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MIKE has shared a new track titled "In My World." He self-produced the song using his dj blackpower alias, under which he released an experimental beat tape in February. 2021 also saw the Brooklyn rapper drop Disco!, a full-length follow-up to last year's Weight of the World. In October, The Alchemist recruited him for "Lossless," a track from This Thing of Ours 2.
"In My World" picks up where Disco! left off, paring a vintage, R&B-sampling beat with MIKE's off-kilter flow and relentless rhyme scheme: The song begins, "I know you gave me your heart, how did I mess that?," and every following line hits both the internal and end rhymes ("heart / mess that," "dark / check that," "all, express back"), warping ever so slightly until cutting off just over a minute in with "I'm stuck at the head of the storm, and test draft / Them cuts that you get from the war." The beat plays for another 15 seconds before it too comes to an abrupt halt at the start of its main loop.
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Listen to "In My World," and view MIKE's tour dates in support of Freddie Gibbs, below.
MIKE's dates with Freddie Gibbs' Space Rabbit Tour
4/14 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
4/20 - Phoenix, AZ - The Pressroom
4/27 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex^
4/29 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theater^
4/30 - Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom^
5/4 - Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theatre^
5/5 - Dallas, TX - The Echo Lounge^
5/7 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade - Heaven Stage^
5/8 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre^
5/11 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza^
5/12 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring^
5/13 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza^
5/14 - Buffalo, NY - Town^
5/15 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place^
^ w/ redveil
