Mims

Mims has already demonstrated that he's both a man who knows his way around a tautology and an MC who can, indeed, "sell a mill saying nothin' on a track." But although nothing else on his first full-length is quite as fly as "This Is Why I'm Hot" (see what we did there?), Mims can and does say more than nothing. He also makes amends for being your "Girlfriend's Fav MC," dreams of a utopian heaven free from social injustice ("Where I Belong"), contends (rather artfully) he's as fly as "Superman," and, on "Like This," sounds strangely like MC Fergie-Ferg -- and pulls it all off!

If you’ve heard a cell phone ring in the past month, you are probably familiar with Mims.
The New York rapper scored a smash hit with “This Is Why I’m Hot,” a catchy little thing
with a cool, minimalist beat and some goofy charm. Nothing else on Mims’ debut, Music Is
My Savior, is as instantly gratifying as “Hot.” But the beats keep things moving: “Cop It”
traffics in big, nickel-plated bounce, and “Big Black Train” is another bare-bon... More >