★★★★★
If you haven't heard of Mims by now, then you probably don't need to. He's the New York rapper with a southern state of mind whose contagious flows and addictive hooks combined form a tasty recipe for success. He's catchy yet annoying, depending on what mood you're in, first single 'This Is Why I'm Hot' achieved the third largest chart leap in the Billboard Hot 100's history, giving Capitol Records their first No.1 smash hit in fifteen years...
- www.gigwise.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
To avoid confusion right at the start, MIMS is an acronym which stands for "Music Is My Savior" while Sean Mims is the given birthname of the actual rapper in question being reviewed. Got it? Good. Henceforth in this review the rapper will be referred to by his last name, uncapitalized. That's not to say Mims hasn't generated a lot of capital for Capitol Records though...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Most rappers use (abuse) skits to glorify how extravagant their lifestyle is and how successful they are at picking up dimepieces to fuck their brains out. On the second track of his new album "Guilt," Sean Mims uses his first skit to BURY HIMSELF AS AN ARTIST. Here's a snippet of the conversation that was recorded to go between the title track and his second song:"This is why I'm hot? Nigga, this is why I'm room temperature. Cats like this comin' in, disrespecting the game, hip-hop man. MIMS?...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Mims' 2007 debut single, "This Is Why I'm Hot," was such a perfectly catchy and irresistible piece of pop doggerel that you wish he'd retired then and there, slipping quietly into obscurity, the better to personify the daffy delights of the ringtone-rap era to future generations. Unfortunately, the New York MC is determined to achieve one-hit-wonder immortality the traditional way: by releasing a string of forgettable follow-ups. Mims has good taste in beats. But this album seems just . . ...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
If you've heard a cell phone ring in the past month, you are probably familiar with Mims. The New York rapper scored a smash hit with "This Is Why I'm Hot," a catchy little thing with a cool, minimalist beat and some goofy charm. Nothing else on Mims' debut, Music Is My Savior, is as instantly gratifying as "Hot." But the beats keep things moving: "Cop It" traffics in big, nickel-plated bounce, and "Big Black Train" is another bare-bones banger...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
How did Shawn Mims, all but unknown just six months ago, become the rap star du jour? The 25-year-old New Yorker addresses that very question in "This Is Why I'm Hot," the chartcrushing lead single from his debut Music Is My Savior, explaining repeatedly that "I'm hot 'cause I'm fly/You ain't 'cause you not." Okay, so he's no Shakespeare...
- ew.com
2009-06-04
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