| “Your Backpack Past” Brought to you by Open Mike Eagle & Has-Lo | August 14, 2012 |
Open Mike Eagle and Has Lo remember seeing you purchase your Juggaknots 12″ at the Fat Beats in 1997. You gave Percee P daps and told Babu that your flow was the illest. They remember you rocking Lugz, a Jansport, and a Rawkus Records t-shirt. You used to worship Talib Kweli and now he’s doing […]
| The Top 20 Albums of the First Half of 2012 | July 23, 2012 |
20. Future – Pluto [Epic] Pluto is the rare 21st Century Atlanta Rap album that is an album in the classic sense of the word. It’s an experience, an etched aesthetic that demands end to end listens, and you may find yourself scrolling back to Big Rube immediately upon completion. While Drake, Frank Ocean and […]
Mike Eagle exists on the periphery. He’s part Low End Theory beat family, part Blowdian, part sarcastic Second City native. He’s forever an outsider, a mindset that has helped shape him into one the sharpest, smartest, and funniest observers in the rap game. His satirical on-point perspective of the current rap scene comes fully fleshed […]
Jonah Bromwich is blaming everything on Jimmy Iovine. Danny Brown obviously deserves to be popular. He’s talented and has a performative personality that demands attention — which would be worthless if not backed by said talent. While everyone’s pleased that Brown is succeeding off merit, one of the nicest things about his rise has been […]
