MIMS - Music Is My Savior [Explicit Lyrics]

MC MIMS follows up his hit "This Is Why I'm Hot" with an album that proves his place on the charts is based on talent as well as luck. MIMS has an advantage over some of his peers because he knows and respects not just old-school hip-hop, but also current trends and his own place in them. He represents the East Coast, and he wants to revive New York's reign ("bring it back it back on top," he says again and again), but he doesn't dismiss what other rappers out there are doing, too. The deceptively simple "This Is Why I'm Hot" demonstrates this well. MIMS raps about his nationwide appeal over hyphy-esque production that alludes to other influential MCs (the synth line from "Ain't Nuthin But a 'G' Thang" added in when he mentions California, the choral entry notes from Kanye West's "Jesus Walks" that play when he "hit[s] the Chi"), MCs that he clearly wishes to compare himself to and that he wishes he could be; he's drawing from other styles to make his own more relevant. The rhymes themselves aren't fantastic here -- MIMS is a lot more impressive in some of his other songs -- but the hook is catchy and easy to remember, and it's a lot of fun: something East Coast rap sometimes forgets to be.

CONDITION: NEW!
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Intro
2 It's Alright
3 This Is Why I'm Hot Remix
4 Girlfriends Fav MC / J. Holiday
5 Where I Belong
6 Cop It
7 Big Black Train
8 They Don't Wanna Play
9 Like This
10 Just Like That
11 Without You
12 Superman
13 This Is Why I'm Hot Remix
14 Doctor Doctor
15 Don't Cry (Outro) / Purple Popcorn
16 I Did You Wrong Bonus Track