GAWD (African S***Freak Fantasy producer) just dropped another collab tape with WifiGawd last week apparently, also features Niontay

I just found out MIKE did an AMA on his discord and saw this story lmao
yo what's his discord's name ?
Ain't no lackey we the main dogs, captains in the state
He wanna tap in but he way off,
Hit Patrick for a play
I'ma grab it and play God, pass it back to Wade
GAWD (African S***Freak Fantasy producer) just dropped another collab tape with WifiGawd last week apparently, also features Niontay
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybsQFnaRULcAye WiFiGawd is that guy!!
yo what's his discord's name ?
just MIKE discord but couldn't make an invite myself, just asked a mod there about it
just MIKE discord but couldn't make an invite myself, just asked a mod there about it
mods not allowing peeps to join?
just MIKE discord but couldn't make an invite myself, just asked a mod there about it
Would love to join if/when invites are being dished out
I feel like I’m nowhere close to grasping this album yet because it’s so massive. It’s definitely the work of a master. This has to be one of the most ambitious rap albums ever no?
hmm this is interesting! what makes it one of the most ambitious rap albums to you?
hmm this is interesting! what makes it one of the most ambitious rap albums to you?
Well we can approach that idea from a couple angles
As a conceptual exercise, this is a journey of personal development wrapped inside of a fake movie inside of a Low End Theory-style guided audio museum tour. We move from the abstract to the personal very quickly in this album and that is a testament to MIKE knowing how much artifice is enough vs. too much
Sound-wise, production-wise, MIKE’s never sounded fuller. This melds the professional sheen of Beware of the Monkey with the purposefully sluggish and introspective beat style that got him shine in the first place seamlessly and expands his horizons in every direction. A classic MIKE song sounds like you’re walking somewhere uphill in the snow both ways, but like a lot of others have noted he’s much less lugubrious in sound and lyrical content these days, and allowing more moods into his sound palate brings a variety that still seems cohesive. Plus dude doing so much here, you’re getting songs that start like a classic Slums-type beat and segue into Madlib/Dilla shifting tempo experiments. You’ve got a sunny, Alchemist-esque synth loop that Larry June floats over melting into a Radiohead song. You get some f***in hard-ass loops, you get sound collage, you get some s*** that sounds like Clams Casino would sample it to make a beat
Lyrically I feel like he’s barring the f*** out (first and foremost) and operating at his highest level of writing while simultaneously being the most accessible he’s ever been. You can become a MIKE fan from this album if you’ve never heard him or any of the s*** he influenced before. I don’t think that’s super easy to do. MIKE is really giving Earl a run for that poet laureate of rap title on this one
Well we can approach that idea from a couple angles
As a conceptual exercise, this is a journey of personal development wrapped inside of a fake movie inside of a Low End Theory-style guided audio museum tour. We move from the abstract to the personal very quickly in this album and that is a testament to MIKE knowing how much artifice is enough vs. too much
Sound-wise, production-wise, MIKE’s never sounded fuller. This melds the professional sheen of Beware of the Monkey with the purposefully sluggish and introspective beat style that got him shine in the first place seamlessly and expands his horizons in every direction. A classic MIKE song sounds like you’re walking somewhere uphill in the snow both ways, but like a lot of others have noted he’s much less lugubrious in sound and lyrical content these days, and allowing more moods into his sound palate brings a variety that still seems cohesive. Plus dude doing so much here, you’re getting songs that start like a classic Slums-type beat and segue into Madlib/Dilla shifting tempo experiments. You’ve got a sunny, Alchemist-esque synth loop that Larry June floats over melting into a Radiohead song. You get some f***in hard-ass loops, you get sound collage, you get some s*** that sounds like Clams Casino would sample it to make a beat
Lyrically I feel like he’s barring the f*** out (first and foremost) and operating at his highest level of writing while simultaneously being the most accessible he’s ever been. You can become a MIKE fan from this album if you’ve never heard him or any of the s*** he influenced before. I don’t think that’s super easy to do. MIKE is really giving Earl a run for that poet laureate of rap title on this one
last sentence kinda what i was getting at earlier tbh
I think the key difference between them is that MIKE has even more growth coming as a "newer" artist and so he's kind of guaranteed to surpass Earl. Although with this project I'm questioning if that's already happened.
Niontay x El Cousteau x Earl x MIKE
madnesssss

music.apple.com/ca/album/demon-muppy-ep/1711060482
New Niontay EP "Demon Muppy" 11/2
1. YATKAMAN3000 [prod. TAKA]
2. Ridewimmie (I95er) [prod. 454]
3. 2AM Pete's [prod. Harrison of Surf Gang]
4. Superbowl LVIII (feat. 454) [doesn't list prod credit but i assume it's 454 x sexafterchurch]
5. In my UA sweater [prod. 454]
6. Real hiphop (feat. El Cousteau, MIKE & Earl Sweatshirt) [prod. Tony Seltzer]
el cousteau is the one
Anyone want some rage fuel?
https://youtube.com/shorts/XGJR_ViIiho?feature=share
is this the fantano interview lol? don't wanna honor with another view
literally the only thing he had to say is that he's still butthurt from MIKE putting him on his album cover w devil horns lmaoo

https://music.apple.com/ca/album/demon-muppy-ep/1711060482
New Niontay EP "Demon Muppy" 11/2
1. YATKAMAN3000 [prod. TAKA]
2. Ridewimmie (I95er) [prod. 454]
3. 2AM Pete's [prod. Harrison of Surf Gang]
4. Superbowl LVIII (feat. 454) [doesn't list prod credit but i assume it's 454 x sexafterchurch]
5. In my UA sweater [prod. 454]
6. Real hiphop (feat. El Cousteau, MIKE & Earl Sweatshirt) [prod. Tony Seltzer]
yooo
is this the fantano interview lol? don't wanna honor with another view
literally the only thing he had to say is that he's still butthurt from MIKE putting him on his album cover w devil horns lmaoo
I f***s with Fantano overall but I don't involve myself in his petty squabbles with industry people. That's funny that Mike did that