Mykki Blanco was first brought to my attention when she opened for Death Grips on around the tail end of last year. After watching the videos for “Haze.Life.Boogie” and “Wavvy” and being floored by her live show (literally, I fell over), there was only one reasonable conclusion: Mykki Blanco has genuine talent. Even beyond the sexual politics, crossing, and glam image (all of which I love, by-the-by) you have some of the sickest, most creative, provocative, and smart raps currently in the game. Her flow puts wrinkles straight into your brain. Last year’s Cosmic Angel: Illuminati Prince/ss mixtape is so good it’s unfair; listening to it means being willing to let it take up residence in your head for life.
This puts some demanding expectations on Mykki Blanco’s upcoming Betty Rubble: The Initiation EP; it basically has to resonate around the same point of mind/body connection and also subvert enough expectations to remain interesting. Let’s draw back the curtain and gaze upon the newly minted video for “Feeling Special” to see how that works out.
[LINK TO THE CHOCOLATE GRINDER]
Ah. Well then. Looks like Mykki has that shit on lock-down. Not that I ever really doubted her; the fact that her imminent EP is worth watching was obvious when the Supreme Cuts-produced “BUGGED OUT!!!” dropped a few weeks back. I mean, who can touch Mykki? The world is hers right now: sick new tracks off a new EP and oh, right, a world dominating international tour. That’s barely even hyperbole: this tour is gigantic and encircles the globe. Prepare to bow down to Ms. Blanco, “new world order mutha fucka follow pronto.”
Betty Rubble: The Initiation tracklisting:
01. Angry Birds
02. Crisp Clean
03. Feeling Special
04. Bugged Out
05. The Initiation
06. David Blaine Bitches
07. Ace Bougie Chick
08. Vienna
Dates:
04.18.13 - St Louis, MO - The Demo
04.19.13 - Grinnell, IA - Grinnel College
04.20.13 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
04.22.13 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
04.23.13 - Detroit, MI - Magestic Café
04.24.13 - Toronto, ON - Wrongbar
04.26.13 - Hamilton, ON - This Aint Hollywood
04.27.13 - Allston, MA - Great Scott
05.07.13 - Brooklyn, NY - Red Bull Music Academy
05.10.13 - Camber Sands, UK - All Tomorrow’s Parties (TV on the Radio)
05.15.13 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast
05.16.13 - Manchester, UK - Islington Mill
05.18.13 - Berlin, Germany - Night + Day (Spreepark) #
05.21.13 - Nurnberg, Germany - Certain People (K4) $
05.24.13 - Bern, Switzerland - Club Bonsoir
05.25.13 - Paradiso, Netherlands - London Calling Festival
05.26.13 - Paris, France - Villette Sonique
05.29.13 - Graz, Austria - Spring Festival
05.31.13 - Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory
06.02.13 - Dublin, Ireland - Forbidden Fruit Festival
06.06.13 - Lisbon, Portugal - Lux
06.07.13 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Wilsonic Festival
06.08.13 - Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti
06.10.13 - London, UK - Village Underground
06.13.13 - Barcelona, Spain - Sonar by Day
06.27.13 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
06.28.13 - Seattle, WA - Seattle Pride Fest (Chop Suey)
06.29.13 - Vancouver, BC - Celebrities Nightclub
06.30.13 - Portland, OR - Holocene
07.05.13 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Pitch festival
07.06.13 - Belfort, France - Les Eurockéennes
07.19.13 - Ferropolis, Germany - Melt Festival
07.20.13 - Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07.21.13 - London, UK - Lovebox Festival
07.27.13 - Hyères, France - Midi Festival
07.28.13 - Barcelos, Portugal - Milhoes de Festa
08.04.13 - Katowice, Poland - Off Festival
08.07.13 - Oslo, Norway - Oyanight
08.08.13 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Stay out West
08.09.13 - Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08.10.13 - Hamburg, Germany - Dockville Festival
# The xx
$ Tricky
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