{"id":182133,"date":"2023-05-15T11:48:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T09:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=182133"},"modified":"2023-05-15T11:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T09:48:25","slug":"killer-mike-introduces-first-album-since-r-a-p-music-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/killer-mike-introduces-first-album-since-r-a-p-music-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer Mike Introduces First Album Since R.A.P. Music &#8211; &#8220;Michael&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GJcksKcVu80\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Killer Mike<\/strong>\u00a0is celebrating his birthday by formally launching the countdown for his new solo album\u00a0<em>&#8220;Michael&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0via the release of <em>&#8220;Don&#8217;t let the devil&#8221;<\/em> featuring <strong>EL-P &amp; thankugoodsir<\/strong>.\u00a0Michael marks the celebrated MCs first solo project since 2012\u2019s critically lauded\u00a0R.A.P. Music\u00a0and serves as an introduction to the totality of\u00a0<strong>Michael Render<\/strong>, a lifelong rap fiend whose consciousness is seeped in the sounds of community that raised him &#8211; multiple eras of southern rap flows, Sunday church service, and barbershop discourse. Speaking on his most autobiographical and independent album to date, Mike states <em>\u201cRTJ is the X-Men, this is my\u00a0Logan.\u201d<\/em> For the new single Mike linked with his\u00a0<em>Run The Jewels<\/em>\u00a0partner in rhyme\u00a0EL-P,\u00a0trading verses over a lilting soul loop produced by\u00a0<strong>No I.D.<\/strong>, EL-P, &amp; <strong>Little Shalimar<\/strong>.\u00a0<em>\u201cMy favorite group (US) with my favorite producers! It\u2019s our 10 year anniversary and\u00a0MICHAEL\u00a0is an origin story so I wanted to start w\/ El.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Don&#8217;t let the devil&#8221;<\/em> arrives in the wake of RTJ announcing a\u00a010 year anniversary\u00a0run this Fall, the release of their\u00a0collaborative sneakers with Nike\u00a0this week, and Mike\u2019s recent appearance at <em>SXSW<\/em>, where he performed an intimate\u00a0career-spanning show at Stubb\u2019s\u00a0flanked by a choir, and previewed several new songs that are expected to appear on the Atlanta MC\u2019s new album (read more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001SW-TGohdn_X6ef3QqOOCChV6j9pHwELvyU7pnBVKsZs5dOMVFwP4-OaIgg9K9mE6tPAeCA-Fsjbh9UCUGgoZdcGKaXO2zVSHJwPO5B0X5UVnu7O-zYwfA6cLa_BaWPNtwUKwOWEs2RrHjU1N78ehut9Ta_ymsMze38uumLLJL8O5kk5rrMEAmuZpvfUf0LzdORzqHgZqNmraoohiMNQCAQ==&amp;c=PA9WOdCmlLQ7xWOObybU32WfvfG3DMs-lRo76bUkETXSHRJmSIC9vw==&amp;ch=-mv5RaXcGqhJOv8ReQwmCNrKLJJfA1uwNC5863Q0xCARmxf7od-ibA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001SW-TGohdn_X6ef3QqOOCChV6j9pHwELvyU7pnBVKsZs5dOMVFwP4-OaIgg9K9mE6tPAeCA-Fsjbh9UCUGgoZdcGKaXO2zVSHJwPO5B0X5UVnu7O-zYwfA6cLa_BaWPNtwUKwOWEs2RrHjU1N78ehut9Ta_ymsMze38uumLLJL8O5kk5rrMEAmuZpvfUf0LzdORzqHgZqNmraoohiMNQCAQ%3D%3D%26c%3DPA9WOdCmlLQ7xWOObybU32WfvfG3DMs-lRo76bUkETXSHRJmSIC9vw%3D%3D%26ch%3D-mv5RaXcGqhJOv8ReQwmCNrKLJJfA1uwNC5863Q0xCARmxf7od-ibA%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684228526745000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3MtHs7HyJhSBk0iFZcNNem\">here<\/a>). He further brought the album to life at a private listening event in NYC this past Monday, where a couple hundred attendees crowded into\u00a0St. Ann&#8217;s &amp; the Holy Trinity Church\u00a0in Brooklyn to hear Mike present the album in his own words.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"182141\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/killer-mike-introduces-first-album-since-r-a-p-music-michael\/unnamed-603\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/unnamed-4.jpg?fit=384%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"384,512\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/unnamed-4.jpg?fit=384%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/unnamed-4.jpg?resize=384%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-182141\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Killer Mike\u00a0is celebrating his birthday by formally launching the countdown for his new solo album\u00a0&#8220;Michael&#8221;\u00a0via&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-news","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-LnD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}