Amen! Preach it rapper!

The more I listen to MIMS new record Music is My Saviour, the more I begin to think that MIMS is my saviour or maybe it is the other way around that he is music's Saviour. Sacrilegious? Yes. True? Maybe.

For all the hype his name might create, MIMS has a good reason for his acronym. By the time he was 13 both of his parent's died. He credits music as what kept him clean and off the streets. For everything that he has done for music it is good to see what he is doing for music.

Maybe it is because of the constant references to Houston my hometown, or his cheesy humor like "I suggest you raise up like Exxon gas." or the Kanye West sample ("This is Why I'm Hot"). I don't know why but this is the first rap album I have felt in a long time. Or maybe it is his shout outs to dead rap legends on "Where I Belong" A lot of it I think has to do with the variety in his songs.

Take any gangster rap and you have the same beat with little variation carrying the entire song and the next beat almost seems only to be a variation of the previous. MIMS shows a lot more musical variety within a single song and throughout the entire album. A lot of this probably has to do with the variety of regional rap that he showcases throughout the album such as " Don't Wanna Play" (the dirty south).

One thing that is not original (but if it was any different you would not be listening to rap) are the themes discussed in his lyrics. Spirituality, violence, pride, women. While he is very "confident" in what he has to say about himself there is a positive message in some of his songs about staying off the streets and not living the thug life. Just because he isn't the next 50 cent doesn't mean he would be a good fight to pick. MIMS may have a sissy sounding name but he is not afraid to bring the game to the table.