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| Artist______________ Mick Jenkis |
| Title_______________ Wave[s] |
| Label_______________ Cinematic |
| Genre_______________ Hip-Hop |
| Year________________ 2015 |
| Release Date________ 23-08-2015 |
| Street Date_________ 2015-08-21 |
| Source______________ WEB |
| Encoder_____________ LAME3.99r |
| Bitrate_____________ CBR 320kbps |
| Size________________ 68,68 MB |
| Playtime____________ 28:37 |
| URL_________________ http://v.gd/UbYWcs |
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| 01. Alchemy 03:09 |
| 02. Slumber 03:36 |
| 03. Get Up Get Down 03:20 |
| 04. Your Love 03:14 |
| 05. Piano 02:09 |
| 06. The Giver 03:23 |
| 07. 50 Below 03:25 |
| 08. P's & Q's 02:33 |
| 09. Perception 03:43 |
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| Mick Jenkins' sophomore tape The Water(s) stood apart in a |
| competitive Chicago scene. With a resonant baritone that telegraphed |
| masculine authority, Jenkins jumped from not mentioned at all to one |
| of his city's most promising rookie candidates. He combined an ear |
| for poetic language with a principled consciousness and a no-bullshit |
| persona, a formula which quickly snowballed into a substantial |
| underground fanbase. Since that time, in numerous profiles and |
| interviews, Jenkins has wrestled with what this sudden success means. |
| His art has been in many ways about seeking truth in a system |
| designed to obscure it, as an uncompromising, conscientious moralist |
| unafraid to cut through the noise. It's a relatable pose, but one |
| that doesn't necessarily lead artist and listener to the same |
| destination. Wave[s] is a new direction, and it may upset |
| expectations, pushing him away from his more strident instincts. Even |
| if it isn't his best, it's probably for the best. What that means in |
| practical terms is a shift from the somber blues and greens of The |
| Water(s) into a more colorful earth-toned exploration of musical |
| possibility. Although his poetic approach and political conscience |
| are still in play, it feels less like a focal point and more a part |
| of the music's texture. With Haitian-Canadian producer Kaytranada and |
| Chicago-based musical collective THEMpeople providing the backdrop, |
| Wave[s] is influenced primarily by a jazzy neo soul-to be reductive |
| about it-sound. In a time when artists have been celebrated for |
| chasing fashionable worlds of influence through a bottomless hard |
| drive, Jenkins has opted to stick to a core set of inputs, a closed |
| circuit of musical inspiration, and is finding himself within that |
| limitation. His more orthodox listening tastes are refreshing, a |
| reminder of how constraints can provide a framework for freedom. So |
| when Jenkins opens up his world, it's for this tradition, one that |
| gives him the grammar to relieve a pressure that had previously |
| driven his work. Thus "40 Below" lets him tell a story of lost love |
| that doesn't carry the burden of representing some sort of larger |
| structural critique, or the obligation to wake up the world. Jenkins |
| had painted himself in a bit of a corner, and Wave[s] is a sly |
| sidestep, an exploration of possibility from an artist whose |
| overriding purpose had previously eliminated that opportunity. |
| Jenkins could risk didacticism, but it was his willingness to do so |
| that initially cultivated such a loyal following; Wave[s] gives him |
| an opportunity to shake those who may have valued his work only |
| inasmuch as it provided that function. As a whole, Wave[s] isn't as |
| strong as The Water(s), and may ultimately be seen as a bit minor in |
| Jenkins' catalog. His biggest strength as an artist is his pen: as a |
| writer, Jenkins has a gift for poetic turns of phrase and clever |
| wordplay, delivered with potent urgency. The level of applied skill |
| in his writing-the work that suggests he could one day rival some of |
| rap's biggest names in a larger arena-hasn't quite been applied to |
| his songwriting. His choruses are things like: "Get Up, Get Out, Get |
| Down!", bordering on blank cliches in need of workshopping. Even |
| "Your Love"-the album's far-away highlight, with the potential to |
| cross over-interpolates Lupe Fiasco for its ingratiating hook. |
| Meanwhile, THEMpeople provide a vigorous experimental backdrop, but |
| relative to the style's jazzy vanguard-think the Los Angeles world of |
| Low End Theory parties, Thundercat, Flying Lotus, and To Pimp a |
| Butterfly-the group is still establishing its voice, working toward a |
| unique approach. This is not to suggest that the album is a failure, |
| or that Jenkins' new direction is a bad one; if anything, it points |
| to an artistic flexibility that will pay dividends down the road. The |
| room to grow is there, should he decide to pursue the colors Wave[s] |
| has opened up for him. The artistic success of "Your Love" suggests |
| he has the right instincts, even if the execution is, for now, more |
| of an exploration than a destination. |
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