Album Of The Week: MIKE Showbiz!

The first time many of us heard about MIKE, we were listening to Earl Sweatshirt’s Some Rap Songs in 2018. On “Nowhere2go,” Earl raps, “I be with MIKE and Med, nowadays I be with Sage and sixpress?” At first I thought this was a throwaway line, perhaps referencing Mike G along with Medhane, Navy Blue, and Adé Hakim. As the album continued and I heard another shoutout on “The Mint,” with Earl claiming, “I was in the kitchen with that n**** MIKE,” I was forced to ask myself, ...

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