MAN I BEEN FOLLOWING MIKEY FOR A LONG TIME NOW HE HAS BECOME A STAPLE IN THE MUSIC SCENE COMING OUT OF THE EAST SIDE OF ATLANTA, DEKALB COUNTY, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE TITLE OF HIS NEW ALBUM THAT DROPPED JULY 12TH CALLED “DEKALB” AND MAN IT IS A AMAZING BODY OF WORK, I THINK DUDE HAS A PLETHORA OF CLASSIC RECORDS BUT I THINK “DEKALB” MIGHT BE HIS BEST WORK THUS FAR. RIGHT BEFORE HE DROPPED THE PROJECT HE RELEASED A SINGLE TITLED “CHAIN LETTER” WHERE HE BASICALLY HAS THE SONG GIVE A FEEL LIKE HE IS READING A LETTER HE WROTE TO SOMEONE BUT ITS IN SONG FORM ITS ACTUALLY A DOPE CONCEPT AND WAS EXECUTED PERFECTLY 🔥 THIS GUY IS TRULY TALENTED & HIS CATALOG SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, HIS LYRICS & WORDPLAY ARE TOP TIER WHEN IT COMES TO ARTIST COMING OUT OF ATLANTA. ONE RECORD OFF THE ALBUM THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS “MONEY N DA WAY” FT. WARA & BEN REILLY

“I can't even see it cuz the money in the way”

MIKEY SAID HE THE HARDEST COMING OUT THE EAST DEALING WITH THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER REALLY BROUGHT OUT THE ARTISTRY & CREATIVITY IN HIS MUSIC IT SUCKS THAT ALOT OF TIMES WE AS HUMANS HAVE TO GO THROUGH HEARTBREAK AND TOUGH TIMES TO REALLY PUSH US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. NOT KNOWING IF PEOPLE ARE REALLY WITH YOU OR JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LIL BIT OF MONEY IN YOU'RE POCKET CAN TRULY MISS WITH THE MIND YOU CAN SEE HOW MICHEAL HAS USED THESE OBSTACLES TO REALLY DELEIVER TIMELESS MUSIC TO HIS FANS AND THE WORLD.

“Think they calling my fate, them calls get left declined”

DESTINY IS ANOTHER TRACK OFF THE ALBUM THAT SPEAKS TO ME, WITH A SMOOTH VIBE ON THE PRODUCTION SIDE, AND THE LYRICS MIKEY SPIT ON THIS RECORD IF YOU EVER BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING SIMILAR WHILE PURSUING A CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY YOU CAN FEEL THIS ONE WHOLE HEARTEDLY. SPEAKING ABOUT WANTING TO BE BETTER AS A PERSON OVERALL IS CHALLENGING DURING DAY TO DAY LIFE STRUGGLES AND BUT IF YOU PERSEVERE WHAT YOU GET IN THE END IS WELL WORTH THE STRUGGLES ALONG THE JOURNEY. “Tryna balance yo career and love just seems the hardest” CLICK THE DEKALB ALBUM COVER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO LISTEN TO THE ALBUM

ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR MIKEY TO DROP ANOTHER ALBUM, THE LAST ONE HE DROPPED WAS IN 2020 CALLED “ALMOST THERE” MICHEAL ARISTOTLE SAYS SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED FROM THEN AND NOW, WHICH HE ELABORATES ON THE NEW ALBUM. AS FOR ALMOST THERE THIS IS A DOPE ALBUM, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAY MICHEAL GLIDES ON EVERY RECORD THAT HE MOST DEFINITELY WAS ALMOST THERE, ALTHOUGH HE HAS ALWAYS HAD BARS THIS ONE CEMENTED MICHEAL ARISTOTLE IN RAP IN ATLANTA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW YOU REALLY PUTTING IN WORK IF YOU'RE HAVING WRITING SESSIONS WITH MISSY ELLIOTT & MEETING ONE OF THE GREATEST TO DO IT J. COLE HIMSELF. ONE TRACK OFF THE ALBUM I THINK IS DOPE IS “TED TALK” WHERE MICHEAL TALKS ABOUT HOW THERE'S NO FRIENDS IN THE INDUSTRY AND KNOWING YOU'RE VALUE, REALIZING HOW ALOT OF THE POLICTICS IN THE GAME IS REAL BITTER SWEET. REALLY IN MY EYES THE WHOLE RECORD JUST SPEAKS ABOUT GROWTH THROUGH THE JOURNEY, EXPLAINING HOW THINGS WORK IN THE INDUSTRY BUT AT THE SAME TIME STILL HAVING ALOT TO LEARN AND EXPERIENCE. HERE'S A QOUTBALE FROM THE TRACK THAT STOOD OUT TO ME!

“Can’t figure out if N****s really teachers or they leeching”

WHEN I HEARD HIM SAY THAT I CAN WHOLE HEARTEDLY RELATE BEING I'VE COME ACROSS SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RICH & CLAIM TO BE TEACHERS CLAIM TO BE TRYING TO HELP BUT I ALWAYS REALIZE THEY REALLY BE LEECHING, NOT EVERYONE IS THAT WAY BUT IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW. WHEN I LISTEN TO THE SONG CALLED “INFINITY” IT GETS ME HYPE ITS EASILY ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRACKS OFF THE ALBUM. THE VIBE IS LIKE SOME LATE 90s DRIVING DOWN THE COAST TOP DOWN. “They throwing shade when yo light ascending”

I MEAN ITS REALLY SELF EXPLANATORY, PEOPLE HATE TO SEE YOU RISING ABOVE, THEY WANT TO SEE U DO GOOD BUT NEVER BETTER THAN THEM, ITS BARS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE ME A FAN OF A ARTIST WHEN THEY CAN REALLY SPEAK ON SOME REAL LIFE SH*T NOT THE NORMAL “DRUGS, MONEY, WOMEN ETC” THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO HEARING FROM ARTIST THESE DAYS. DON'T GET ME WRONG I LISTEN TO THAT MUSIC AS WELL BUT I REALLY NEED SUBSTANCE U HEAR ME SPEAK ABOUT SUBSTANCE ALOT IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING ON SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE ME “THINK” THINGS THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN RELATE TOO FOR ME YOU'RE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IT DOESN'T STAND OUT. IF YOU CAN'T TELL THIS GUY IS ALREADY A SUPERSTAR IDK WHAT TO TELL YOU IM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THIS HEAVY WEIGHT

Michael Aristotle

Khaliyah X 🌹