@@dymeaduzin that’s crazy coming from dyme , grew up listening to swank Sinatra but i thought he could’ve did better. Joey must really be on some different shit now
I like how he was upfront and honest about using the song as marketing. Nothing wrong with making moves that grab people’s attention as long as you’re doing it with integrity. A lot of people get scared of looking like they’re “seeking attention” or “clout chasing” so they end up avoiding using effective marketing strategies.
The Waters is a classic album and Mick Jenkins is a certified MC. No questions asked, no fail just pass.🙏🏾 Much love Justin. I appreciate the in depth and voluminous way you cover the culture. Big ups to you and stay well.
I've already listened to Wars & Rumors of Wars 3 times this morning lmao, 3 years being in Mick Jenkin's top 1% of listeners. They better play Mick at my funeral. Thank you so much for giving Mick the light and flowers he deserves lately! He's a gift to hip-hop, love! 🙏❤❤❤
Shout out to you!! Chicago's here in the comments. Thanks for sharing and super thanks for asking about the city! We get SO overlooked, the city, the region and it's crazy. Ppl always talk about east coat, west coast and the south and the midwest is just sitting here with one of the greatest cities in the world and some of the best music artists of all time. Great event, love what Mick is doing and it's been great to take in what you've been sharing about the creator economy and this new landscape! Great work, very glad for your channel and even more glad about your appreciation for my city 😉! Ten second applause for you Mr. Man
This is fascinating, love it. I bought Mick's project. He has video breakdowns of some of the songs too. Really creative roll out, glad you are covering
I was introduced to him back in like I think 2018 or 19, and he had already been out then. He's an amazing talent and such a great writer. You can also see the growth in all his albums, which is one of the many things that's very important to me when going thru an artist discography.
Big time fan of Mick.. Ever since the Mickstape.. Value Village was and still is a go to of mine.. Checked him out with Saba and Noname when he was down in Houston and the method and Redman show... Love that he is sticking to his core and still delivering
I’m so glad you did this. I felt like the reaction to Wars and Rumors of Wars did not get the attention that track deserves. Maybe because it was done in a cluster of reactions. A lot of incredible bars were missed. His response has been the best imo because of the complexity of the bars. Definitely it’s between Mick and Ray Vaughn. Far better than both Joey tracks. Kudos to Mick for blazing a new trail.🔥
Everything he said is exactly why I dropped The Art of Beef. It’s all competition and speaking on the current climate of the game! We all wanna showcase our ability when it’s time to compete.
Never heard of Mick before wars & rumors of war 🔥 He definitely got my attention and I’ll be checking out everything he gots going forward so smart move on his part
Not saying rappers on streams are bad, but I appreciate how this talk from Mick really feels like a glimpse into the artistry of rappers behind the scenes. Purely authentic and feels rare
Idk if you’re up 6 am recording these or if they’re prerecorded with a scheduled upload, but either way the working people appreciate having your content for our morning! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I’m happy to see Mick getting the recognition he’s long deserved. To think how quality his discography is and he’s only beginning his independent career. I’m very excited for what he has in store
Mick has grown on me a lot. The Waters never hit for me, so initially I didn't get the hype. But now I completely understand. Looking forward to more from him.
I had no idea about him until right this moment and now I need to listen more. Also no idea why I haven't subbed to you earlier, you're doing good work. Culture united has been great! He's also dead on streaming not converting to sales, inho. Its difficult to know who *played* sometimes so you gotta be proactive to find out. Crediting matters!
been rocking with you since Hip Hop DX.. I dont sub to anything ever and i rarely comment, always delete later if i do, but i really appreciate what you do for the hip hop community and im always viewing. Jst wantd to engage for the elgarhythm and show love. Keep up the great work, much respect and blessings to you and your family. f it i subd. We rock wit yu in Richmond and yu deserve all the good thats coming yo way. Stay up and go higher brother mann 🖤💛🖤
I was waiting for the Mick Jenkins love- cause I was getting a bit impatient with all the focus being on Joey… Mick BODIED Wars and Rumors of War‼️ Much love Mick 🔥🔥🔥💗💗💗🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽‼️‼️‼️
Didn’t know of Mick Jenkins like that until the diss dropped. The Patience been on repeat for the last couple of weeks. Also read somewhere that Smino did the beat. If so, Smino is one of the coldest out right now as well.
Yo Mick and DJ Hed sound so much alike! I was checking my text messages while listening to this video and I’m like “when did Hed join the interview?!”😂😂😂
I discovered Mick through the track with JID, with the 3/4. Had to deep dive after that only to discover gems on previous albums. He really is someone I look out for. So I'm glad this video popped up.
Happy to see rappers going back to selling to fans directly, on some selling mixtapes out the trunk stuff. Focus on making good music and getting it to your fans and it will spread, like it used to back in the day. More grinding but you build a closer relationship with your fans. Now just need Trees and Truths on Vinyl.
It would be awesome if you can attend the events but difficult for international fans. I'll still buy the album. Crazy that he can chart with 1300. I would totally buy from the artists I listen to since I listen to albums for a long time. I still listen to music I've bought over 10 years ago.
Love mick and love your channel been a long time fan, sad to see you talking down on Joey in some of your last videos.. in the first upload you applauded joeys first track for it being “hip hop” then you kind of went back on your word in the next video and continued.. TCM love ya man but wish you’d give Joey his flowers for always staying true to his roots
Thanks for sharing The Vill's Mick Jenkins interview because I just watched a Soul Burger (Ab-Soul) interview and he said there's no Beef and Joey Bada$$ is the homie. Daylyt basically said the same thing. Thanks for leaving BEEF out of the game and resurrecting BATTLE RAP. In the beginning, Friends Battle RAP was Iron Sharpening Iron. Shout out to Joey Bada$$. These dudes are showing us how it was done in the old days.
The EVEN player kinda blows. Ive heard snippets from the album, but would rather just buy it on vinyl. Only dropping on one platform is kinda mid to me, but I get the sentiment. Hopefully he drops the vinyl of it soon because I really love the bits ive heard.
me personally i put Chicago at least at number 3 in terms of territories whether u want drill music or boombap real raps its all there. definitely underrated
Keep hearing more & more abt this EVEN service. I really see that being a wave for the foreseeable future. First I heard about it was thru nobigdyl, he released his last album on that service initially. I really see him as being a trailblazer for the indie space in Hip Hop. Bro even owns his own festival in Nashville. But now I see J. Cole and Mick Jenkins using it. Even if EVEN as a service isn’t gonna be dominant in the future, I really see its model blowing up. Lowkey if Spotify & Apple are smart, they’ll add purchasable albums on their platform. Make it so that artists can demand more money for their work.
@ yes, but they’ve been phasing out iTunes in some markets. I could see Spotify allowing some artists to put their projects behind a paywall on their platform as opposed to turning to EVEN
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“& I don’t think that was good enough.” 💯
it’s simple really 😂
BIGFAX.
@@TheCompanyMan feels like it deserved a full 9 seconds tbf 😅
@@dymeaduzin that’s crazy coming from dyme , grew up listening to swank Sinatra but i thought he could’ve did better. Joey must really be on some different shit now
This whole thing put me on Mick Jenkins. I've been going back to his projects and man, I've been sleeping.
you not alone bro i been knowing of him thru homies for a decade and never gave him a listen fr till this drop
Me too. Excited to dig in.
I'm glad he's on your radar now. Man is in his prime
Oh yeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh you followed a gem.
First step is admitting you had a problem 😂
one of the things i like about mick jenkins the most is his attitude
that breakdown of the streaming conversion is heartbreaking
To quote Dot "This Hip Hop and them n****z should know what time it is!". No beef. Just competitive music.
I like how he was upfront and honest about using the song as marketing. Nothing wrong with making moves that grab people’s attention as long as you’re doing it with integrity. A lot of people get scared of looking like they’re “seeking attention” or “clout chasing” so they end up avoiding using effective marketing strategies.
Mick been my favorite rapper for a very long time and I’m so glad he’s getting proper coverage. His flowers been overdue! 🔥🐐
He's INCREDIBLE.
The industry don’t highlight Midwest artist since the Blog era ended & we dominated it when music journalism was still a thing
Same
Same
Yeah, the dude is a definite point. His way with words is incredible. He really needs his flowers
The Waters is a classic album and Mick Jenkins is a certified MC. No questions asked, no fail just pass.🙏🏾
Much love Justin. I appreciate the in depth and voluminous way you cover the culture. Big ups to you and stay well.
Charting from 1300 hard sales is crazy but also inspiring, that you can curate and find your audience. This is a win for indie artists
BIGFAX
Mick Jenkins is so slept on, his wordplay and care for his craft is top tier
🗣️ Mick Jenkins' flow is next level ⭐💫🪶
I like his style.
Yeah, he's official.
I'm a huge fan of Mic Jenkins and I didn't know about Type Shit until now. Props for highlighting him. Going to buy the album right now!
I've already listened to Wars & Rumors of Wars 3 times this morning lmao, 3 years being in Mick Jenkin's top 1% of listeners. They better play Mick at my funeral. Thank you so much for giving Mick the light and flowers he deserves lately! He's a gift to hip-hop, love! 🙏❤❤❤
Love to Mick and the Chicago rap community 🖤
Shout out to you!! Chicago's here in the comments. Thanks for sharing and super thanks for asking about the city! We get SO overlooked, the city, the region and it's crazy. Ppl always talk about east coat, west coast and the south and the midwest is just sitting here with one of the greatest cities in the world and some of the best music artists of all time.
Great event, love what Mick is doing and it's been great to take in what you've been sharing about the creator economy and this new landscape! Great work, very glad for your channel and even more glad about your appreciation for my city 😉! Ten second applause for you Mr. Man
I say all the time how crazy it is that the Midwest isn’t recognized regionally in hip hop
Chicago’s the illest. From architecture to MCing, the city stands on its own. I love it so much. Thank you for checking the piece. Mick is the illest.
Mick from Alabama. I know he lived most his life in Chicago, but we don’t have much, let us claim him please 😂
Chicago really the greatest city in rap for me. The level of artistry is on another level we got some crazy MCs fr! South side represent boaaaaa
I JUST discovered Mick Jenkins via this channel and his “marketing song” 😅 I definitely went looking for his music after hearing it the first time.
It's all happening!
It’s crazy how ppl are really just hearing him for the first time
Mick is my goat. Content, delivery, temperament... absolute goat
This is fascinating, love it. I bought Mick's project. He has video breakdowns of some of the songs too. Really creative roll out, glad you are covering
Yep, it's all happening 🙏🏿
Where did you purchase it?
@kre8tyve He has a link on his Twitter
I was introduced to him back in like I think 2018 or 19, and he had already been out then. He's an amazing talent and such a great writer. You can also see the growth in all his albums, which is one of the many things that's very important to me when going thru an artist discography.
I had never heard of Mick Jenkins before that Rumors of War track, but after that and this interview, he seems scary smart to me.
Listen to his music, that man pen game is over the charts.. pause.
@@quint4573pause for what? 😂
i love Mick!! thanks for letting me know TCM❤️🔥
He's incredible!
Yeah, Mick has been one of the best for a minute now!
Mick Jenkins and Kaytranada collabs are legendary
For sure. Rumors of Wars was actually produced by Smino.
Rumors was the first I heard of him. This interview, the way he interprets the landscape has me excited!
Thanks for posting. Enjoyed listening to the session.
First reactor to actually give this info and SUPPORT the artist. Kudos 🎉
mick really deserves to get more shine. Hope this year goes good for him he’s too dope to be so underrated in my opinion.
Mick is top tier level mc and has been for awhile
Been Rocking with Mick since the waters… saw him at Blue Note Jazz Club, he came and took pics and signed stuff for everyone, great guy
Love how transparent and down to earth Mick Jenkins is. Love all of his music. About to go cop that new project!
Thank God for the waters. 🎉
Thank god
Big time fan of Mick.. Ever since the Mickstape.. Value Village was and still is a go to of mine.. Checked him out with Saba and Noname when he was down in Houston and the method and Redman show... Love that he is sticking to his core and still delivering
@@emmanuel9011 exactly 🙏🏿
I am looking forward to listening to a full project from Mick 🎶
Check out The Waters. Its on streaming.
Also the patience the circus trees and truths the heart component etc.
@@TheCompanyManhis entire catalog, mixtapes included, are all worth listening to.
I love that Mick had this track loaded and ready to fire, Joey just happened to walk out into the street that day and caught landmine.
I’m so glad you did this. I felt like the reaction to Wars and Rumors of Wars did not get the attention that track deserves. Maybe because it was done in a cluster of reactions. A lot of incredible bars were missed. His response has been the best imo because of the complexity of the bars. Definitely it’s between Mick and Ray Vaughn. Far better than both Joey tracks. Kudos to Mick for blazing a new trail.🔥
On EVERYTHING ‼️‼️‼️
Everything he said is exactly why I dropped The Art of Beef. It’s all competition and speaking on the current climate of the game! We all wanna showcase our ability when it’s time to compete.
I don't understand how people keep sleeping on Mick Jenkins. To this day, "Gwendolyn's Apprehension" is my alarm.
Shout out to company man shouting out the city! Love the love
Never heard of Mick before wars & rumors of war 🔥
He definitely got my attention and I’ll be checking out everything he gots going forward so smart move on his part
"...that's the wind in his sails(sales)" is a BAR! 🔥
Not saying rappers on streams are bad, but I appreciate how this talk from Mick really feels like a glimpse into the artistry of rappers behind the scenes. Purely authentic and feels rare
Great stuff. ❤
The new project is insanely good 💎 mick never disappont
Its great seeing TCM in the wild and in his element!
Thank you for the video, I definitely have to check this project out.
Idk if you’re up 6 am recording these or if they’re prerecorded with a scheduled upload, but either way the working people appreciate having your content for our morning! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
It's all happening🫡
Thanks Justin, looking forward to your chat with MJ. ☮
I’m happy to see Mick getting the recognition he’s long deserved. To think how quality his discography is and he’s only beginning his independent career. I’m very excited for what he has in store
i was so caught off guard by his honesty 😂. so much respect
Mick,Sabba,Mac,Chance are kings of jazz rap
Thank you for this context, I just discovered mick Jenkins so his marketing ploy worked and now I know where to buy some music
mick is so special. love to see him shining
The music world could use more Mick Jensins-like artists
Mick Jenkins !! Was just listening to his projects these last few days
Water bending on the south side of the ‘Go
I'm sorry I had not found him earlier but am listening to his catalogue since the Joey Badass diss.
Mick has grown on me a lot. The Waters never hit for me, so initially I didn't get the hype. But now I completely understand. Looking forward to more from him.
I’m glad mick is in the news he really deserves it
I had no idea about him until right this moment and now I need to listen more. Also no idea why I haven't subbed to you earlier, you're doing good work. Culture united has been great!
He's also dead on streaming not converting to sales, inho. Its difficult to know who *played* sometimes so you gotta be proactive to find out. Crediting matters!
Thank you!
been rocking with you since Hip Hop DX.. I dont sub to anything ever and i rarely comment, always delete later if i do, but i really appreciate what you do for the hip hop community and im always viewing. Jst wantd to engage for the elgarhythm and show love. Keep up the great work, much respect and blessings to you and your family.
f it i subd. We rock wit yu in Richmond and yu deserve all the good thats coming yo way. Stay up and go higher brother mann 🖤💛🖤
Thank you! That's love!
I had never heard of Mick Jenkins before WAROW and I love that song so it made me look up his music. So the strategy definitely worked 😂
he seems like the few rappers in the game who have their head on right. love the song ghost
I was waiting for the Mick Jenkins love- cause I was getting a bit impatient with all the focus being on Joey… Mick BODIED Wars and Rumors of War‼️
Much love Mick 🔥🔥🔥💗💗💗🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽‼️‼️‼️
Its crazy been wit mick since 2011 damn time moves
Didn’t know of Mick Jenkins like that until the diss dropped. The Patience been on repeat for the last couple of weeks. Also read somewhere that Smino did the beat. If so, Smino is one of the coldest out right now as well.
I'm happy for him man he deserves the shine
If we based our lists off of pure talent then Mick Jenkins would be in the big 3. He is insanely talented.
“For the art form and never the handclap, when that’s clear you can call it saran wrap”
Yo Mick and DJ Hed sound so much alike! I was checking my text messages while listening to this video and I’m like “when did Hed join the interview?!”😂😂😂
Mick Jenkins so underrated
I discovered Mick through the track with JID, with the 3/4. Had to deep dive after that only to discover gems on previous albums. He really is someone I look out for. So I'm glad this video popped up.
Happy to see rappers going back to selling to fans directly, on some selling mixtapes out the trunk stuff. Focus on making good music and getting it to your fans and it will spread, like it used to back in the day. More grinding but you build a closer relationship with your fans. Now just need Trees and Truths on Vinyl.
It would be awesome if you can attend the events but difficult for international fans.
I'll still buy the album.
Crazy that he can chart with 1300.
I would totally buy from the artists I listen to since I listen to albums for a long time. I still listen to music I've bought over 10 years ago.
Mick a legend. He been getting his flowers from the underground.
Thank You, I will be buying that today
Love mick and love your channel been a long time fan, sad to see you talking down on Joey in some of your last videos.. in the first upload you applauded joeys first track for it being “hip hop” then you kind of went back on your word in the next video and continued.. TCM love ya man but wish you’d give Joey his flowers for always staying true to his roots
what did I say talking down on joey?
Real MC.... Salute to Mick and Chi-Town🫡
Can’t wait to see the breakdown of type shiiiit I paid the 20 definitely well worth it
Man I fucks wit Mick jenkins, that interview was dope. Good to see behind the bars because I agree
I just bought it today
Whatshappin with that applause 😂
Everybody needs to experience music through vinyl and cassette with two big speakers🤷🏿♂️...I will be buying Mick"a fr✊🏿
I appreciate how Mick moves. Been a fan since waters but Trees and Truths was also solid. Solid observations about the culture around him.
Track of the year so far
Bro that was soooo cool bro . . . .
My favorite project from him is "The Patience"🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for sharing The Vill's Mick Jenkins interview because I just watched a Soul Burger (Ab-Soul) interview and he said there's no Beef and Joey Bada$$ is the homie. Daylyt basically said the same thing. Thanks for leaving BEEF out of the game and resurrecting BATTLE RAP. In the beginning, Friends Battle RAP was Iron Sharpening Iron. Shout out to Joey Bada$$. These dudes are showing us how it was done in the old days.
The Vill has a Mick Jenkins interview? I didn't see him at the event when I covered this.
The EVEN player kinda blows. Ive heard snippets from the album, but would rather just buy it on vinyl. Only dropping on one platform is kinda mid to me, but I get the sentiment. Hopefully he drops the vinyl of it soon because I really love the bits ive heard.
I’m gonna buy it just to support Mick and hopefully he releases physicals and/or digital downloads
@@MartyMcFly__25 Yea ill probably do the same if I dont hear anything about physical copies in the next couple weeks.
Youre definitely mid 🤫
@ How so?
Had the same issue with Stove God Cooks album. Released on Even and I don’t like the platform at all.
Thank God for the waters 🙏🏽
chicago mane
Thank god for the waters
Got Elephant In The Room on replay.
That ep damn near perfect
@dontmindme4197 mick always delivers
I’m from the city in the Midwest, best City in the whole wide world!! #Chicago
Mick been slept on for the longest
This is a bit off topic but I love the shirt!
Thank you!
I believe him, I think that Let the party die sparked it! Thats what it reminds me of
me personally i put Chicago at least at number 3 in terms of territories whether u want drill music or boombap real raps its all there. definitely underrated
Keep hearing more & more abt this EVEN service. I really see that being a wave for the foreseeable future. First I heard about it was thru nobigdyl, he released his last album on that service initially. I really see him as being a trailblazer for the indie space in Hip Hop. Bro even owns his own festival in Nashville.
But now I see J. Cole and Mick Jenkins using it. Even if EVEN as a service isn’t gonna be dominant in the future, I really see its model blowing up.
Lowkey if Spotify & Apple are smart, they’ll add purchasable albums on their platform. Make it so that artists can demand more money for their work.
You can purchase through iTunes, right?
@ yes, but they’ve been phasing out iTunes in some markets. I could see Spotify allowing some artists to put their projects behind a paywall on their platform as opposed to turning to EVEN
❤❤❤❤❤
Mick jenkins has the best diss
Headass used to be the theme song pulling in to high school
Shoutout the *Midwest* in general
People are just now finding out who Mick Jenkins is. That Martyrs track dropped in 2014