15 Alternative Hip Hop Artists You Need To Hear

5. Open Mike Eagle

Hellfyre club is one of the best things in the business at the moment and Open Mike Eagle is one of their shining lights. In terms of EPs, A Special Episode of Open Mike Eagle was probably the best there was in 2015 and €˜Dark Comedy Late Show€™ may have been the greatest song of all the songs made last year. Open Mike Eagle is a flat out funny guy with a track record to prove it. He references Adventure Time, quotes They Might Be Giants songs, has a song dedicated to Doug Stamper and Hannibal Burress even pops up to drop a few bars of advice on one of his tracks. Open Mike Eagle is one of the best wordsmiths in the game today and you only need to listen to a fraction of the track below to realise that. A laconic wit with a lazy delivery like he€™s just got out of bed and a dry sense of humour that fluctuates between scathing and flat out phenomenal, Open Mike Eagle has a backpack full of throwaway lines that you're gonna steal and impress your friends with. He€™s amusing and uncomfortable, insightful and a weirdo, and he€™s fully aware of that. Now you should never listen to people who tell you directly to do things or to not do things, what to listen to and what not to listen to, but Open Mike Eagle is a man who is very, very easy to fall in love with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTAwuGbUWEU
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