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MH-269 Open Mike Eagle - Unapologetic Art Rap  Los Angeles MC Open Mike Eagle makes good on all three words in the title of his debut full-length, Unapologetic Art Rap. He’s unapologetic for being different and unrepentant in its his pop-culture criticisms. He is surely artistic, drawing on influences from Pavement to De La Soul to TV On The Radio and reshaping them in his own image. Which leads finally to rap. On his first album, Open Mike Eagle sounds like a seasoned veteran, filling every bar with brilliant wordplay and effortless West Coast flow. He is aided by guests Busdriver, Nocando, Serengeti, Alpha MC, and his crew the Swim Team, and has a team of producers the includes Alwayz Prolific, Maestroe, and L.A. heavy-weight Exile, but the album is clearly an Open Mike Eagle showcase. Unapologetic Art Rap may very well be looked back on as the album that kicked the door open on an impressive career. |
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| Reviews Summary |
| This is the best album of the year that have not heard. You should hear it. - Passion of the Weiss / It's all quite impressive. This may indeed be Art Rap but it needs no apologies. - Vue Weekly / I promise you this, listen to "I Rock," "Mistakes" (feat. Alpha MC) and "Go Home" (feat. Swim Team) for the finest representations of taxonomic boom bap rap. - Impose |
| For his debut release, L.A. wordsmith Open Mike Eagle makes like an African-American white rabbit leading listeners on journey through the fascinating wonderland of L.A.’s so-called art rap scene focused around the celebrated Project Blowed hip-hop workshop. In OME’s world every MC has a BA, every rhyme has a purpose and the Pixies and De La Soul are treated with equal reverence. His delivery is smoldering and conceptually dense; listeners will surely have to make multiple trips down the rabbit hole in order to soak up everything OME’s flowing about. Smooth, loop-based, often synth filled beats come from a bunch of different producers, yet none are specifically credited with individual tracks. Several L.A./Project Blowed MCs collaborate with OME to create tracks that sound more like genuine duets than mere guest appearances. Eat this! Drink this! - Synthesis |
