Capping off a breakout year, rising critically acclaimed San Antonio, TX rapper Mike Dimes reveals a new single and music video entitled “FLEEK”.
On the track, a threatening synth loop pulsates underneath an anxiously taut beat as Mike locks into an airtight flow. It builds towards a pummeling proclamation on the hook, “No cap, no lie, I can’t be with them guys.” The accompanying visual opens with a shot of Mike as he emerges from a tent in a haze of smoke. He proceeds to cruise in a golf cart as he simultaneously raps. The story takes a turn as night falls, and a bus beckons him and a group of friends to “Camp Billy.” With a cliffhanger ending, the moment has all the makings of an eighties slasher flick setup, but we’ll find out soon!
It lands in the wake of “247.” The latter has already generated 1.2 million Spotify streams and 425K YouTube views on the music video. Right out of the gate with critical acclaim from Consequence of Sound as well as HotNewHipHop who proclaimed, “Mike Dimes is commanding attention, this time with his new single ‘247’.”
Most recently, he dropped “TALK2ME” over the summer. So far, it has generated north of 3 million Spotify streams and 328K YouTube views on the music video. Beyond reeling in hundreds of millions of total streams, he has continued to garner critical acclaim as well. Pitchfork proclaimed, “
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