McKinley Dixon Announces New Album, Magic, Alive!, Releases Single Feat. Anjimile

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By Rachel Brodsky

Chicago-based rapper McKinley Dixon has announced a guest-stacked new album called Magic, Alive! coming in June via City Slang. Its lead single “Sugar Water” (out now) features Quelle Chris and Anjimile. Elsewhere on Magic, Alive!, Dixon loops in Pink Siifu, ICECOLDBISHOP, Blu, Shamir, and Ghais Guevara.

Magic, Alive! also features production from Sam Yamaha and Sam Koff (who contributes trumpet), instrumentation from trombonist Reggie Pace, harpist Eli Owens, guitarists Sarah Tuzdin (Illuminati Hotties), and El Kempner (Palehound).

Of “Sugar Water,” which has Tuzdin on guitar, Dixon says: “‘Sugar Water’ is a discussion on how to make fleeting moments last forever, and how to carry those not here with you through time and space. It raises the question ‘what’s the price to pay for an eternal life lived through others’ memories?’”

Listen below.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Watch My Hands”
02 Sugar Water (Feat. Quelle Chris & Anjimile)
03 “A Crooked Stick” (Feat. Ghais Guevara & Alfred.)
04 “Recitatif” (Feat. Teller Bank$)
05 “Run, Run, Run Part II”
06 “We’re Outside, Rejoice!”
07 “All The Loved Ones (What Would We Do???)” (Feat. ICECOLDBISHOP & Pink Siifu)
08 “F.F.O.L.” (Feat. Teller Bank$)
09 “Listen Gentle”
10 “Magic, Alive!”
11 “Could’ve Been Different” (Feat. Blu & Shamir)