Released March 27, 2007 Length 57:39 Artist MIMS Label Capitol Records | Recorded 2006-2007 Music Is My Savior
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(2009) Release date 27 March 2007 | |
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Genres Hip hop music, East Coast hip hop, Pop-rap Producers DJ BlackOut, Ty Fyffe, MIMS Hip hop music albums From Nothin' to Somethin', I Need Mine, Release Therapy, One Man Band Man, Get Money - Stay True | ||
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Music Is My Savior is the debut album from the American King Music artist Mims (both the artist's family name and a backronym representing Music Is My Savior). It was released on March 27, 2007. It includes the singles "This Is Why I'm Hot", "Like This" and "Just Like That".
Contents
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Guests
The album features guest appearances by southern rapper Bun B, underground rapper Bad Seed, LeToya Luckett, Cham, reggae artist Junior Reid, and R&B singer J. Holiday. Capitol Records labelmate Rasheeda provides additional vocals on the song, "Like This."
Production
Music Is My Savior features production from Blackout Movement, Twizz & D. Baker, Ty Fyffe, and DJ Blackout. The bulk of the album was produced by DJ Blackout and his Blackout Movement. Mims has mentioned numerous amounts of time that he feels that his project benefited greatly from his extensive work with the Blackout Movement. He says that he likes them because they give a different sound to his music.
Singles
Singles from Music Is My Savior included the hit single "This Is Why I'm Hot," "Like This" and "Just Like That."
The song "Cop It" was featured in the EA Sports game Madden 08, but was not released as a single.
A snippet of the song 'Superman' was used in Britain's Got Talent 2009 winners Diversity (dance troupe)'s routine.
Critical
The album so far has a score of 64 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews". Rolling Stone gave it three out of five stars, claiming "Mims can't carry a whole album." Allmusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five. It was reviewed more negatively by the Los Angeles Times, who gave the album one and a half stars out of four.
Commercial
The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 with 78,000 copies sold in the first week released.
Track listing
Songs
1Intro2:13
2It's Alright3:17
3This Is Why I'm Hot4:15