10 Haters is swag rap from men who could probably join Mensa, but never would do anything as useless as join Mensa. For those of you disappointed by Kanye West and Big Brother’s attempt to block the sun, Bus, Nocan, and Mike Eagle play Tito Puente. “In a Perfect World” is their “Senor Burns.” And […]

Aesop Rock, Blockhead, Kimya Dawson and four out five Naval Admirals agree, Open Mike Eagle’s Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes is one of the best rap records of the year. You should buy it. The man has a wife and son. And someone has to pay for the expensive California chronic being incinerated in […]

Tonight. Why? Because tonight is the night.  The schedule, directions, and weird rambles are up on the Facebook Event Page. Bring synchronized Swatch Watches, sun dials, abacuses, periodicals, distribution, genies, sun dials, your secret identity, my Secret Identity, Jerry O’ Connell, sidekicks, doppelgangers, safety helmets, Guinness, cigarettes, weed, blogs, your hottest first cousin, party hats, […]

Because I’m the slacker that Mr. Strickland always said I was, I’m only now announcing the next Passion of the Weiss Presents show. For those inhabiting Mike Brown’s new stomping grounds, the saga unfolds next Friday, June 10 at the Bootleg Theater, with performances from Flash Bang Grenada (Nocando & Busdriver’s new group), Open Mike […]

In previous episodes, Open Mike Eagle has been extolled for being one of the most incisive writers in rap. Self-aware and satirical, the Chicago-born LA-based rapper doesn’t shout out James Baldwin to sound smart. He does it because he understands too well that the “world in which he was born is nothing less than a […]

If I were hare-brained enough to conceive a feature comparing rappers to actors (and I’m not convinced that I’m not), Mike Eagle would be Steve Buscemi. Granted, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy as Eagle’s been open about his ardor for Nucky Johnson since before he owned the Boardwalk. Both are pigeonholed into the indie realm […]

And that’s a pretty nice haircut.

“Everybody’s rapping, everybody’s selling clothes,  everybody’s picture taking, shooting videos…everyday in the city of LA is everybody’s birthday,” goes the first hook on Open Mike Eagle’s Art Rap After Party EP — a record that solidifies the Chicago-born Angeleno based rapper as arguably the finest (and funniest) chronicler of the seedy and mustache-marred LA underworld. […]

While national attention is largely fixated on its producers, the Low End Theory simultaneously operates as a ’10s extension of the Project Blowed. Alumni like Busdriver, AWOL One, and Ab Rude regularly rock shows, and before becoming the Beat Baron of Alpha Pup, Daddy Kev ran the obscure but oft-excellent Celestial Records, whose legacy was […]

This exists to create the starkest contrast between posts since the days when Passion of the Weiss was a website devoted to K-Rino and the soothing sounds of OMC — “How Bizarre” was merely the entry point in a diverse and storied catalogue. Flipping the Roots flipping Monsters of Folk, the second leak from Busdriver’s […]