Myka 9 is an emcee, a singer, a poet, a lyrical musician, and a legend in the Los Angeles hip hop underground. As co-founder of the legendary Los Angeles hip hop group Freestyle Fellowship, his styles have influenced many of the emcees that came through and grew out of the Good Life Cafe and Project Blowed open mic workshops in the South Central area of Los Angeles as well as across the globe. He possesses the unique ability of spitting intricate and thought provoking rhymes in a jazzy kind of way, as if playing his bars through a wind instrument. His flow is unique enough to not be comparable to any other emcee, yet the delivery and reception can be described as experiencing a performance by John Coltrane, Miles Davis or Charlie Parker. Myka began rhyming in the 6th grade, became known as Microphone Mike, and later formed Freestyle Fellowship with Aceyalone while the two were in high school. Myka has recorded nine solo projects to date and also recorded two albums with Haiku d’Etat (featuring Aceyalone of Freestyle Fellowship & Abstract Rude). The Only Mixtape covers various high points in Myka’s history, featuring collaborations with Daddy Kev, Prefuse 73 and more, as well as classics from Freestyle Fellowship and Haiku d’Etat. Be advised, this is only a sample of Myka’s expansive catalog. There’s much more music where this came from, and in Myka’s own words, “It’s all love!”. 

Monalisa Murray (Dublab / Project Blowed)

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Tracklist

  • 01. Intro (James Sumbi)
  • 02. Myka 9 : Delusion Of Grandeur
  • 03. Prefuse 73 with Mikah 9 : Life / Death
  • 04. Haiku D'Etat : Mike Aaron & Eddie
  • 05. Elusive featuring Mikah 9 & L*Roneous : One More Hit
  • 06. Molemen featuring Myka 9 : Redemption
  • 07. Freestyle Fellowship : Hungry
  • 08. Freestyle Fellowship feat Daddy O : Inner City Boundaries
  • 09. Haiku D'Etat : Los Dangerous
  • 10. Myka Nyne : Styles Davis
  • 11. Mikah 9 : Mikah
  • 12. AF The Naysayer feat Myka Nyne : Imagerial Denouement
  • 13. Mochipet + Mikah 9 + Taiwankid : Hope Again
  • 14. Daddy Kev featuring Mikah 9 : First Things Last
  • 15. Myka Nyne : Crack Life
  • 16. Kaigen featuring Myka 9 : In The Clutch
  • 17. Pigeon John featuring Mikah 9 : Originalz
  • 18. Abstract Rude : Thynk Eye Can (Haiku D'Etat mix)
  • 19. Freestyle Fellowship : Ummm...
  • 20. Jizzm featuring Mykah 9 : Warmer
  • 21. Omni featuring Myka 9 : Back At It
  • 22. Freestyle Fellowship : 7th Seal
  • 23. Nobody feat. Freestyle Fellowship : Planets Ain't Aligned (Z-Trip remix)
  • 24. Connie Price & The Keystones feat. Mykah 9 : High Life
  • 25. Factor featuring My Kanine : Good Old Smokey
  • 26. Jose James : Park Bench People
Myka 9 / The Only Mixtape