Hip-Hop Listening Club Album of the Week #241: MIKE - WINTER NEW YORK - HipHop

Hip-Hop Listening Club Album of the Week #241: MIKE - WINTER NEW YORK
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Hip-Hop Listening Club Album of the Week #241: MIKE - WINTER NEW YORK

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 06:37 AM PST

Welcome to HHH Listening Club!

This week we'll be listening to WINTER NEW YORK by MIKE.

Background

Over the past few years, hip hop has been marked by the resurgence of a 'lo-fi' sound, often accompanied by rappers whose understated deliveries deal with topics such as depression and mental health. If you go prowling through the dark recesses of Bandcamp and especially Soundcloud you're bound to encounter an abundance of poorly formed bedroom whine sessions with Anime covers and titles 'l i k e t h i s'. As such it could be easy to dismiss MIKE from a distance. A teenager with an unnecessarily captialised rap name talking about his personal problems into a muddy mix.

But after a short while it becomes very apparent that MIKE belongs in his own category. With a voice eerily reminiscent of Mick Jenkins and a flow that pierces through the washed out soul samples he uses, MIKE practically spits out his words, there's an emphatic quality that few rappers possess. In the hands of a lesser rapper a lot his music could be called sleepy, but here the relaxed atmosphere is marked by an occasional sense of urgency.

As the title suggests New York is a prominent part of MIKE's music, but he's able to portray the most over represented city in hip hop in his own unique terms. This isn't the hellish landscape of Cannibal Ox or Mobb Deep, and it's not some hipster paradise either. MIKE exists perfectly in the middle between these 2 worlds. This is everyman rap, he's a product of the city, he's witness to the same New York grit we hear so much about in hip hop, but he lives more in his own head than in any simple image of New York.

MIKE himself describes the album as follows:

WINTER NEW YORK is a project which auras around the past couple years of my life. Its based on how the more physical things I became connected with, the less connection I had within myself and lost that voice in my head.

This loose, dreamy quality is present throughout, it really feels as if we're in the head of a young guy floating aimlessly between phases of his life, nostalgic for a time that he can't quite recall. That idea describes a lot of what MIKE represents. He's still very young, he still has his flaws, but he doesn't shy away from any of this and there's a subtle wisdom that hovers around his work. This isn't MIKE's first work, and it's not his best either, but this project is the point where he started evolving into one of the most unique, skilled, and genuinely insightful rappers of the last few years.

Disclaimer: If you like this, or if you want to like MIKE, I recommend giving a chance to May God Bless Your Hustle, Longest Day Shortest Night, or By the Water. Even if you aren't overly impressed by this, I urge you not to give up on MIKE yet.

This project was selected by u/mikeest

Album: WINTER NEW YORK

Label: Self released

Producer(s): elatefeel, dranaL, Slum Rugglers, derricks.workstation, allen-analog, bobbitopickles

Representing: New York City, NY

Streaming Sources:

Bandcamp
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Soundcloud
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Apple Music/iTunes: unavailable
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Guidelines:

This is an open thread to share your thoughts on the album. Avoid vague statements of praise or criticism. This is your chance to be a critic.

Please keep any top level comments to 140+ characters.

Why do you like this album? What are the best tracks? Did it meet your expectations? Have you listened to this tape before? What is your first impression? Explain why you like it or why you don't.

Remember, people who participate in the discussion in a meaningful way are entered into a drawing to select next week's album!

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Posted: 11 Mar 2018 02:09 PM PDT

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Ninja is streaming fortnite duos with drake tomorrow apparently

Posted: 11 Mar 2018 08:20 PM PDT

was watching his stream and he just said this

edit: he actually said it earlier

https://www.reddit.com/r/Drizzy/comments/83rdzh/ninja_is_going_to_play_fortnite_with_drake_tonight/

he was actually using drakes name when i heard it though

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Posted: 11 Mar 2018 08:04 PM PDT

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Best Hook, Week 4 - Lil Wayne

Posted: 11 Mar 2018 10:59 AM PDT

You're never too late to comment! Remember this thread is on contest mode for the first 12 hours!
Before you comment please CTRL+F to see if your song has been said, if it has been said your comment will be deleted!
If you see duplicate comments, report the newer one so mods will delete it!
Please provide links with your votes!
Remember just because a hook may be iconic that does necessarily mean it's their best hook.
Make sure you don't post the same hook as someone else!
Voting for best hook will close 24 hours from the time this was posted
Taking suggestions for next week just DM me!

Introduction: Hello r/hiphopheads, I will be running the best hook thread once a week every Sunday! This will be run very similarly to the Best Verse Threads we had a while ago, as you can see the format is almost identical to the old threads. All you have to do is just post your favorite Lil Wayne hook with a link to the hook. And if you want to, you can quote the hook word for word in your comment. The comment with the most upvotes will be deemed that artists best hook! And at the end of the year we will decide the best hook of the ones we collected! This is my first time doing anything like this so any recommendations to formatting, anything else helpful would be great!

Biography: American rapper Lil Wayne has released eleven studio albums, one collaborative album, three compilation albums, two extended plays, and twenty mixtapes. Wayne made his album debut in 1999, with Tha Block Is Hot, which was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. His later albums, Lights Outreleased in 2000, and 500 Degreez, released in 2002, attracted minor attention. In 2004, he released the first of his infamous Carterseries, with Tha Carter. In 2005, Tha Carter II was released. In 2006, Wayne released a collaborative album with rapper Birdman, titled Like Father, Like Son. In 2008, Wayne released his best-selling album so far, titled Tha Carter III. Certified triple platinum by the RIAA,Tha Carter III won the Best Rap Album award at the 2009 Grammy Awards. Lil Wayne founded record label Young Money Entertainment and released a collaborative album featuring rappers signed to the label, We Are Young Money, in 2009, followed by his debut rock music album Rebirth in 2010. While serving an 8-month prison sentence in New York he released another album entitled I Am Not a Human Being, in September 2010. The latest addition to Tha Carter series, Tha Carter IV, was released on August 29, 2011. In 2013, Wayne released a sequel to his 2010 album I Am Not a Human Being, titled I Am Not a Human Being II, followed by two compilation albums with his labels, Rich Gang (2013), and Young Money: Rise of an Empire (2014)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Wayne_albums_discography?wprov=sfla1