http://bit.ly/snaxxx to download

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, & 15 produced by 2% Muck ( http://soundcloud.com/twopercentmuck )
Tracks 1 & 14 produced by DJ Rich-Dog ( http://soundcloud.com/dj-rich-rok )
Track 8 produced by Paper Tiger ( http://soundcloud.com/paper_tiger_doomtree )
Track 9 produced by Mike Frey ( http://soundcloud.com/mikefreymusic )

Track 3 features Lizzo ( soundcloud.com/lizzomusic )
Track 4 features Greg Grease ( soundcloud.com/greg-grease )
Track 9 features Freez ( soundcloud.com/freezaburna )
Track 11 features Spyder Baybie Raw Dog ( soundcloud.com/spyderandmuck ) & P.O.S ( soundcloud.com/yeahrightpos )
Track 12 features La Manchita (http://lamanch1ta.bandcamp.com/), Spyder Baybie Raw Dog ( soundcloud.com/spyderandmuck ) & P.O.S ( soundcloud.com/yeahrightpos )
Tracks 13 & 14 feature Spyder Baybie Raw Dog ( soundcloud.com/spyderandmuck )

A lot has changed in the four years since Mike Mictlan released Hand Over Fist, his first full-length album in collaboration with Lazerbeak.  He’s played a key role in helping Doomtree, his rap crew for over a decade now, steadily climb into the national spotlight; touring the world over again and again, playing major summer festivals (Lollapalooza, Paid Dues), and winning over critics the likes of Pitchfork, MTV, Spin, and Rolling Stone off of their collaborative 2011 release No Kings.  

SNAXXX is the culmination of those four years grinding it out on the road, and it marks a giant leap forward from Mike’s previous solo work. His million-mile-a-minute delivery, tongue twister patterns, and abstract introspection remain completely intact, but there is a much more playful, ambitiously creative side that now creeps heavily into the mix.  Musically, SNAXXX takes the traditional everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink Doomtree sound and blows the doors off the hinges.  New comer 2% Muck (Tha Clerb, Spyder Baybie Raw Dog) produces 11 of the 15 tracks, and it’s his rapid fire snare patterns, crushing low end, and blown out synth lines that anchor and shape this new sonic direction for Mike. SNAXXX also features a slew of Minnesota’s finest up and coming rappers (Lizzo, Greg Grease, Spyder Baybie Raw Dog, Freez) along with lifelong Doomtree partner-in-crime P.O.S, who shows up on two of the album’s cuts.   

Doomtree is releasing SNAXXX out into the world for absolutely free while Mike wraps up his next official full length, in order to give people a taste of where he’s at now and where he’s headed.  Just think of it as the stepping stone between Hand Over Fist and the future world of HELLA FRREAL. And make sure to catch Mike out on P.O.S’ We Don’t Even Live Here Tour throughout the rest of the year and into 2013.

Pay-what-you-want

Mike Mictlan "SNAXXX"

Along with our "A Moment In Rhymesayers" mini-doc video series on the Rhymesayers YouTube channel, which is telling the history of the label, we've also been posting rare images from some early Rhymesayers events on our Instagram page. This week, we've focused on the Factory Film event series at The Mighty Fine Cafe.

Coincidentally, we just found a commercial for this event yesterday, while digging thru ANT's old 4-Track tapes. It was produced by ANT with vocal antics by Slug, as well as some comically-ominous ad libs from Beyond, towards the end. A small portion of this was featured on the Headshots "Effort" tape. Don't bother calling that number or mailing in your demo to that PO Box, as those contacts were abandoned years ago. But, what do you know about AOL.COM?!

Watch The Video Series: http://bit.ly/RSE20YT
Check The Rare Photos/Flyers: http://instagram.com/rhymesayers

Mike Mictlan "Creeper Status"

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