I don't get to say this often, but I can honestly say I've been digging Mike Schpitz for a minute, since we hosted his "Love Potion Number 9" tape was back when to be specific, and the Topeka representer's only gotten better with time. Case in point, his new project "Prize Package Vol. 1". Listen and download....
Last we heard from Mike Schpitz, he was boasting about "Gettin’ It" – “It” being cash – in every way, shape or form imaginable. Today, on the second of four premieres off his forthcoming mixtape, the Kansan emcee’s "Going for Broke" with nothing to his name but “a dollar and a dream.” Listen and download...
Now that you've alll had a chance to check out his "Prize Package" (pause) it's time to start bumping some of the music off RefinedHype favorite and My City vet Mike Schpitz, namely smoothly sampled "Gettin' It" - because the best thing about money is having it. Listen and download...
RefinedHype favorite and the greatest rapper to ever come out of Topeka, Mike Schpitz, is readying to drop a new mixtape, "The Prize Package" via the mothership, yours truly and the good folks at YNotMyDream, and because the project's got such a unique story I invited the man himself to break it down. If only more rappers made homage to delicious burgers the world would be a better place. See more....
The fifth installment in the #illRaps Series, "Means the World" finds F.A.B.L.E. x Neak x Rashid Hadee x Slot-A x Sincerely Yours x Mike Schpitz x NidaNasheeda all going in over a subtly soulful beat from Rashid Hadee. Between this and yesterday's 9th Wonder & Phonte joint, we're getting closer to a true lyrical rennaisance everyday. Listen and download....
The latest sign of Mike Schppitz's burgeoning prominence is his new mixtape "Mike Murder", a 10-track effort that finds the young rhymse-schpitter going in over some classic beats from the likes of legendary producers like DJ Premier, Dr Dre, RZA, Timbaland and many more. Download now so you can say you were down with him before the fame and riches. Listen and download...
Another day, another dope freestyle from the greatest rapper to ever come out of Topeka High School, Mike Schpitz. The latest, and last, leak from his upcoming and cleverly titled "Mike Murder" project (see previous leak "Mike is Like"), Schpitz' latest joint "Dinner's Hot" is, of course, nothing but four straight minutes of punchline heavy flows. Listen and download...
As he gears up for the release of his upcoming "Mike Murder" album, RefinedHype regular and "Love Potion Number 9th" creator Mike Schpitz takes a moment to join our My City series and talk about small-city bias, the wonders of Taco's El Sol and why if you see him coming with some water balloons, you should probably start running. See more...
Almost six months after "Love Potion" Mike Schpitz is gearing up to release a new project, "Mike Murder", hence the photo, and in order to build some much-deserved hype surrounding the project he'll be releasing a few select leaks, starting with today's "Mike Is Like", a nearly four-minute lyrical onslaught over DJ Premier's "Nas is Like" beat. "Mike is like a pack of Mike & Ikes to a diabetic…I’m dope enough to ignite a Richard Pryor fire session.” Yeah, it's like that. Listen and download...
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