I’ve known for 6 years that it was only a matter of time before I would write this post, I just never thought that I would be doing it after receiving outreach from a label I regularly hear from, Mush Records. One of my “boys” and an original member of a pseudo faction of writers here at Inside Pulse called “Los Cinco Enfuegos“, Open Mike Eagle [MySpace] is, hands down, one of the rappers I get the most excited to hear new material from. Not once have I heard a beat or a rhyme or a lyric that I didn’t think “Damn, I wish I had thought of that”.

He’s just that good, in a way that makes you think that the most eloquent things to say about him wouldn’t be doing this guy justice. He’s among the nicest guys I have never had the privilege to meet in person; we’ve only talked via AIM and exchanged emails from long before either of us was tied down or coming up and he now ranks in the elite group that, yes, used Inside Pulse to jump from one platform to another and make some cash in the process.

His new album, Unapologetic Art Rap, is coming out May 11th and I think you’d really be kicking yourself not to give a listen to some shizz now so that you can say you remember him now.

Check out more of Open Mike Eagle’s “Unapologetic” (Feat. Nocando) “after the jump”

[mp3] Open Mike Eagle – “Unapologetic” (Feat. Nocando)

With eyes refocusing on the Los Angeles underground hip-hop scene, Open Mike Eagle is poised to become the latest in an illustrious line of MCs to step out of the Los Angeles underground and onto the national stage. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Open Mike cut his teeth rapping with fellow broad shoulder underground MCs before moving to Los Angeles in 2004. He has since settled in with LA’s Project Blowed, co-founding the crews Thirsty Fish and the Swim Team, while earning a rep as both an intelligent rhyme writer and a formidable battle MC. Gifted with a facile style, knack for droll wordplay, and penchant for penning memorable hooks that recalls fellow Blowed alums Mikah-9 and Abstract Rude, Open Mike Eagle presents art rap for the masses.

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