Unapologetic Art Rap

Los Angeles MC Open Mike Eagle makes good on all three words in the title of his debut full-length, Unapologetic Art Rap. He's unapologetic for being different and unrepentant in his pop-culture criticisms. He is surely artistic, drawing on influences from Pavement to De La Soul to TV on the Radio and reshaping them in his own image. Which leads finally to rap. Unapologetic Art Rap may very well be looked back on as the album that kicked the door open on an impressive career.