tha souf got sum 2 say

[s]miles interlude

No Refunds (feat. Viktor Vaughn)

New York City rapper MIKE performs live at Le Guess Who? 2023 as part of the program curated by Slauson Malone 1.

Recorded at TivoliVredenburg’s Pandora on Friday, 10 November 2023.

Audio recording by Casper Lucas; mix by Marc Broer  
Photography by Maarten Mooijman

MIKE - Zap!

UP FROM THE ASHES ft Kareem Ledell

ostavi trag

-chorus-
Mass surveillance
We let it into our homes
Laptops and smart TVS
Ring cameras on doors
Mics and lenses
In every one of our damn pockets

v1
On my way to work and i can feel eyes on me
1 2,3,4 mechanized on me
Smile, you’re on camera
Daily life tracked man they got you on a map 
We’re in so deep idk to get back
Am i person or am i just a profile

We made our neighbors our enemies
The morning news is amphetamine 

Media sows fear in the people
Distrust runs deep, mm

Tragedies served on a silver platter
Isolated events to spark the chatter

And meanwhile people go hungry
gotta beg and steal to feed a tummy

Its all a shame
violence normalized

all this compounds into
a worldview built on a familiar foundation of fearing new
We’re made to fear the other 
But never consider them people
to feel safe we embrace

-chorus-

v2
Gotta be living in a spy movie just to feed my neighborhood
My plans gotta be top secret
Lock it in a box, throw away the key
Wear a face mask when we pull up on the police
Dodging cameras middle of the night
Different routes, sneaking out of sight

Leave your cellphone at the door
Cus we at war to fight for more for liberation
Information age, surveillance state
No time to wait or waste away
We’ll take it back from the fascist classist
People emancipate

You wanna take back your streets?
You wanna occupy your territory?
You wanna seize back your community?
We’ll show em the power of anarchy

-chorus-

I’m asking yall to get on your feet right fuckin now
Cus we’re boutta tear this shit to the ground

State can't handle me
State can't handle us

-chorus-

WIRETAPPED

bail on me (feat. dracofetish)

glass mountain trust (lucky mix)

Murs & 9th Wonder Presents "Brighter Daze"

Murs & 9th Wonder Presents - "If This Should End"

This isn't just a classic of the genre or even of Hip-Hop. It's a classic. period. Madvilliany showcases the best of what DOOM and Madlib have to offer. Laden with imaginative lyricism and artistic prowess, Madvilliany proves to be ever pressing upon the limits of rap. 

12 Shadows Of Tomorrow

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