Mick Jenkins

Chicagoan Mick Jenkins has released or more; the anxious, his first project since last year's The Healing Component. The seven-song mixtape is a prelude to an upcoming album,…

The next man up from Chicago's parade of burgeoning talent is Milwaukee-born producer oddCouple, whose work incorporates the Windy City's soul and jazz legacies. After…

The diversity of Chicago hip-hop isn't a secret, but in 2016, it's been more visible than ever. There's the religious guidance of Chance the Rapper; Noname and Jamila…

Mick Jenkins is set to release his long-awaited debut album, The Healing Component, this Friday. Last month's "Spread Love" showed promise and the angst-riddled, BADBADNOTGOOD-featuring "Drowning" was one…

Mick Jenkins and instrumental quartet BADBADNOTGOOD have collaborated a couple of times before. Just this year, they've linked up on the one-off "The Artful Dodger"

This year has been a notable breakthrough year for many of Chicago's artists, with Jamila Woods, Chance the Rapper, and Joey Purp getting some of…

The SaveMoney collective has been in the center of the Chicago conversation with Chance the Rapper and Joey Purp both releasing excellent recent projects. But some…

From March 16 through March 20, 2016, the Bud Light Factory at Brazos Hall hosted many of the hottest shows at the annual  South by Southwest…

Prolific and mostly laid-back rapper Mick Jenkins released a two-song EP a scant few weeks ago, but now he's back with another new offering, which…

Mick Jenkins has followed-up his last release, Wave(s), with a new, slighter, also water-themed surprise release. Sip!, described as "a collection of s**t I’ve been working on…

Atmospheric U.K. rapper Little Simz has had a busy year, releasing her debut album A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons back in September, and…

Aggro-pop duo ASTR have a new EP due out in November, but they've just shared a bold, echoing track featuring the talents of Chicago rapper — and…

Mick Jenkins released his stellar Wave[s] EP today and to celebrate he's shared a video for the rave-up "Get Up Get Down." In the clip…

Chicago-via-Huntsville rapper Mick Jenkins was a conspicuously missing name from the Social Experiment’s Surf this year, considering the breezy float of traditional easy-listening instruments that…

Up-and-coming, H20-obsessed rapper Mick Jenkins has an excellent new mixtape entitled Wave[s] out August 21, but you can stream the entire thing now,   right…