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Killer Mike Confirms New Album ‘MICHAEL’; Debuts “Don’t Let The Devil” (ft. EL-P & thankugoodsir)
Killer Mike is celebrating his birthday by formally launching the countdown for his new solo album, ‘MICHAEL,’ via the release of “Don’t Let The Devil” (ft. EL-P & thankugoodsir).
Killer Mike is celebrating his birthday by formally launching the countdown for his new solo album, MICHAEL, via the release of “Don’t Let The Devil” (ft. EL-P & thankugoodsir). MICHAEL marks the celebrated MCs first solo project since 2012’s critically lauded R.A.P. Music and serves as an introduction to the totality of Michael Render, a lifelong rap fiend whose consciousness is seeped in the sounds of community that raised him – multiple eras of southern rap flows, Sunday church service, and barbershop discourse.
Speaking on his most autobiographical and independent album to date, Mike states:
“RTJ is the X-Men, this is my Logan.”
For the new single, Mike linked with his Run The Jewels partner in rhyme EL-P, trading verses over a lilting soul loop produced by No I.D., EL-P, & Little Shalimar.
“My favorite group (US) with my favorite producers! It’s our 10 year anniversary and MICHAEL is an origin story so I wanted to start w/ El.”
“Don’t Let The Devil” arrives in the wake of RTJ announcing a 10-year anniversary run this fall, the release of their collaborative sneakers with Nike this week, and Mike’s recent appearance at SXSW, where he performed an intimate career-spanning show at Stubb’s flanked by a choir, and previewed several new songs that are expected to appear on the Atlanta MC’s new album (read more here). He further brought the album to life at a private listening event in NYC this past Monday, where a couple hundred attendees crowded into St. Ann’s & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn to hear Mike present the album in his own words.
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