The Download
When he isn’t hyping up the home crowd at a Cleveland Cavaliers game, Mick Boogie is at work piecing together some of hip-hop’s finest mix tapes. He recently teamed up with Kanye West and producers Terry Urban and 9th Wonder for The Graduate, a 28-track collection of freestyles, remixes and live tracks available for free at Boogie’s Web site. Along with West, the compilation features A-Team lyricists such as Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Busta Rhymes. Boogie’s expertise behind the wheels of steel earned him a first-place ribbon for “Best Club DJ” in this year’s Ohio Hip-Hop Awards, so look out, Lebron — someone’s looking to steal your thunder.
