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If
real
recognize
real,
Mick
Jenkins
and
his
relentless,
poetic
flow
should
be
familiar.
A
decade
after
his
breakout
debut,
The
Waters,
Jenkins
drops
a
deluxe
version
of
the
album
praised
as
one
of
the
best
of
2023, The
Patience.
Source:
Paras
Griffin
/
Getty
As
the
Chicago
rapper
kicked
off
the
international
“Thank
You
For
Waiting”
tour
with
a
sold-out
hometown
show
on
Friday,
Jenkins
rewarded
his
fans
with
another
gift.
He
further
elevated
the
already
critically
acclaimed
album
The
Patience
with
two
new
songs,
“Perm”
and
“2011.”
The
original
album,
released
on
Aug.
18,
marked
a
career
reset
for
a
freer
and
fiercer
Jenkins.
The
11-song
tracklist
departs
from
his
conceptual
style
and
familiar
theme
of
drinking
water
from
the
well
of
truth.
Instead,
a
frustrated
Jenkins
was
cooking
up
something
that
feeds
the
soul
differently
as
he
plotted
the
end
of
his
contract
with
Cinematic
Music
Group.
And
he
came
with
the
heat.
“I’m
just
now
stepping
into
what
I
feel
like
is
full
agency
over
my
creativity,
my
artistry,
my
business,
and
even
myself
as
a
man,”
Jenkins
said
at
the
end
of
the
closing
track
“MOP.”
With
“Guapanese,”
Jenkins
loses
his
patience
with
peers
chasing
money
more
than
artistic
greatness,
but
money
talks.
“God
forbid
they
chalk
him
out
and
find
out
it’s
no
money/It’s
a
stack
of
ones
just
like
him,
and
they
hide
behind
the
20,”
he
raps.
Mick
Jenkins
Reclaims
His
Title
As
One
Of
Chicago’s
Great
Rappers
With The
Patience
Source:
Josh
Brasted
/
Getty
Even
when
verbally
sparring
with
his
collaborators,
Mick
drops
every
layered
lyric
like
a
haymaker.
With
features
from
Freddie
Gibbs
on
“Show
&
Tell,”
Benny
the
Butcher
on
“Sitting
Ducks,”
Vic
Mensa
on
“Farm
To
Table,”
and
JID
on
the
lead
single
“Smoke
Break-Dance,”
everybody
eats.
The
opener,
“Michelin
Star,”
speaks
to
the
undeniably
rich
quality
he’s
serving.
It’s
matched
only
by
the
hunger
you
can
feel
as
Jenkins’
bars
bite
into
every
track.
He
stands
ten
toes
down
on
the
prowess
of
his
pen
with
the
gritty
follow-up
“Show
&
Tell.”
The
deluxe
version’s
instrumentals
of
the
11
original
songs
emphasize
how
unique
Jenkins’
vision
and
delivery
are.
From
the
soulful
piano
and
strings
to
hard-hitting
rhythms,
the
“Grey
Matter”
rapper
makes
each
track
his
own.
The
deluxe
album’s
two
new
additions
have
fans
going
wild
over
the
intricate
bars.
Check
out
Mick
Jenkins’
latest
tracks,
“2011”
and
“Perm,” below.
What
do
you
think
of
the
deluxe
edition
of The
Patience?
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