After a really eventful yr, Killer Mike is releasing a brand new 10-song assortment this Friday (Aug. 2). Titled Songs for Sinners & Saints, the mission (billed as Michael and the Mighty Midnight Revival) will conclude the rapper’s profitable Michael period, throughout which he received three Grammys earlier this yr for what SPIN deemed because the 2023 album of the yr.
Earlier this month, the Run the Jewels member launched album observe “Humble Me,” which was recorded the evening after his arrest on the Grammys ceremony. Past the brand new songs, the album incorporates a reworked medley of Michael‘s “Slummer” and “One thing for Junkies” now titled “Slummer 4 Junkies.”
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“‘Slummer’ and ‘One thing for Junkies’ occurred in the identical universe,” the artist says. “I all the time checked out each songs as one lengthy play of kinds so this was an opportunity to attempt that out. These are songs that deserved one other strategy and now I’m torn on which model I like higher.”
Sinners & Saints options visitor spots from Offset, Key Glock, Mission Pat and Anthony Hamilton, amongst others.
“This can be a testimonial,” Mike provides of the brand new album. “Once I was rising up, an vital a part of church service was folks having the chance to face up and provides public testimony on their trials, tribulations, and triumphs. After the celebratory environment that adopted Michael, I used to be reminded that tribulations by no means stop, however God is all the time with me and it is a testimonial of my tumultuous occasions, my trials, and my continued triumph despite doubt, outright hate, and worry. I’m right here to talk to and with my fellow sinners and saints.”
SONGS FOR SINNERS & SAINTS tracklist:
1. BUSSIN BRICKS INTRO
2. NOBODY KNOWS (feat. Anthony Hamilton, Jordan Alyssa, Troy Durden & Adonica Nunn)
3. HUMBLE ME
4. HIGHER LEVEL (feat. Jori & Adonica Nunn)
5. EXIT 9 Scenic Route (feat Offset, Blxst, Lena Byrd Miles & Troy Durden)
6. LORD PREPARE ME (feat. Bellygang Kush, Jane Handcock, Adonica Nunn)
7. SLUMMER 4 JUNKIES (feat. Lena Byrd Miles, Alicia Peters-Jordan, Jori, Adonica Nunn, Jordan Alyssa & Troy Durden)
8. HAD TO GO GET IT (feat. Troy Durden)
9. ’97 3-6 FREESTYLE
10. STILL TALK’N THAT SHIT (feat. Key Glock & Mission Pat)
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