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   Rapreviews
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?! What does MIMS stand for anyway man? Nigga... MIMS stand for Malfunction In Music Seriously nigga."

Now the intent was undoubtedly to portray the prototypical "hater" in hip-hop circles who refuses to give a chance to anything that's either new, the least bit commercial, or both. Unfortunately for Sean Mims the view portrayed may have been more prevalent than a small minority of haters. Stacked up against first week sales of Jadakiss' "The Last Kiss," Mims new album looks like an utter failure. Kiss moved an eighth of a million units, in fact over 135,000 sold, while "Guilt" couldn't even manage 10% of that total - just 12,400 copies according to retail and SoundScan. THAT'S HORRIBLE, and that's entirely fair to compare, since both are regional NYC rappers with some past crossover success. Reviews at RR usually come out before such numbers are available but in this case it's just impossible to ignore the implication that the hater on Mims' "Skit" was actually RIGHT.

After listening to "Guilt" though I can't place the blame squarely on Sean Mims frame. The first two singles off the album do exactly what they're supposed to do. The minimalistic beat by Da Internz on "Move (If You Wanna)" gave Mims the opportunity to flex vocally and catch attention with a volume jumping flow. It was a good re-introduction to the rapper after a two year absence since his debut. "Love Rollercoaster" puts the previously "Hot" MC into an ultra-cool environment with LeToya Luckett singing on a quiet storm beat from Da Internz. Mims smooth game slides silkily over the soft seductive synths for what should have been another surefire hit:...full text

   Nytimes
“I’m king of the club/and I’m wearing the crown,” Flo Rida boasts on “Right Round,” which was the No. 1 song in the country for several weeks recently. Bionic and empty, it cribs liberally from Dead or Alive’s 1985 hit “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” and sold a million digital copies faster than any other single to date. On “R.O.O.T.S.,” this Miami rapper’s second album, it’s introduced by a skit in which a record executive joylessly talks about “international setup” as if size were the only thing that mattered....full text

   Vibe
Mims wants badly not to be known as a one-hit-wonder. “This Is Why I’m Hot,” his debut single from 2007, rocketed to number one on Billboard’s Hot 100. It’s simple dial tone synth melody allowed Mims to sample from several different, distinct regional anthems—among them “Jesus Walks”, “Nuthin’ But A G Thang” and “Shook Ones Part II”—and cobble together a post-modern chart-topper. His album, Music Is My Savior (Capitol) was not nearly as successful. His pop strides left him awkwardly without an identity. On his second album, Guilt (Capitol), Mims tries to redeem himself. And maybe show some personality.

Guilt opens with the title track, a soliloquy that explains his quagmire: How to improve lyrically without sacrificing his pop audience. After this seemingly sincere admission, Mims gets earnest on three high caliber slugs. “On And On,” a return to his battle with commercialism, is swaddled in warm and bright church organs and school bells. This vulnerability is retooled and transitioned into the flirtatious “Love Rollercoster” and then again into the radio ready “Move (If You Wanna).” The depth that Mims seems to be looking for isn’t present, but at least the album’s first third is cohesive. Then Guilt downshifts into the damn near unforgivable....full text

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