Mykki
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mykki
| type = studio
| artist = Mykki Blanco
| cover = Mykki album cover.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|09|16}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=36|s=58}}
| label = {{hlist|Dogfood Music Group|Studio !K7}}
| producer = {{hlist|Woodkid|Jeremiah Meece}}
| prev_title = Gay Dog Food
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Broken Hearts and Beauty Sleep
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mykki
| type = studio
| single1 = High School Never Ends
| single1date = May 17, 2016{{cite web|url=http://mykkiblanco.bandcamp.com/album/highschool-never-ends|title=High School Never Ends – Mykki Blanco|website=Bandcamp|date=May 17, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519093436/https://mykkiblanco.bandcamp.com/album/highschool-never-ends|archive-date=May 19, 2017|url-status=dead}}
| single2 = The Plug Won't
| single2date = July 20, 2016{{cite web|url=http://mykkiblanco.bandcamp.com/album/the-plug-wont|title=The Plug Won't – Mykki Blanco|website=Bandcamp|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519054059/https://mykkiblanco.bandcamp.com/album/the-plug-wont|archive-date=May 19, 2017|url-status=dead}}
| single3 = Loner
| single3date = September 6, 2016{{cite web|url=http://mykkiblanco.bandcamp.com/album/loner|title=Loner – Mykki Blanco|website=Bandcamp|date=September 6, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517181000/https://mykkiblanco.bandcamp.com/album/loner|archive-date=May 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}
}}
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Mykki is the first studio album by American rapper Mykki Blanco.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2944602/mykki-blanco/|title=Mykki Blanco Is Her Own Problematic Fave|website=MTV|first=Sasha|last=Geffen|date=October 19, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216054506/http://www.mtv.com/news/2944602/mykki-blanco/|archive-date=February 16, 2017|url-status=dead}} It was released via Dogfood Music Group and Studio !K7 on September 16, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mykki_blanco_details_debut_album_shares_the_plug_wont|title=Mykki Blanco Details Debut Album, Shares "The Plug Won't"|website=Exclaim!|first=Sarah|last=Murphy|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110162330/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mykki_blanco_details_debut_album_shares_the_plug_wont|archive-date=January 10, 2017|url-status=live}} The production is handled by Woodkid and Jeremiah Meece.{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/07/20/mykki-blanco-announces-debut-album-mykki-hear-the-first-single/|title=Mykki Blanco announces debut album Mykki – hear the first single|website=Fact|first=April Clare|last=Welsh|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216045212/http://www.factmag.com/2016/07/20/mykki-blanco-announces-debut-album-mykki-hear-the-first-single/|archive-date=February 16, 2017|url-status=live}} Music videos were created for "High School Never Ends"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-mykki-blancos-searing-video-for-high-school-never-ends-20160517|title=Watch Mykki Blanco's Searing Video for 'High School Never Ends'|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Jon|last=Blistein|date=May 17, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216043705/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-mykki-blancos-searing-video-for-high-school-never-ends-20160517|archive-date=February 16, 2017|url-status=live}} and "Loner".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7597332/mykki-blanco-loner-video-youtube-removal|title=Mykki Blanco's 'Loner' Back on YouTube After Calling Out Video's 'Homophobic' Removal|magazine=Billboard|first=Colin|last=Stutz|date=December 2, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128043522/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/mykki-blanco-loner-video-youtube-removal-7597332/|archive-date=January 28, 2022|url-status=live}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 77/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/mykki/mykki-blanco|title=Mykki by Mykki Blanco|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718165151/http://www.metacritic.com/music/mykki/mykki-blanco|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=live}}
| rev1 = The Guardian
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/15/mykki-blanco-mykki-review|title=Mykki Blanco: Mykki review – angst and melodrama from artwork-turned-artist|website=The Guardian|first=Rachel|last=Aroesti|date=September 15, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930201553/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/15/mykki-blanco-mykki-review|archive-date=September 30, 2016|url-status=live}}
| rev2 = Now
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/album-of-the-week-mykki-blanco-mykki/|title=Album of the week: Mykki Blanco's Mykki|website=Now|first=Benjamin|last=Boles|date=September 21, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717041806/https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/album-of-the-week-mykki-blanco-mykki/|archive-date=July 17, 2019|url-status=live}}
| rev3 = The Observer
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/18/mykki-blanco-review-hip-hop|title=Mykki Blanco: Mykki review – candid, genre-bending tales from a riveting rapper|website=The Observer|first=Kitty|last=Empire|date=September 18, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017045020/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/18/mykki-blanco-review-hip-hop|archive-date=October 17, 2016|url-status=live}}
| rev4 = Pitchfork
| rev4score = 7.7/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22399-mykki/|title=Mykki Blanco: Mykki|website=Pitchfork|first=Stacey|last=Anderson|date=September 23, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220173606/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22399-mykki/|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}
| rev5 = Slant Magazine
| rev5score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/mykki-blanco-mykki|title=Mykki Blanco: Mykki|website=Slant Magazine|first=Benjamin|last=Aspray|date=September 3, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621052845/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/mykki-blanco-mykki|archive-date=June 21, 2017|url-status=live}}
| rev6 = Tiny Mix Tapes
| rev6score = {{rating|3.5|5|full=TMT full.svg|half=TMT half.svg|empty=TMT empty.svg|rating=mark}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/mykki-blanco-mykki|title=Mykki Blanco – Mykki|website=Tiny Mix Tapes|first=Rafael|last=Lubner|date=September 16, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313004917/http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/mykki-blanco-mykki|archive-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=live}}
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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".
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." 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." 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."
MusicOMH placed it at number 30 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2016" list.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/features/lists/musicomhs-top-50-albums-2016|title=musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2016|website=MusicOMH|first=Michael|last=Hubbard|date=December 9, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202012505/https://www.musicomh.com/features/lists/musicomhs-top-50-albums-2016|archive-date=February 2, 2018|url-status=live}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Mykki Blanco, except where noted
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = I'm in a Mood
| extra1 = Jeremiah Meece
| length1 = 3:46
| title2 = Loner
| note2 = featuring Jean Deaux
| extra2 = Jeremiah Meece
| length2 = 3:28
| title3 = High School Never Ends
| writer3 = {{hlist|Blanco|Woodkid}}
| extra3 = Woodkid
| length3 = 5:33
| title4 = Interlude 1
| extra4 = Jeremiah Meece
| length4 = 0:59
| title5 = My Nene
| writer5 = {{hlist|Blanco|Woodkid}}
| extra5 = Woodkid
| length5 = 3:22
| title6 = The Plug Won't
| extra6 = Jeremiah Meece
| length6 = 3:40
| title7 = Hideaway
| note7 = featuring Jeremiah Meece
| extra7 = Jeremiah Meece
| length7 = 2:55
| title8 = Interlude 2
| extra8 = Jeremiah Meece
| length8 = 1:06
| title9 = You Don't Know Me
| writer9 = {{hlist|Blanco|Woodkid}}
| extra9 = Woodkid
| length9 = 2:40
| title10 = Fendi Band
| extra10 = Jeremiah Meece
| length10 = 3:18
| title11 = For the Cunts
| writer11 = {{hlist|Blanco|Woodkid}}
| extra11 = Woodkid
| length11 = 2:17
| title12 = Shit Talking Creep
| extra12 = Jeremiah Meece
| length12 = 1:31
| title13 = Rock n Roll Dough
| extra13 = Jeremiah Meece
| length13 = 2:44
| total_length = 36:58
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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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|1066281|Mykki}}
{{Mykki Blanco}}
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