/25/cadence-weapons-reflects-the-dystopian-present-on-his-polaris-nominated-album-parallel-world.html "Cadence Weapon reflects the ‘dystopian present’ on his Polaris-nominated album ‘Parallel World’"]. Toronto Star, September 25, 2021. Pemberton described the concept as being told with a "journalistic lens" that was largely inspired by watching the George Floyd protests in 2020.