Disco!
Studio album by
Mike
ReleasedJune 21, 2021 (2021-06-21)
GenreHip hop
Length43:12
Label10K
ProducerDJ Blackpower
Mike chronology
Weight of the World
(2020)		 Disco!
(2021)		 Beware of the Monkey
(2022)
Singles from Disco!
  1. "Evil Eye"
    Released: April 13, 2021
  2. "Crystal Ball"
    Released: May 13, 2021

Disco! is a studio album by American rapper Mike. It was released via 10K on June 21, 2021.[1] It has received generally favorable reviews from critics.[2] It peaked at number 98 on the Billboard Top Current Album Sales chart.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX3.9/5[4]
Flood Magazine8/10[5]
Pitchfork8.0/10[6]
Spectrum Culture80%[7]
Spinfavorable[8]
Stereogumfavorable[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Dylan Green of Pitchfork gave the album an 8.0 out of 10, stating, "It's less a singing-and-dancing, public reclamation of self than it is a silent disco, a reminder that introspection and consistency can break any curse."[6] Tomas Miriti Pacheco of Spin commented that "the progression of both his sorrow and his musical technique can be traced across the album's diverse tracks."[8] Pranav Trewn of Stereogum wrote, "He is a conduit for a broad coalition of voices that speak across the album, taking in their perspectives and reflecting them back out like the disco ball that obscures his face on the cover."[9]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
NPR 50 Best Albums of 2021
39
Okayplayer 21 Best Albums of 2021
7
Paste 40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021
N/A
Pitchfork 50 Best Albums of 2021
16
PopMatters 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021
6

Track listing

All tracks were produced by Mike, under his production alias dj blackpower.

No.TitleLength
1."Evil Eye"2:08
2."Alarmed!" (featuring Sideshow)2:36
3."Leaders of Tomorrow (Intro)"2:58
4."Center City"1:50
5."Big Love"3:34
6."Aww (Zaza)"2:01
7."Ghoulish"1:46
8."Babyvillain (In Our Veins)"2:38
9."At Thirst Sight by Assia"3:14
10."Frogville (MK Ultra)"2:32
11."Endgame"1:31
12."World Market (Mo' Money)"2:54
13."Crystal Ball"1:37
14."Sandra"3:09
15."Tailwind"1:57
16."Airdrop"1:53
17."Spiral/Disco (Outro)"4:54
Total length:43:12
  • "Alarmed!", "Ghoulish", "At Thirst Sight by Assia", and "Tailwind" are stylized in lowercase letters
  • "At Thirst Sight by Assia" features vocals from singer Assia

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[3] 98

References

  1. ↑ "Disco! - MIKE | Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Disco! by MIKE". Metacritic. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Top Current Album Sales: Week of August 27, 2022". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  4. ↑ Brutocao, Ben (July 22, 2021). "MIKE Balances Trauma & Hope On Introspective 'DISCO!' Album". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ Amorosi, Ad (June 23, 2021). "Mike, Disco!". Flood Magazine. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Green, Dylan (June 23, 2021). "MIKE: Disco!". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  7. ↑ Dempsey, Colin (June 21, 2021). "Mike: Disco!". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Pacheco, Tomas Miriti (June 21, 2021). "On Disco!, MIKE Shares A Glimmer Of Hope". Spin. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  9. 1 2 Trewn, Pranav (June 21, 2021). "The Meditative Splendor Of MIKE's Disco!". Stereogum. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  10. ↑ "NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021, Ranked (page 2 of 5)". NPR. December 1, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Okayplayer's 21 Best Albums of 2021". Okayplayer. 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  12. ↑ "The 40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021". Paste. December 31, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  13. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Pitchfork. December 7, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  14. ↑ "The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021 (page 3 of 4)". PopMatters. December 13, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
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