So I been bumping the homie Mick Jenkins mixtapes for a minute now and his music is in regular circulation on my ItchFM BigPromoShow, ‘Trees & Truths‘ & ‘The Waters’ got hammered. UK Hip Hop heads have been keenly awaiting this new ‘Waves’ EP and his impending show, apparently its been sold out for over a month. I got the call to head up to Sony HQ UK and do a lil informal interview with the Chi Town native, bumped into Max Robins (Mick’s manager) downstairs and we chopped it up. Despite being in press all day and not seeing me till 4pm, Mick was remarkably upbeat, jovial and full of humour. His demeanour was smartly dressed and dude is way taller than my initial expectations.
The Show :-
It’s an early evening soiree, set in the urban scenery that is Oslo, an intimate venue in Hackney..It’s packed to the rafters with music industry folk, tastemakers and super trendies, you could feel the electric atmosphere. Opening up the set with LIVE band was the passionate performance from ‘The Mind’ . The Mind is a singer, originally from Philly who moved to the Chi and has forged a significant musical affinity with Mick Jenkins.
Mick headlines the event and performs for the best part of 45 minutes, hand picking and rolling through material from his body of works, EVERY song passionately recited word for word and bar for bar by his audience. Mick getting the whole audience to repeat the phrase ‘Drink More Water’ after the majority of his songs. Waxing lyrical with humour about the protective UK fans YouTube comments in reference to Kano, after he uploaded his new song P’s & Q’s !
Watch Mick Jenkins – Hurt Everybody
Watch Mick Jenkins – The Waters
Listen back to Mick Jenkins Itch FM Interview :-
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