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Sunday Drive Available on Itunes

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Sunday Drive

Today is not only a big day because of the Love Potion promoting beginning but my debut album, Sunday Drive with Phys Edison is available for purchase on Itunes.  I know most people already have their copy but the Itunes version has both The Get Up Remix and Sucka MCs Remix featuring The League of OGs as bonus tracks.  If you enjoyed the album, please, please, please purchase a copy on Itunes as well.  I appreciate all of the support for Sunday Drive and I hope you can invest 10 bucks into purchasing a copy as well.  It helps with everything surrounding my music.  I promise I won’t go spend my earnings at the bar.  It will help fund, me and Phys Ed’s next album, Paid Time Off.  If you are searching for Sunday Drive on Itunes you can type and LoveJones and Phys Edison and it will come up as well.  Thanks again.

Sunday Drive on Itunes

Sucak MCs Video Premier

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Mike Schpitz

This video has been a long time in the making.  We started shooting back in May, lost all the footage and came up with some new concepts.  We had to overcome several roadblocks while shooting including a dirty, dusty, wasp-infested garage, going blind from wearing Walgreen’s reading glasses for several hours and mixing the worst combinations of food and beverages imaginable.  All for artistic expression I guess.  Sucka MCs features appearances by Phys Edison, Tori Boyd and Jackie Ferrer.  The video was shot, directed and edited by Tori Boyd.  Sucka MCs is the fourth and final video from Sunday Drive.  The Itunes version of Sunday Drive will be available for purchase very soon.

Double Barrel

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Damn, another Monday already???  I got an update from my session with Phys Edison on Friday.  We recorded 3 new tracks for our album, Paid Time Off and they are sounding really, really dope.  I’m super anxious to get this project completed and out there.  We have another session this coming Saturday to record a couple more joints.  Stay tuned for updates on PTO in the next several months.  Today I decided to an album that has been sitting on my computer for a while but I never gave it a listen.  I have heard a fair amount of good things about Torae and Marco Polo’s Double Barrel album, so in typical Mike Schpitz fashion, my listen comes a little late.  The album is really solid.  Torae is a very capable emcee who goes hard and keeps it fresh, rhyme after rhyme and Marco Polo provides really dope beats.  More importantly, the album sounds like an album.  It is cohesive and all the songs make sense on the album.   The guest appearances fit with the flow of the album too.  I think it is definitely a solid project that is slept-on but will definitely continue making it’s rounds the old fashion way, word of mouth.  My favorite joint is Wordplay.  I think this is where Torae is at his best with the most creative rhymes.  I definitely suggest listening to Double Barrel.  I’m not sure if anyone else feels it but real rap, real albums and real lyrics are coming back.  Shout out to both Torae and Marco Polo.  I look forward to hearing more material from both cats.  Check out Wordplay

The What

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Happy Fridy to all.  I decided to listen to some guaranteed classic hip hop today from one of greatest to touch the mike, Biggie Smalls.  Some days, I just need some guaranteed fire to match the vibe so I put in Ready To Die.  I think we already know that every track is the shit but my personal favorite is The What with Method Man.  This is one of my favorite joints of all time.  The combination of both cats is perfect.  The beat is perfect.  The What is just a perfect song.  I think it definitely matches the Friday vibe.  Enjoy two of hip hop’s illest. 

I also just wanted to share a quick update with you.  Me and Phys Ed have our first official studio session tonight to record the first two joints for our next album, Paid Time Off.  Trust me, it will be more classic shit.

Sucka MCs Remix featuring Tona and Adullessence

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Photo by Tori Boyd

Today is another big day for me as I drop the 2nd remix from Sunday Drive featuring The League of Ordinary Gentlemen.  This time, Tona and Adullessence join me on the remix for the Tribe remake, Sucka MCs.  Both The Get Up Remix and Sucka MCs are important songs for me because they are the first songs that I have released featuring a crew of cats that I work with and know on a personal basis.  It is also important for my hometown to show how far the music has reached and the quality of people that I have been blessed to work with and know.  Everyone knows that Adullessence and I have been working together since 06, so it is also important for me to get Les, Add-2 and Tona on the same songs as well.  I hope everyone enjoys the Sucka MCs Remix and stays tuned for the Itunes version of Sunday Drive.  I have put it on Tunecore and it said Sunday Drive will go live by November 8th.  I thought that I could pick the date but apparently not.  Oh well.  Also, in two weeks, I am releasing the video for Sucka MCs directed by Tori Boyd with a cameo from Phys Ed and Tori.  I look forward to hearing everyone’s feedback. 

Sucka MCs Remix featuring Tona and Adullessence

Mike Schpitz Interview on Wake Your Daughter Up

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I just wanted to share a brief update about what’s going on in my world aside from the barrage of new albums and hatin going on.  My guy Travis at  the site, Wake Your Daughter Up recently posted an interview with me.  Check it out and show WYDU some love.  Also, Yesterday I got featured on DJ Booth.  Please share your comments and thoughts on that site as well. 

Wake Your Daughter Up Interview with Mike Schpitz

The Get Up Remix on djbooth.net

The Get Up Remix featuring Add-2 and Adullessence

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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.  Monday is over and that means, new music from yours truly.  This is the first of two Sunday Drive Remixes featuring The League of Ordinary Gentlemen.  I have been posting a lot of stuff that all of us have been doing separately but this is the first joint that features some of the crew.  The Get Up Remix features the Chicago homie, Add-2 and my long time partner in rhyme Adullessence.  Both The Get Up Remix and the other Remix will be featured on the Itunes version of Sunday Drive which I am going to put available along with the video for Sucka MCs on October 7th.  Please share your thoughts, comments and opinions with any of us.  Shout out to Phys Ed.  The Get Up is STILL that shit!!!!!! 
 
Also, you can catch myself and Add-2 along with Ill Legit at Subterranean this Thursday in Chicago for the Dope 101 showcase.  The show will definitely live up to it’s name and I will be performing a new joint. 
Dope 101

Hat Hype produced by SLOT-A

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Wake up, wake up, wake up it’s the first of the moooooooooooonth.  I got a new joint Im’ dropping today in antipication and preparation for the Sunday Drive Remixes featuring The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, the Sucka MCs video and the Itunes version of Sunday Drive.  My new joint is Hat Hype produced by SLOT-A.  It’s been a while since I dropped new music but I will be releasing A LOT of new stuff.  This joint was actually made around the same time SLOT and I started working on our album, Have You Seen My Stapler?  If you were curious what the promo deal is, shout out to Circuit and NAP Entertainment.  Listen, download, share, post and comment.  I look forward to hearing everyone’s feedback.  I also included the first joint SLOT and I ever recorded, Gettin’ It.  I never really promoted Gettin’ It so I figured I would include it with the new joint, Hat Hype in case you haven’t heard it.  Also, if you havent’ already downloaded my debut album, Sunday Drive, here is the link.  I hope you enjoy and happy 1st to everyone. 

Hat Hype produced by SLOT-A

Gettin’ It produced by SLOT-A

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Mike Schpitz Update: Sunday Drive, Sucka MCs, Hat Hype

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I know it has been a while since I have had any new material to release but I wanted to give everyone an update about Sunday Drive, the Sucka MCs video and a new joint that I am going to release, Hat Hype.  First off, thanks to all the support of sites, blogs and especially Flawless Hustle and Frostwire and Frostclick, Sunday Drive has had amost 80,000 downloads and counting.  After a month after it’s release, Sunday Drive had 1000 and now were almost at 80,000.  That is just incredible.  The feedback and support has been amazing including a bunch of people requesting shows in their cities and states.  I assure you all it will be soon.  My next scheduled show is actually next Saturday, August 29th at The Scion Lab in Kansas City, Missouri.  This is the first stop of SNRadioOnline.com’s New Midwest City/College Tour.  Hosted by Stretch1, the tour will have stops all around the Midwest in the next several months.  If you are in the Kansas City area on August 29th, make sure you come check us out.  September 1st, I will be releasing an exclusive joint, Hat Hype produced by SLOT-A in anticipation for the Sunday Drive Remixes featuring The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, the music video for Sucka MCs and the Itunes version of Sunday Drive.  I can’t stress how incredible the response for Sunday Drive has been.  I appreciate all the downloads, listens, feedback, love, support, comments, etc.  Look forward to new music for the rest of the year, including my mixtape/album Love Potion Number 9th: The Hangover sponsored by Flawless Hustle.  Stayed tuned for daily updates and new music.  If you haven’t already downloaded Sunday Drive, please do so and share your feedback and comments with us. 

Sunday Drive

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Mike Schpitz Feature/Interview on Get Laced Out

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I got an email yesterday from my guy at Get Laced Out letting me know that he had posted a feature/interview with me.  Check out the interview and the feature and share your comments on the site. 

Get Laced Out Blogspot

Here is a portion of the interview. 

3.What do you think is the missing link in hip hop now?
I don’t really think there is a missing link in hip hop. I think as long as there are artists who strive to put out quality music, hip hop will exist regardless of the trends and fads. You have so many artists that came up on classic artists and classic material, so I think that that alone drives people like myself to continually develop their craft. Hip hop has gotten watered down due to the disposable climate of the music and the focus on the business side of things but for every Plies there is an artist like Elzhi that focuses more on the lyrics and the skill that it takes to be an emcee. Cats like Blu, Slaughterhouse, Outkast, Mos Def and Little Brother keep things fresh and balanced however, it is a shame that a lot of the most talented emcees will never receive the type of attention they deserve. But like I said, there are always going to be quality artists that make music for the love and strive to create something different and fresh, they just might fly under the radar. It goes in trends though, I think that artists like Mos Def will see radio play and video play on tv when it becomes more popular again like in the late 90s.

Shout out to Get Laced Out for the feature and the interview.