Dark Comedy
Label : Mello Music Group
Catalogue No: LP-MMG052
["Dark Comedy Morning Show\nQualifiers\nThirsty Ego Raps\nGolden Age Raps\nVery Much Money (Ice King Dream)\nDoug Stamper (Advice Raps)\nJon Lovitz (Fantasy Booking Yarn)\nIdaho\nSadface Penance Raps\nA History Of Modern Dance\nDeathmate Black\nInformations\nBig Pretty Bridges (3 Days Off In Albuqueruqe)"]
Media Condition : Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition : Mint (M)
Mike is an artist who thrives on working through some potentially inaccessible or confrontational thoughts and feelings using a very upfront and deceptively easygoing way with jokes and wordplay. That's not just in the references he throws around ("Thirsty Ego Raps" gives not-entirely-non sequitur nods to Dave Gahan and Michel'le in consecutive lines), or his knack for internal rhymes and verse construction that actually scan like well-timed improv asides; it's also in how he builds up a self-portrait that establishes his own agency while still opening himself up to the possibilities of camaraderie and community.
Whether it's through casual observation or the to-the-bone identity struggles, Open Mike Eagle's overlap between amusing insights and uncomfortable truths makes for one of the most compelling indie-rap listens of the year so far.
Blue vinyl edition.
