Mavi, Laughing So Hard, It Hurts

- Among hip-hop’s most exciting young artists, Mavi has been profiled by outlets like XXL and Complex, and has worked with Earl Sweatshirt, Alchemist, Smino, MIKE, Pink Siifu, TOBi, and more. He has also toured with Freddie Gibbs, Jack Harlow, and more.

- Mavi has discussed Laughing So Hard, It Hurts in interviews with Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, NPR, Okayplayer, and more. The album has also been covered by The Fader, BrooklynVegan, Stereogum, HipHopDX, HotNewHipHop, and more.

- Mavi has over 1 million monthly Spotify listeners, and is currently featured on several popular playlists including Most Necessary, Spilled Ink, and Mellow Bars.

- Mavi was recently announced as the latest artist featured in YouTube’s Foundry program, which offers wide ranging promotional support for rising independent artists.

1. High John 

2. Spoiled Brat 

3. Baking Soda

4. Doves

5. Quiet On Set

6. 3 Left Feet

7. My Good Ghosts

8. Reason!

9. Hemlock

10. Having My Way

11. Known Universe 

12. Trip (feat. Amindi) 

13. Opportunity Kids 

14. The Inconvenient Truth 

15. Chinese Finger Trap 

16. Last Laugh

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While it remains a remarkable achievement, Mavi’s breakthrough debut album Let The Sun Talk was the work of an artist still coming into his own, recorded when the gifted emcee was a teenager attending Howard University. After touring with Jack Harlow and working with artists like Earl Sweatshirt and Pink Siifu, the Charlotte, North Carolina wordsmith returned three years later with the acclaimed follow-up Laughing So Hard, It Hurts, an emotional meditation on life’s complex duality. Embedding his dense flows within lush instrumentation and stuttering percussion, Mavi unearthed new lyrical depth on the album, navigating through joy and sorrow, grief and hope, pain and healing. While many artists have struggled to match the heights of a beloved debut, Laughing So Hard, It Hurts proved that Mavi would only continue to elevate his virtuosic self expression with each new release. Eloquently cascading rhymes reveal an artist searching for truth through a vast scope of thought, floating atop serene production from Monte Booker, Dlyvinci, Ovrkast, and more. After very limited initial pressings, this classic 2022 collection is now receiving its most extensive vinyl release to date.