The Mike Posner "One Foot Out The Door" is this multi-talented college student's second mixtape this year.
His first mixtape entitled "A Matter of Time" led him to being signed by none other than Marty Bandier of Sony Records.
Mike, a modest college student aged just 21, explains his life as "Living the dream" and often balances college life with touring and doing performances each weekend.
It is Mike's Sophomore mixtape (Mike describes it as a 'mini-album') that is truly impressing. Listening to the 2 mixtapes back to back really gives the listener of how much this guy has developed throughout this turbulent year.
The production on this second tape is mainly Posner himself, with names such as Block Beattaz, Benny Blanco, 3OH!3, Gigamesh and Clinton Sparks also appearing on the production credits (Sparks presented the mixtape)
The mixtape features collaborations from artists such as KiD CuDi, 3OH!3, Bun B, XV and Posner's friend, G.O.O.D Music signee and Detroit native Big Sean.
Listening to this mixtape you can feel the quality oozing through your speakers, hence explaining why Mike calls this mixtape a 'mini album', with the production being none less than expected from a mixtape presented to you by Clinton Sparks.
A couple of the songs on this tape relate to Mike's crazy journey over this year, especially "Speed of Sound" which features a sweet verse from Big Sean; explaining how as Mike puts it as "I got a hundred million numbers inside of my phone, and I still got no-one to call" which really gives a listener a reality check that the music you're listening to is from a 21 year old student who shot to success just 5 weeks after releasing his first tape.
Also featuring on Mike's mixtape is a remix of Soulja Boy's "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" which features Saigon, and this version of the song is surprisingly un-corny; unlike the original. The production and recording process behind this song can be seen on Mike Posner's YouTube page (The majority of this mixtape was created in Posner's college dorm)
All in all; this mixtape is actually way more than a mixtape. As said by Clinton Sparks on one of the skits "We're practically giving away an album already" which is why everybody should go download this 'One Foot Out The Door' mixtape and Mike's freshman mixtape 'A Matter of Time' to truly get a feel of this young man's versatility, diversity and creative talents.
Mike's debut album is also coming in 2010 so keep an eye out for that.
Find out more about Mike Posner in the up and coming Tick interview with him and also at myspace.com/mikeposner
