Music Is My Savior Explained

Music Is My Savior
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mims
Cover:	Music_is_my_Savior-Mims.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	March 27, 2007
Recorded:	2006–2007
Genre:	East Coast hip hop
Length:	57:39
Label:	American King Music, Capitol Records
Producer:	Blackout Movement, D. Baker, Ty Fyffe, The Runners, Corey Llewellyn, Erik Mendelson
Next Title:	Guilt
Next Year:	2009

Music Is My Savior is the debut studio album by American rapper Mims, released on March 27, 2007^[1] by Capitol Records and Mims’ American King Music imprint. The album was supported by the singles "This Is Why I'm Hot" and "Like This", the former of which reached the peak of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Background

Guests

The album features guest appearances by southern rapper Bun B, underground rapper Bad Seed, LeToya Luckett, Cham, reggae artist Junior Reid, and R&B singer J. Holiday. Capitol Records labelmate Rasheeda provides additional vocals on the song, "Like This."

Production

Music Is My Savior features production from Blackout Movement, Twizz & D. Baker, Ty Fyffe, and The Runners. The bulk of the album was produced by Blackout Movement. Mims has mentioned numerous times that he feels that his project benefited greatly from his extensive work with the Blackout Movement. He says that he likes them because they give a different sound to his music.

Singles

Singles from Music Is My Savior included the hit single "This Is Why I'm Hot," "Like This" and "Just Like That."

The song "Cop It" was featured in the EA Sports game Madden 08, but was not released as a single.^[2]

A snippet of the song 'Superman' was used in Britain's Got Talent 2009 winners Diversity (dance troupe)'s routine.

Reception

Critical

The album so far has a score of 64 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews". Rolling Stone gave it three out of five stars, claiming "Mims can't carry a whole album." Allmusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five. It was reviewed more negatively by the Los Angeles Times, who gave the album one and a half stars out of four.

Commercial

The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 with 78,000 copies sold in the first week released.^[3]

Track listing

Sample credits

• "This Is Why I'm Hot" contains samples of "Jesus Walks" performed by Kanye West, "Tell Me When to Go" performed by E-40, "Nuthin' but a G Thang" performed by Dr. Dre, "Walk It Out" performed by Unk and "Shook Ones Pt. II" performed by Mobb Deep.
• "It's Alright" contains a sample of "It's All Right" performed by Ray Charles.
• "Where I Belong" contains a sample of "Eternal Love" performed by Stephanie Mills.
• "Doctor Doctor" contains a sample of "Moonchild" performed by King Crimson.
• "I Did You Wrong" contains a sample of "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" performed by R. Kelly.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
US Billboard 200^[4]	192
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	76

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mims Music . March 14, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070320082923/http://www.mimsmusic.net/buy.aspx . March 20, 2007.
2. Web site: Madden 08 drafts song list. 2007-06-29. GameSpot. 2007-07-01. Magrino, Tom.
3. McGraw Leads Seven Top 10 Debuts Onto Billboard 200 . Billboard.com . 2011-09-12.
4. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007. Billboard. 2020-10-05.
5. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2007. Billboard. 2020-10-05.