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Summary:
The latest full-length release from Brooklyn rapper MIKE features guest appearances from 454, duendita and Venna.
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- Record Label: 10K
- Genre(s): Rap
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Jan 31, 2025Showbiz! is the young artist’s greatest accomplishment thus far, the product of a passionate, creative journeyman fully making his home in music.
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Jan 31, 2025Ultimately, it’s a place underground hip-hop fans will assuredly want to revisit over and over again.
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Dec 2, 2025Every element orbits his unmistakable voice, built on a compelling hybrid of somnambulant delivery and dextrous wordplay.
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Jan 31, 2025These are fleeting fragments of songs, rarely running over a couple of minutes. But they are packed with rich detail. .... His lackadaisical style belies this close focus.
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Jan 31, 2025As consistent in its craftsmanship and thoughtfulness as Showbiz! is, it doesn’t quite break new ground to the degree needed to make it stand out from MIKE’s previous output. .... The album effectively balances MIKE’s expanding public persona with the inward reflection that’s defined much of his career.
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The WireFeb 4, 2025MIKE is a charismatic voice who excels at the art of humblebragging: “They tellin’ me I’m big, I’m shorter inside/But the remainder what I give when I’m recording these lines”, he raps on “Lost Scribe”. But one wishes he’d offer a few actual choruses instead of modest refrains. [Mar 2025, p.63]
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Feb 18, 2025Not everything works here and I found my attention wandering at times. But it is bursting with promise and MIKE's arrival feels both imminent and inevitable.