Showing All "Killer Mike" Posts
May 14th 1 Comment
Portland venue Roseland played host to Atlanta rap kingpins Big Boi and Killer Mike. Big Boi performed a hits-filled set, replete with his own solo material and a significant part of his contribution… Read Story »
Apr 30th 4 Comments
After experimenting with three formats for the Monthly Mix -- MP3 zip, Spotify playlist, Soundcloud set, etc. -- in March we finally came upon a solution that pleased everyone: all of them. And so,… Read Story »
Apr 29th 3 Comments
El-P produced Killer Mike's excellent 2012 album R.A.P. Music, and Killer Mike showed up on El-P's excellent 2012 album Cancer For Cure. And now, that unlikely but excellent alliance marches on, as… Read Story »
Apr 9th Comment
We've already heard one thing from Killer Mike today: A snippet of "Banana Clipper," a track from Run The Jewels, his new team-up with El-P. Mike is in more conventional mode on "Villain," a new song… Read Story »
Apr 9th 7 Comments
El-P produced two of last year's best rap albums: His own Cancer For Cure and Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music. El and Mike are good friends and frequent collaborators, so the team-up didn't end there.… Read Story »
Mar 28th Comment
"Love And Respect," the eerie, minor-key new single from the Copenhagen electro-pop group When Saints Go Machine, has an out-of-nowhere conscious-rap guest verse from the all-conquering Atlanta rap… Read Story »
Mar 19th 3 Comments
Killer Mike has always been an absolute animal of a live rapper, and he's usually done it with a minimal mic-plus-DJ setup. Last night on the Late Show With David Letterman, though, a full live band,… Read Story »
Oct 16th, 2012 2 Comments
Boots Riley is a national treasure, someone who's spend the past couple of decades splitting his time between local Oakland activism and leading the great humanist, politicized funk-rap crew the… Read Story »
Oct 3rd, 2012 4 Comments
"Reagan" was the track on Killer Mike's excellent El-P-produced album R.A.P. Music where Mike vented furious spleen at targets that included the last five presidents and Mike himself. The song now… Read Story »
Sep 27th, 2012 Comment
One of the many, many highlights of Killer Mike's El-P-produced album R.A.P. Music was "Anywhere But Here," a tough and dystopian track that features the singer Emily Panic. There's a new version of… Read Story »
