Honest As/In Hell: M-Dot’s Sophomore Project Shines Through Darkness

Michael Januario — the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mdotboston/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Boston-based MC, producer and artist known as M-Dot </a>— is without a doubt the hardest-working artist representing Massachusetts — and has been for years. A <a href="https://digboston.com/the-dig-interview-m-dots-labor-days/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">glazier by day</a> and insomniac idiosyncratic by evening, M-Dot completely torched the competition in 2017 with <a href="https://m-dotboston.bandcamp.com/album/ego-and-the-enemy" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">egO anD The eneMy</a> — his <a href="https://medium.com/@_M_M_/bostons-m-dot-has-early-contender-for-album-of-the-year-with-ego-and-the-enemy-f50d7d6484f7#.qwd2c44hx" rel="noopener">record-breaking official solo debut</a> and easily one of the single best debuts in hip-hop history. Following up <a href="https://m-dotboston.bandcamp.com/album/dining-in-dystopia" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Dining In Dystopia</a> — his January 2022 project comprised of 11 ‘loosies’ and itself a classic release (who else has <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kgrfilms/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Kool G Rap</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/whoisconway/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Conway</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iamrjpayne/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">RJ Payne</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ras_kass/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ras Kass</a> on an in-between-albums project?) — Dot returns with <a href="https://m-dotboston.bandcamp.com/album/ego-and-the-enemy-2-a-dissolute-paradise" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">egO anD The eneMy 2: A Dissolute Paradise</a> — the official sequel to his debut and equally as honest. <a href="https://medium.com/@_M_M_/honest-as-in-hell-m-dots-sophomore-project-shines-through-darkness-1c73c721dc9d">Website</a>