Open Mike Eagle

Desert Viper Getdown

Mike — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:38:17 +0000

see those dudes with the guns? thats us.

Has-Lo “Untitled #1 (Hold-On)

Mike — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:50:57 +0000

Flash Bang Grenada – Bernie

Mike — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:40:24 +0000

nightmares III with marq spekt and illogic!

Mike — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000

for real and for free.

http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/open-mike-eagle-nightmares-iii-feat-illogic--marq-spekt

San Diego show getdown with the rap dinner family

Mike — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:43:14 +0000

you really wanna know what that is dont you?

shows with Has-Lo

Mike — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:18:44 +0000

that guy's awesome and you should look him up if you dont know that.

we're doing several rap shows together in a seqeunce here's a poster for one.

we're playing vegas, san jose and LA too

if you like information like that you should come back here a lot

free getdown songery me, billy woods and marq spekt

Mike — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:03:45 +0000

billy woods - Frozen Sunlight ft. Open Mike Eagle & MarQ Spekt by backwoodzstudioz

my SXSW2012 getdowns

Mike — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:39:06 +0000

its come to my attention that there's a multitude of shits happening down here so let me clarify when and where i am rapping.

Wednesday March 14th

Impose magazine getdown (free) 9:15pm w/ danny brown, mr. muthafuckinexquite, main attraktionz and more

Longbranch Inn (1133 E. 11th)

http://www.facebook.com/events/253034078115723/

Thursday March 15th

prog rap getdown (free w/ facebook rsvp) 12:00am w/louis logic, megabusive, marQ Spekt,

PremRock, Billy Woods and more

Club Pachanga 2120 E Riverside Dr.

http://www.facebook.com/events/331656936873173/

Saturday March 17th

graffiti brunch getdown 2:00pm w/louis logic, awol one & factor, afro classics and more

Yellow Jacket Social Club 1704 E. 5th St. (afternoon)

http://www.facebook.com/events/183845885052470/

Saturday March 17th

pawn takes getdown (free) 10:00pm w/ louis logic, ceschi, blue sky black death, and more

Metropolis Apartments (Poolside)

2200 S. Pleasant Valley Rd., Austin, TX (evening)

http://www.facebook.com/events/186716781435682/

South By South Central Tour w/ Louis Logic

Mike — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:10:22 +0000

So in late summer of 2011 myself, Louis Logic, and Griff J did a western region tour of the US in a 1997 Volkswagen Jetta with no A/C.

There was an issue with the car’s starter so that when it became overheated we couldnt turn the car off. If we did, the car wouldnt restart until it had cooled, which could take hours.

Late summer, driving through states like Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. No A/C, having to keep the car running...

...even while we’re getting gas...

for a little over two weeks.

That said...this was one of the best tours I’d ever been a part of. The shows were awesome, the company was incredible, and the stories were legendary. Through a series of horrible incidents, Griff earned the nickname MC Ninja Birthday Present. I was stalked by a couple of housecats and learned about the perils of weed soda.

Lou and I are at it again this March with a midwest getdown starting in my hometown of Chicago and traveling south to Austin for a few SXSW shows and coming back north. Come out and make some stories with us.

Wednesday March 7th Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub 1345 Main St. louis solo
Thursday March 8th Chicago, IL @ The Shrine 2109 S. Wabash Ave.
Sunday March 11th Iowa City, IA @ The MIll 120 E. Burlington St.
Monday March 12th Springfield, MO @ The Highlife Martini Lounge 322 South Ave.
Tuesday March 13th Little Rock, AR @ Stickyz 107 River Market Ave.
Wednesday March 14th Austin, TX SXSW TBA
Thursday March 15th Austin, TX SXSW @ Club Pachanga 2120 E Riverside Dr.
Friday March 16th Austin, TX SXSW @ Frontier 2421 Webberville, Austin, TX 78702
Saturday March 17th Austin, TX SXSW @ Yellow Jacket Social Club 1704 E. 5th St.
Tuesday March 20th Lincoln, NE @ Zoo Bar 136 N. 14th St.
Wednesday March 21st Fairfield, IA @ The Beauty Shop 60 W. Burlington Ave.
Thursday March 22nd Madison, WI @ The Frequency 121 West Main St.

Why this is the most important rap show ever.

Mike — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:07:33 +0000

If there’s one thing that everyone involved with Hellfyre Club has in common its that we each do a lot of thinking.

A little while ago we put our heads together to address a notion that loomed around that no rapper reallly likes to admit.

Rap shows are generally terrible.

They’re unorganized...poorly lit...funny smelling....take place at ‘venues’ that were chinese food restaurants hours earlier...there’s no parking spaces...there’s no girls....the performers holler crowd-corraling cliches that were born in 1983...the floors are sticky..the bathrooms are unspeakable...there’s one million acts...and they all want to kill you.

To say it simply...there’s no quality control.

This being the case, its no longer appropriate for us rapper-types to sit back and bellyache about why people dont show up like they used to...there’s no reason to wax nostalgic about how the scene used to be. People got sick of it and they left.

“they only left us one option”

Throw better shows. This is the first of what we plan to be a seasonal series of shows that highlight the best that our label has to offer alongside some of the best that the international indie-rap scene has to offer.

This time we’ve linked up Busdriver’s Beaus$Eros album release party with a rare LA performance by Atlanta’s Killer Mike. Nocando will celebrate the release of his EP Zero Hour.

And I’ll start off the evening previewing a bunch of songs from my new EPs and my record that will drop this summer.

Thats it. Four quality acts. At a quality venue (the Echoplex). At a decent hour. Doors open at 8.

I start rapping at 8:30.

See you then.