In the run-up to his first solo album release in a decade, rapper Killer Mike dropped two new singles: "Don't Let The Devil" and "Motherless."
The first song, a collaboration with El-P, is pretty standard fare. Backing vocals and drum samples complement a flow of lyrics about smoking weed, sipping syrup, and interrupting church services. "Motherless" is a heavier, more personal reflection on the performer's late mother. Killer Mike's instruction to "don't let the devil coerce you" is about as close as either song gets to the rapper's normally heavily political lyrics.
