Track 2 Track: Higher by Mike JC

If you have ever been to Oklahoma then you know that it’s been the wild wild west as far as the cannabis industry. People flocked to Oklahoma as soon as the laws for medical use passed. The laws are still trying to catch up to what the artists have already known, Oklahoma got that smoke. This is the result of being in the middle of the map. Everything comes through Oklahoma, and artists have been documenting this for decades. Mike JC is an artist whose new single “Higher” proves just how much good smoke is in the ‘O’ state.

Mike JC is an artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma who has a growing following. He’s also a supporter of the culture who pops out to numerous events and local businesses. And last but not least, is that Mike JC is a cannabis activist, his Instagram page shows videos and pictures of only the stickiest of the ickiest, so it’s no wonder that his music would emulate his life. Let’s get to the music.

Higher is Mike JC’s most recent release, the beat has this Kanye-like soulful sample that plays in the background and sounds like a choir hitting notes while also hitting the tree, the beat also has this East Coast boom-bap feel that sounds like Jay-Z would jump on, it’s smooth and breathes, leaving so much room for the artists to do their thang. We say artists because Savvy Kray is featured on the track and starts it off, and if you know Savvy than you know, he’s a big chiefer. Savvy has the talent to have this flow that rides the beat so calmly and gets you into this vibe, and then out of nowhere he hits your ears with this crazy metaphor that makes you run back the track. “I be rolling thick ones, yo blunt look like it got A cups”. I had to text him like, “yo this bar crazy!!”. And it’s still more quotables in his verse after. Savvy slid on this.

“Jet Fuel blasted me off into infinity,
cause Sour Diesel got me questioning reality”
​                                                    - Mike JC

Next, the smoke passes to Mike JC who starts his verse by shouting out some local businesses like the Greenwood Enterprise and the Stoner Olympics. It doesn’t take long for him to get you in the zone. I’m starting to see spaceships when listening to his verse, which is filled with a coded language only true smokers would get. Mike JC’s cannabis IQ is out of this world, and his bars become like this pop quiz of the different strands and rolling accessories. High bars! He just might be also. One bar that caught my ear was when he said, “Jet Fuel blasted me off into infinity, cause Sour Diesel got me questioning reality”. If that ain't a high bar then I don’t know what is. Mike JC also nonchalantly ends his verse with some bars that you gotta run back and listen to, like this one, “After I break down flight, I’m rollin’ up a plane”. I see what he did there. Clever. High bars! 

Listening to Higher you can hear what inspired this track. It’s some of the best cannabis bars by artists who truly live the stoner lifestyle. The proof and the Higher bars are all throughout the track. But with Oklahoma’s laws becoming more cannabis friendly, everyone claims to be a cannabis guru. Everyone is claiming to be smoking on Top 5. But as the chorus says, Mike JC's tolerance is high, so if he passes the weed, don’t be surprised, if he gets you Higher!

Make sure you listen to "Higher" by Mike JC ft. Savvy Kray. Checkout the track below:

Follow Mike JC on Instagram: @mikejc918
Spotify: Mike JC

Follow Savvy Kray on Instagram:@imarapperr
Spotify:  Savvy Kray