Mic Tyson

by Sean Price

Overview

The long wait for Sean Price's solo effort Mic Tyson was due to the birth of the rapper's son, but career-wise, plenty happened between this one and 2007's Jesus Price Supastar. His membership in Random Axe, along with Black Milk and Guilty Simpson, introduced his gruff and direct style to a whole new audience, and then he became a household name for the button-mashing set when the video game NBA 2K11 featured him as a selectable, playable character. That's some serious crossover heat, but Mic Tyson is concerned about a payoff and is less flashy than the boxer its title plays off, sounding somewhere between a rough-and-ready mixtape and sound street release with just that extra bit of production that puts it in the category of official. Highlights include the hood lullaby "Hush" ("Hush little baby, don't say a word/Ruck is gonna hit you with the nine than you heard") and "Battering Bars," where Price rides a soulful Beat Butcha production. Producer the Alchemist offers four true bangers to the set, while 9th Wonder shows up with "Straight Music," one of his most minimal soul constructions to date. Speaking of minimal, most tracks barely pass the two-minute mark, but Price's material-starved fans are craving his words more than beats, so don't call it a comeback but a wicked, wordy return. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	05/03/2024
Label:	Duck Down Music
UPC:	0784085100984
Rank:	161118

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sean Price   Primary Artist
Buckshot   Primary Artist
Ike Eyes   Primary Artist
Realm Reality   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Pumpkinhead   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ruste Juxx   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Torae   Primary Artist
Ill Bill   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Pharoahe Monch   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jeff Babko   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Bram Van Leuken   Promoter,Marketing
David Weiss   Promoter,Marketing
Reuben Rodriguez-Robbins   Promoter,Marketing
Guy Blellock   Promoter,Marketing
Haroon Gilani   Artwork,Back Cover
Robert A. Diaz   Producer
Eliot Dubock   Producer
Dru Ha   Associate Executive Producer
Kenneth Montgomery   Legal Counsel,Music Business Affairs
Babu   Producer
Ill Bill   Producer
Sean Price   Composer,Executive Producer
R. Gonzalez   Producer
K. Blake   Producer
9th Wonder   Producer
Mazza   Promoter,Marketing
Dan the Man   Mixing
The Alchemist   Producer
Stu Bangas   Producer
C. Tyson   Producer
Mark Perretta   Producer
V. Evans   Producer
W. Braunstein   Producer
Amp   Producer
Skrilla   Artwork
Lou Smith   Promoter
J. Nicholson   Promoter
Fred Bear   Studio Manager
DJ Sherazta   Promoter,Marketing
Eric G.   Producer
Matt Conaway   Publicity
Michael Sarsfield   Mastering
Khrysis   Producer
Ruste Juxx   Producer
Evidence   Producer
Raphael Tanghal   Cover Art
Beat Butcha   Producer
Shucky Ducky   Promoter,Marketing
Patrick Douthit   Producer
Jacqueline Shao   Artwork
Noah Friedman   Project Coordinator
Alvin Akinti   Promoter
Eli Evnen   Promoter,Marketing
Matt Blakely   Promoter,Marketing
Shane Gill   Promoter,Marketing
E. Gabouer   Producer
Justin Fleischer   Promoter,Marketing