As part of Apple's Black Music Month Celebration, all around the US in the month of June free shows are going down in Apple Stores to the likes of Ryan Leslie, Big K.R.I.T, and Tabi Bonney. Last Thursday, fans stood in line in NYC waiting for a wristband for the next big thing on Jive, Mickey Factz.
SneakerBox Chock was the opening set. Before his pool of too-hip guests the Camden, NJ rapper performed some of his bangers to an unsuspecting crowd. Most of his set was bombarded with swarms of sirens and bringing the beat back, typical DJ stuff. And when it became too much for the room to handle, he spat a freestyle about his imperfect past and asked the audience something like, "What did you expect? Me to come up here and say I was the number two best rapper?" (And while that was a valid affirmative point, it took the audience a bit of time to warm up to it.) Performing "Shoestrings," "Shades," and "Move," SneakerBox worked hard, but gained some head-boppers at the end of his set.
He gave the stage to Mickey Factz, who came on stage wearing white, skinny jeans and printed tee included. He didn't get too far in before he performed some new hits off of his debut album, The Achievement, like "For the Culture" sans Marsha Ambrosius and a new track called "Dusk Till Dawn." In the thought-provoking but dance party track about an ex, Mickey sang relatively high over a pop production, and jumped up and down in place to the raving beat. It's not much different than "It's Automatic," but it experiments with a bit more crossover dance music. Mickey also performed "It's Automatic," "Paradise," "Diamond Dust," and a fly "We Young" in which at the "don't stop, get it get it" part he did a cool two step, a little pop/lock action. Post show, he greeted fans and snapped flicks.
After six mixtapes and on the cusp of a label LP he ended the night ready to take on the world, or at least, album sales.
The album, The Achievement, comes out this fall on Jive records.
--Girl Blue (TR)
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