Mick Jenkins' 2015 established him as one of the rising stars in hip-hop as his standout Wave[s] project led to a cross-country tour that included a packed out New York City show. Jenkins' 2016 has started off a little more slowly, but with the season's changing and the cold winter months in the rearview, the Windy City native appears to be ready to get back to work.

For his latest output, the talented artist heads north of the border to join CGB on the hard-hitting "Test Me." Though his flow and delivery are laid-back, there's a sinister element to Mick's verse as he dares opposing MC's to test his patience. Instead of laying down the threat as a dare, the The Water[s] rapper welcomes anyone to step to him--either on the mic or in the streets.

XXL caught up with Jenkins in 2015 and the rapper explained why he didn't make Wave[s] a couple tracks longer and release it as his debut album.

"[Cinematic boss Jonny] Shipes was like, 'Why don’t you just put a couple more songs on this and call it an album?' And I was like, nah. ‘Cause for me, personally, the word album just says a lot about your intent when creating," he explained. "I couldn’t dare call this EP an album just because my intention behind it when I was in the studio and when I was creating was not to make an album, it was to do this EP real quick so that I can have time to make an album. So I feel like it’ll just be, for me, the difference is the effort and the energy and the thought and everything I put into it is just expressly different and on a higher level, just because of the word 'album.'"

Peep "Test Me" and be on the look out for more from Mick Jenkins soon.

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