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MTV did a nice write up this Monday for mixtape Monday’s on our dirty south boy Killer Mike and his new mixtape. Got some good info in there, I think I’m going to have to cop this one myself and see what’s up. Seems like Killer Mike is working on making some power moves and this is only the begining of what he has to say I bet. So check out the info courtesy of MTV News.

MC: Killer Mike (with a little help from DJ Sense)

CD: The Killer

Representing: The dirtiest part of hip-hop

411: You can feel the genuine love Killer Mike has for hip-hop as soon as he starts talking. He calls rap his “religion since 1983″ and sites influences such as Ice Cube, KRS-One and, of course, the Dungeon Family. With his LP Ghetto Extraordinary due in late September, the Grammy Award winner is hoping to begin spray painting his name on the walls as one of the new standard bearers.

So what if his last album, 2003’s Monster, was slept on? Mike is determined that’s not going to happen again. He’s the leadoff artist for Big Boi’s Purple Ribbon label, and he’s confident that he can properly set off the revamped company. Mike has a full deck to play with: He just shot the video for “My Chrome” with director Hype Williams, and he also has a 30-minute mini-movie in the can for the songs “N—as Down South” and “I’m the Sh–,” chronicling the conflicts between two hustlers in the same crew. The film will be released on DVD and packaged with his upcoming album.

In the meantime,�Mike’s The Killer — a mixtape of original tracks, freestyles and skits he says is comparable to an underground album — just hit the streets.�Here, the man with the newly refined flow (he raps just a bit slower and uses more of his natural voice) drops science on a few of the songs.

Joints to Check For:

* “My Chrome.” “It feels damn near like a skating-rink song,” Mike says of the record produced by Mr. DJ.�” ‘You don’t have to go home/ You can stay here/ Put one up in the air while we bend the corners of my chrome.’ The whole song is based on the premise of what it’s like to party down here, our lifestyle. ‘Ease-eee, the cush it got me sleepy/ Rollin’ down 85/ Leeeean-in’ but I ain’t weavin’/ Man you should stay a day in the A …’ I’m letting dudes know you come down here, kick it and have a good time.”

* “N—as Down South.” “Right now they know us for the headbussin’ and the crunk, but I don’t want them to never forget that, first and foremost, ni–as down South is players,” Mike explains. “At the end of the day, it’s all about getting money down here and living better, making sure your family and children live better than what you was given an opportunity to. I wanted to bring the world up to speed and give the South an anthem. … I’m blessed to be black, but I’m highly blessed and favored to be Southern. I honestly feel every day that it’s a huge blessing to be from here.”

* “A Dope Story.” “I’m just a fan of theirs,” Mike says of 112, whose “Cupid” beat he used for the soundscape of this tale about a drug deal turned deadly. “[112] was actually trying to put together a mixtape and asked if I could do something for them. I didn’t want to do your typical crunk stuff or typical hardcore street rap; I wanted to marry hardcore street rap over something real beautiful. ‘Cupid’ was it for me. ['A Dope Story'] is actually going on the album, and that was a freestyle. I’m just trying to keep it innovative, man.”

Source: MTV News.com