McKinley Dixon unveils Run, Run, Run from new album Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?

Following his appearance on Soul Glo’s 2022 album Diaspora Problems, Chicago rapper McKinley Dixon has announced a new record.

McKinley will be dropping Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? on June 2 via City Slang Records, with excellent new single Run, Run, Run out now (watch the video below).

Musically McKinley has been inspired by everything from Mary J. Blige to OutKast, as well as the likes of My Chemical Romance and Panic! At The Disco: “Those groups also helped me with my sense of longing, since their music reflected a sense of longing,” he says of the latter two emo heroes.

Of Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?, the musician explains that, “I’m aiming for making my stories accessible, while also still keeping it to the heart of what I love.” He adds of the music contained within the album: “With this one, I thought, ‘What if I tried to keep that intensity and same denseness with shorter, catchier songs?’”

Watch the video for Run, Run, Run below:

Catch McKinley live at the following upcoming dates:

March

9 Fort Worth, TX – Tulips
11 Santa Fe, NM – Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery
12 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
13 Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
15 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
19 Seattle, WA – Neumos
21 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
22 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre
25 Fort Collins, CO – Washington’s
26 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
28 Lexington, KY – The Burl
29 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle

April

1 Mobile, AL – The Merry Widow
2 Memphis, TN – 1884 Lounge

May

16 London, UK – The Old Blue Last
17 Brussels, BE – Witloof Bar
18 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso (Upstairs)

June

16 Berlin, DE – City Slang Thirty Three Festival

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