Mims - Music Is My Savior (2007)

"This Is Why I'm Hot" is a rap song by American rapper Mims that has been released as a single. It is the first single from his upcoming debut album M.I.M.S. (Music Is My Savior). The single has already received heavy rotation and radio play.

It has also performed successfully on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Billboard Hot Rap Tracks charts peaking at number four and number one respectively thus far. This song features samples from Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", E-40's "Tell Me When to Go", Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" and Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Pt. II".

On February 23, 2007 the song reached the top spot on the U.S. iTunes Store 100 most-downloaded songs, surpassing Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around...Comes Around". The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, selling 140,874 downloads.

By early March 2007, the online release of the song had propelled it from number 32 to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in one week; this was the third-greatest rise to number one in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. It remained at number one in the next week until it was surpassed by "Glamorous", by Fergie and Ludacris the week after in the issue dated March 24, 2007.

So, i'm watching rap city the other day. i haven't watched it in a while and i was just curious what kinda shit they're bumping now. within about 25 minutes it became painfully clear that shit is just out of hand.
before i start this rant, i'd like to say i like some mainstream hip hop. in fact, i'd go as far to say ,a few years back (when timberland, kanye and the neptunes were dominating the mainstream beats), i prefered alot of mainstream shit to the underground shit. music should be fun sometimes and they were doing it right. HOWEVER, the crop of fucking retards that have been somehow able to drop hits lately is mind boggling. the leader of the pack is MIMS. we all know the song. i'm sure the majority of us had a similar reaction the first time we heard it. mine was "is that the new rakim joint?" just kidding...so, yeah, the song is terrible...but as it grew in popularity i began to wonder who is actually liking this song. it's like sheryl crow. i know she sellls millions of albums but i've never met a fan of hers. in the case of mims, i knew who it was. basically everyone on the planet who simply does not give a fuck what they listen to. "it's on the radio? good enough for me!" the shit that kills me is how out in the open MIMS' obvious bullshit is. he literally says "i can sell a million saying nothing on a track" AND HE DID! it's not that suprising , considering all the retarded southern chant rap and "chicken noodle soup" bullshit that gets over but still...at some point people have to step back and be like "this is not good." even normal people who don't think of music beyond some shit that plays in the backgroud. But this mims song particularly gets me cause:
1)it's slow and not really dance friendly
2)the hook isn't even catchy
3)the beat sounds like a commercial for one of those late night singles chat lines.
what's the appeal?
then it hit me...in the first verse, he does that part when he shouts out to every place in the country. it's a trainwreck of an idea cause he has all the "classic" joints play over his beat all out of tune and shit. But i think it's this pandering that people actually go for. seriously, if you're from the south, the bay or brooklyn, just cause someone says where you live on a song doesn't mean it gets a free ride. if you heard that song and bugged out cause he shouted out chicago and you happen to be from chicago, you're an idiot.
i'm gonna make a song called "baby want his bottle?" and the video is going to be me jingling keys if front of the camera while i make funny faces. i think it's pretty much a gaurenteed hit.

djeffibrelich schreef:
ben blij om te zien dat jullie fijne heren hier op mume inzien dat dit niet best is.

KSPR schreef:
This Is Why Am Hot is zo'n vreselijk slecht nummer.

BJ_THUG schreef:
Ik vind dit eigenlijk een aangenaam album en lekkere flow , Niet slechte lyrics , mischien vind ik dit zelf supergoed stiekem . Van mij krijgt deze NY Rapper 4/5 !
Peace !

T37king schreef:
Goed album,gewoon goed een 4 **** MiMs RoCKs

Conway Twitty schreef:
Jezus, heb This Is Why I'm Hot geluisterd. Wat een trieste afgang zeg, nummers als 'Shook Ones Pt. 2' en 'Nothing But A G Thang' sampelen voor zo'n gedrocht van een track is heiligschennis.