| Music Is My Savior | ||||
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| Studio album by Mims | ||||
| Released | March 27, 2007[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2006-2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop rap, East Coast rap | |||
| Length | 57:39 | |||
| Label | American King Music | |||
| Producer | Blackout Movement, D. Baker, Ty Fyffe, DJ Blackout, Corey Llewellyn, Erik Mendelson, Shawn Mims | |||
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Music Is My Savior is the debut album from the American King Music artist Mims (both the artist's family name and a backronym representing Music Is My Savior). It was released on March 27, 2007. It includes the singles "This Is Why I'm Hot", "Like This" and "Just Like That".
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The album features guest appearances by southern rapper Bun B, underground rapper Bad Seed, LeToya Luckett, Cham, reggae artist Junior Reid, and R&B singer J. Holiday. Capitol Records labelmate Rasheeda provides additional vocals on the song, "Like This."
Music Is My Savior features production from Blackout Movement, Twizz & D. Baker, Ty Fyffe, and DJ Blackout. The bulk of the album was produced by DJ Blackout and his Blackout Movement. Mims has mentioned numerous amounts of time that he feels that his project benefited greatly from his extensive work with the Blackout Movement. He says that he likes them because they give a different sound to his music.
Singles from Music Is My Savior included the hit single "This Is Why I'm Hot," "Like This" and "Just Like That."
The song "Cop It" was featured in the EA Sports game Madden 08, but was not released as a single.[2]
A snippet of the song 'Superman' was used in Britain's Got Talent 2009 winners Diversity (dance troupe)'s routine.
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com | [3] |
| Allmusic | [4] |
| The LA Times | [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
The album received mixed reviews from critics. Rolling Stone gave it three out of five stars, claiming "Mims can't carry a whole album."[7] Allmusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five. It was reviewed more negatively by The L.A. Times, who gave the album one and a half stars out of four.
The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 with 78,000 copies sold in the first week released.[8]
| # | Title | Featured guest(s) | Producer(s) | |
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| 1 | "Intro" | 2:13 | BlackOut & Styles | |
| 2 | "It's Alright" | 3:17 | BlackOut & Styles | |
| 3 | "This Is Why I'm Hot" | 4:13 | The Blackout Movement | |
| 4 | "Girlfriend's Fav MC" | 3:39 | J. Holiday | Twizz & D. Baker |
| 5 | "Where I Belong" | 3:51 | Ty Fyffe | |
| 6 | "Cop It" | 3:01 | Thomas Simons | |
| 7 | "Big Black Train" | 3:55 | Twizz & D. Baker | |
| 8 | "They Don't Wanna Play" | 4:05 | Bun B & Bad Seed | BlackOut & Styles |
| 9 | "Like This" | 3:23 | Rasheeda | BlackOut & Styles |
| 10 | "Just Like That" | 3:20 | The Vault Productions | |
| 11 | "Without You" | 4:12 | LeToya Luckett | BlackOut & Styles |
| 12 | "Superman" | 3:27 | BlackOut & Styles | |
| 13 | "This Is Why I'm Hot (Blackout Remix)" | 3:37 | Cham & Junior Reid | The Blackout Movement |
| 14 | "Doctor Doctor" | 3:40 | Kobayashi | |
| 15 | "Don't Cry (Outro)" | 4:06 | Purple Popcorn | BlackOut & Styles |
| 16 | "I Did You Wrong" (International bonus track) | 3:31 | BlackOut & Styles | |
| 17 | "This Is Why I'm Hot (Rock Remix)" (bonus track) | 4:37 | Purple Popcorn | The Blackout Movement |
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