Chicago-based rapper McKinley Dixon has introduced a guest-stacked new album referred to as Magic, Alive! coming in June through Metropolis Slang. Its lead single “Sugar Water” (out now) options Quelle Chris and Anjimile. Elsewhere on Magic, Alive!, Dixon loops in Pink Siifu, ICECOLDBISHOP, Blu, Shamir, and Ghais Guevara.
Magic, Alive! additionally options manufacturing from Sam Yamaha and Sam Koff (who contributes trumpet), instrumentation from trombonist Reggie Tempo, harpist Eli Owens, guitarists Sarah Tuzdin (Illuminati Hotties), and El Kempner (Palehound).
Of “Sugar Water,” which has Tuzdin on guitar, Dixon says: “‘Sugar Water’ is a dialogue on how you can make fleeting moments final eternally, and how you can carry these not right here with you thru time and area. It raises the query ‘what’s the value to pay for an everlasting life lived by others’ recollections?’”
Hear beneath.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Watch My Arms”
02 Sugar Water (Feat. Quelle Chris & Anjimile)
03 “A Crooked Stick” (Feat. Ghais Guevara & Alfred.)
04 “Recitatif” (Feat. Teller Financial institution$)
05 “Run, Run, Run Half II”
06 “We’re Outdoors, Rejoice!”
07 “All The Liked Ones (What Would We Do???)” (Feat. ICECOLDBISHOP & Pink Siifu)
08 “F.F.O.L.” (Feat. Teller Financial institution$)
09 “Hear Mild”
10 “Magic, Alive!”
11 “May’ve Been Totally different” (Feat. Blu & Shamir)
TOUR DATES:
10/16 – Dublin, IE @ The Workman’s Cellar
10/17 – Glasgow, UK @ The Hug and Pint
10/18 – Manchester, UK @ YES
10/19 – Bristol, UK @ Tough Commerce Bristol
10/21 – London, UK @ The Lexington
10/22 – Paris, FR @ Le Pop-up du Label
10/23 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix Cafe
10/24 – Cologne, DE @ Veedel Membership
10/27 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
10/28 – Hamburg, DE @ Knust
10/30 – Stockholm, SE @ Bar Brooklyn
10/31 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega (Supreme Bar)
11/01 – Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
Magic, Alive! is out 6/6 through Metropolis Slang. Pre-order it right here.
