The Water[s] (2014)

Mick Jenkins · 2014 · 57 min

Mick Jenkins organizes The Water[s] around water as a recurring metaphor rather than a single title-track idea. Contemporary coverage traces that motif from “Shipwrecked” through “THC” and “Dehydration,” placing the Chicago rapper's project in the context of the questions its songs explore.

The fifteen-track list also includes “Jazz,” “Black Sheep,” “Drink More Water” and “Canada Dry.” Those names make the governing image visible across the release, while “Martyrs” and “Jerome” provide its final stretch. The page preserves the bracketed album title and the complete sequence, keeping this 2014 project distinct from Jenkins' later albums and other water-themed releases.

Selected edition: Original 15-track indexed mixtape; selected MP3 mirror from the documented source. 15 audio files, 139,965,444 bytes and 57:12 of measured audio.

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The pinned 15-file MixtapeMonkey ZIP preserves the documented original indexed program. Ordered member identities match the release-page audio index at https://mixtapemonkey.com/1077/mick-jenkins-the-waters. Every audio file passed full decoding and every torrent piece was independently checked. The measured MP3 encoding is 320 kb/s. These are source, program and byte checks; no comparative listening claim is made.

Reference edition: the 15-entry source sequence. This release sequence was used to review the selected files.

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Source declaration: Artist/DJ-issued free promo; copyright retained. Source evidence.

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