Surfacing finds R.LUM.R rising above the fray as he confronts the cognitive and socioeconomic topics that once constrained him, breaking through the strictures of environmental and cultural boundaries.  Writing candidly about anxiety, depression, self-awareness and self-love, he seeks to turn around the ugliness and loneliness that can limit peoples’ growth at every strata of society.  Surfacing also finds R.LUM.R collaborating with the aptly titled production and writing team known as The Gifted (James Bairian/Louis Castle), with additional production by Toulouse, KillaGraham, Christoph Andersson, Heavy Mellow, Tim Randolph, Scott Hoffman, and R.LUM.R himself.