Myka 9 & Factor's lyrics & chords

Usually, it’s that you’ve either never heard Myka 9 or you’re given to making fantastic claims about the man and his virtuosity. Superlatives adhere to Myka, yet he is absurdly under-known for an artist of his stature, and it’s this paradox that too often governs discussion of his two and a half decades in rap. (A body of work, by the way, bookended by ghostwriting two songs on N.W.A. and the Posse’s 1987 LP and now by this piece, Sovereign Soul.) Perhaps it’s simply that Myka is more or less alone in the world of rap. His tonal ...read more