Killer Mike has had sufficient of being humble and is thrilled to know that his album Michael gained “Rap Album of the Yr” at this 12 months’s DX Awards.
“You’ve heard your personal expertise on this life,” he mentioned on Saturday (December 23). “It’s songs on there that speak concerning the love and solidarity of ladies, out of your mom to your aunts to your spouse. It’s songs on there that, for the primary time, rejoice the junkie, and never the individual that has them addicted.”
He continued: “I don’t say that evenly, once I say, ‘Album of the Yr.’ This album pushed the feelings of masculinity previous the place rap had prior. It acknowledges ladies — Black ladies — that developed me another way. It acknowledges dependancy in a radically completely different approach.”
“So once I say that, I don’t say that evenly,” he concluded. “And I don’t say that to play. As a result of if I didn’t, I wouldn’t say it.”
Test it out beneath. Killer Mike begins speaking about Michael on the 5:00 minute mark.
🙏🏾🏆🏆🏆🙏🏾 Hell Sure!!!!! Thank ya’ll &!Amen! https://t.co/uYnp8l99VX
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) December 22, 2023
As DX mentioned in its abstract:
“Killer Mike’s MICHAEL, government produced by No ID, is an eclectic, heartfelt swirl of majestic soul and songwriting that’s as piercing as it’s intimate.
“Mike explores tragedy and love with a mixture of bare sincerity and the forms of element that often must be extracted from reminiscence.
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“At about 54 minutes, MICHAEL is a dense, however environment friendly physique of ideas and sounds, one embedded with instrumentation and gospel choirs you’d discover in Black church buildings throughout the South.
“Sound beds like these are pure for Atlanta rappers of a sure age, however on this case, the dosage is extra sizable — Mike’s deliberate transfer to include the music of his childhood whereas paying homage to the tradition that raised him leads to a definitive physique of labor.
“Whether or not the GRAMMYs get it proper or not, that is the Rap Album of the Yr.”
The runners-up included Danny Brown — Quaranta, Metro Boomin — Heroes & Villains, Nas – Magic 3, and Travis Scott – UTOPIA.
