Atlanta-born rapper and Grammy®-Award winner Killer Mike will release his self-proclaimed finest work to date with the debut of R.A.P. Music on May 15 from Williams Street Records. The album, which was produced entirely by El-P, Brooklyn's resident laureate hip hop artist, producer and entrepreneur, features a line-up of tracks that both deliver on rap's most basic level and simultaneously document the socio-economic discrepancies and racism that still plague America today. With the album's title acronym representing "Rebellious African People's Music," it takes its influences from all genres of music black people have rebelled through, including gospel, jazz, soul, rock and funk.
Listen to R.A.P. Music's newest single, "Don't Die" (link below).
MTV also hosted Killer Mike on Rapfix where he spoke to Sway about the motivations behind R.A.P. Music, working with El-P, future work with Big Boi, and the death of Trayvon Martin.
"So we never forget Fred Hampton, Oscar Grant, Sean Bell and other good men killed unjustly by Police in this country. R.I.P. Trayvon." - Killer Mike on the inspiration behind "Don't Die"
Killer Mike
R.A.P. Music
(Williams Street)
May 15, 2012
1. Big Beast (feat. Bun B, T.I. and Trouble)
2. Untitled (feat. Scar)
3. Go!
4. Southern Fried
5. Jo Jo's Chillin
6. Reagan
7. Don't Die
8. Ghetto Gospel
9. Butane (Champion's Anthem) (feat. El-P)
10. Anywhere But Here (feat. Emily Panic)
11. Willie Burke Sherwood
12. R.A.P. Music
Listen - "Don't Die" on Official.fm
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