Taken as a whole ... tears of joy is an immersive and painfully beautiful listening experience with MIKE's vulnerability the main force moving the songs.
He does the incredible work of turning his loss into this beautiful, woozy mixtape of grief and ecstasy.
The Bronx rapper drags himself back and forth between agony and breakthrough on his latest record, the fullest and most realized album of the 20-year-old’s career.
Tears of Joy is just pure bildungsroman; it’s more vulnerable, contemplative, and personal.
I was extremely touched by this album. As someone born to older parents. I as a 22-year-old watching my parents deteriorate in health is just such a morose thing to me. I can only imagine the pain MIKE must be feeling as he just recently lost his mother. Props to young MIKE, you are officially one of my favorite artists now.
MIKE, the best rapper for chill and my favorite rapper of the abstract hip-hop scene is back. I greatly admire the work of MIKE; his largely self-produced style is dense, soulful and solemn. I loved almost all his projects ever published. MIKE is very prolific and already offers the mixtape "Tears Of Joy". He was just 18 years old in 2017 and already MIKE had attracted attention. 2018 was the year of expansion for the rapper of the Bronx and he was at the rendezvous with 4 projects, ... read more
Yup, this new SRS-type abstract hip hop is one of the best new styles that rappers started using. Mike killed this album and shows that he is capable of rapping over anything. Reminds me a lot of The Caretaker mixed with Earl Sweatshirt.
probably my favorite mike album so far its definitely alot more vulnurable than war in my pen with the production being incredible im loving these types of absract hip hop albums alot
1 | scarred lungs vol. 1 & 2 3:14 | 89 |
2 | Whole Wide World 1:35 | 88 |
3 | goin truuu 1:44 | 95 |
4 | GR8FUL 2K19 1:19 | 77 |
5 | TAKE CROWNS 2:03 | 85 |
6 | memorial 1:39 | 86 |
7 | summer 17 4:43 | 95 |
8 | big smoke 1:42 | 79 |
9 | its like basketball 1:37 | 88 |
10 | Ain't no love 2:11 | 79 |
11 | parkS 2:25 | 82 |
12 | PLANET 1:24 | 89 |
13 | #memories 2:16 feat. duendita | 77 |
14 | right here next to you, baby 1:09 | 77 |
15 | sleepwalk 1:50 | 82 |
16 | BREATHE, GOOD 1:22 | 84 |
17 | fool in me 1:44 | 88 |
18 | suffocate 2:57 | 88 |
19 | true blood 1:32 | 91 |
20 | stargazer pt.3 3:23 | 94 |
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