| Artist | Mykki Blanco |
|---|---|
| Cover | Mykki album cover.jpeg |
| Released | September 16, 2016 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Label | Dogfood Music Group · Studio !K7 |
| Producer | Woodkid · Jeremiah Meece |
| Prev year | 2014 |
| Next year | 2021 |
Mykki is the first studio album by American rapper Mykki Blanco.[1] It was released via Dogfood Music Group and Studio !K7 on September 16, 2016.[2] The production is handled by Woodkid and Jeremiah Meece.[3] Music videos were created for "High School Never Ends"[4] and "Loner".[5]
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Mykki received an average score of 77, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]
Stacey Anderson of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.7 out of 10 and stated that "Mykki's whirlwind of topics have a heated musicality to match, jostling backpack rap with spongy neo-soul, usually with a chant-along pop chorus twining it all together."[7] Benjamin Aspray of Slant Magazine gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, writing, "Mykki is abundantly entertaining—a seedy, playful camp melodrama produced and performed with the unblinking conviction of an overdue star."[8] Benjamin Boles of Now gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "an outsider rap album that hits hard enough to cross over to a much bigger audience than many would have predicted."[9]
MusicOMH placed it at number 30 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2016" list.[10]
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Mykki Blanco – vocals
- Jean Deaux – vocals (2)
- Jeremiah Meece – vocals (7), production (1, 2, 4, 6–8, 10, 12, 13)
- Woodkid – production (3, 5, 9, 11)
- Bruno Bertoli – arrangement (3, 5, 9, 11)
- Matt Lambert – photography
References
- ^ Geffen, Sasha (October 19, 2016). "Mykki Blanco Is Her Own Problematic Fave". MTV. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Murphy, Sarah (July 20, 2016). "Mykki Blanco Details Debut Album, Shares "The Plug Won't"". Exclaim!. Archived January 10, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Welsh, April Clare (July 20, 2016). "Mykki Blanco announces debut album Mykki – hear the first single". Fact. Archived February 16, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Blistein, Jon (May 17, 2016). "Watch Mykki Blanco's Searing Video for 'High School Never Ends'". Rolling Stone. Archived February 16, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Stutz, Colin (December 2, 2016). "Mykki Blanco's 'Loner' Back on YouTube After Calling Out Video's 'Homophobic' Removal". Billboard. Archived January 28, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ "Mykki by Mykki Blanco". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived July 18, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Anderson, Stacey (September 23, 2016). "Mykki Blanco: Mykki". Pitchfork. Archived February 20, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Aspray, Benjamin (September 3, 2016). "Mykki Blanco: Mykki". Slant Magazine. Archived June 21, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Boles, Benjamin (September 21, 2016). "Album of the week: Mykki Blanco's Mykki". Now. Archived July 17, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Hubbard, Michael (December 9, 2016). "musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2016". MusicOMH. Archived February 2, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.