Underground hip-hop, a genre that will pull you in and keep you there. MIKE is on his sixth album, and he is fairly consistent with one album per year. However, Mike has always been an ambiguous figure for me musically. Sometimes he comes through with powerful lyrics, soothing instrumentals, and odd beats. Plus, he has always been lower on my abstract hip-hop bar than others like Earl Sweatshirt and MAVI. However, on his most recent record, he comes through with some of his most powerful lyrics and best instrumentals to date. So many great samples come through on this record. However, there is still plenty of WTF happened on this record which has always plagued his music for me. Especially on several tracks that have no sense of direction (which is weird to say because the appeal of these records is because they are so one-note). In conclusion, this is the best album in the genre to date, but it still leaves me underwhelmed and makes me want to listen to others like him that have a better understanding of instrumentals.
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