The Circus

Among the veritable groundswell of next-level talent to emerge from Chicago in the 2010s, Mick Jenkins rises to the occasion for his first project of the 2020s. Teeming with the same jazz-inflected beats and contemporary bass booms fans have come to expect since 2015’s *Wave\[s\]*, this EP-length effort welcomes children of all ages to witness this hip-hop wonder. As heads bop and speakers rattle, he speaks in soliloquies and counterpoints with ferocious wit on cuts like “Carefree” and “The Fit.” The Dreamville duo EARTHGANG adds their singular charms to “The Light,” but otherwise *The Circus* runs entirely on Jenkins’ energy.

On what he’s called a “prelude” to his next album, the Chicago rapper sets aside the big themes of previous records and luxuriates in letting his mind wander.

After the huge success of 'Pieces Of A Man', alternative hip-hop hero Mick Jenkins takes it easy with a breezy, small-but-perfectly formed EP

To hear Mick Jenkins' new EP is to witness a once promisingly flawed artist finally come into his own. Over The Circus's seven tracks, the b...

With a psychedelic, hazy beat coalescing with elite storytelling, Mick Jenkins welcomes us to 'The Circus'. Introspection is a perpetual theme for