I know my Chicago people will want to revoke my hip-hop pass for saying this, but it wasn't until the "
On My Own" video that
Mikkey Halsted really popped up on my rhyme radar, but as soon as I started keeping on the lookout for the Windy City emcee I quickly discovered one of the hardest and most lyrical dude's in the game. Apparently I'm not the only one who's been sleeping on Mikkey because the man's now released "
Best You nEver Heard", a mixtape that recaps the last few years of Mikkey's catalog, from his short-lived
Cash Money days to Kanye West producer tracks. If you don't know...
Plus, I needed something to break up all these lovey-dovey, Valentine's Day posts. Mission accomplished.
Download links and mixtape preview are underneath the (crazy long) tracklist:
1)Intro
2) Celebration feat. Miss Criss
3) You Ain’t Know feat. Ken Rock
4) I’m A Ryder feat. Uncrowned City
5) Grind Mode (Dark Room Preview)
6) Israelite Gangsta
7) Frozen (Dark Room Preview)
8) U Luv My Style
9) Whoa feat. Bump J & Skooda Chose
10) The Funeral
11) Collapse feat. Phil G
12) Words of Wisdom feat. YP
13) Revenge 2 [snippet] (w/ Jay iLLa, Rhymefest, Juice & Twone Gabz)
14) Got It Made
15) I’m The Man feat. Sly Polaroid & Cloak Hancock
16) Chi-Town Streets feat. Khari Lemuel
17) Papers Line
18) 1st Class
19) Corners
20) Tired
21) Bang On Em
22) Just 2 Get By
23) Runnin My City (Dark Room Preview)
24) On My Own
25) Chi-Town Shit feat. Mic Terror
26) Dead Wrong
27) Till I Die
28) Can’t Stop feat. Da G & Da Rock
29) Competition Is None feat. Uncrowned City
30) So Mean
31) KRS-One Freestyle
32) Ten Things (Prod. by Kanye West)
33) Ghetto Life (Prod. by Kanye West)
34) Piss Poor
35) Mattress Money feat. KT & Famous
36) HHG Freestyle
37) Mikkey Outro
38) Bonus
Download "The Best You nEver Heard" w/UserShare
To get up on Mikkey Halsted right now, check out two of the mixtape's standout tracks, "
Ten Things" and "
Corners"
