Guilt - Mims

“Guilt” is the second studio album from Washington Heights, Manhattan rapper, Mims (coming after his debut “Music Is My Savior”) and was released on April 7, 2009.

Returning after two years of absence in the music industry, Mims looks to build upon the early success of his popular single “This Is Why I’m Hot”, which initiated the rappers early career in 2007. Like his previous album, Mims presents listeners with one standout single, in this case “Move (If You Wanna)”, in efforts to generate more listeners for the rest of the album. But if for one second you think that “Guilt” is built just upon another one hit wonder, then you need to go back and at least give the first few songs a listen.

Track “On & On” is the first worthy song of the album, followed by the slow R&B cut “Love Rollercoaster”, which features a worthy chorus in “I’m so tired of playing love rollercoaster with you, cause my heart can’t take this drama you putting me through.” Up next is Mim’s leads single “Move (If You Wanna)”, which is produced by Da Internz and features lots of high energy, yet for some reason seems to pale in quality when compared to “This Is Why I’m Hot”.

Slowing things down, Mims takes a look at daily struggles in track “One Day”, where he sings “All that’s left is struggle, is just you and I, so if you pray for me then I’ll pray for you, and we will come together, all it takes is two”. The rest of the album is a mix of songs, from the guitar-induced tracks “Chasing Sunshine” and “Rock ‘n Rollin”, to the pop song “One Last Kiss” which is far from memorable.

“Guilt” was released April 7 on iTunes (check it out here) and on Amazon (check it out here). While the album does exceed many listeners expectations when compared to his debut album “Music Is My Savior” and Mims does provide worthy tracks outside of his lead single “Move (If You Wanna), “Guilt” simply lacks versatility and club playing ability.