Video: Open Mike Eagle - Pissy Transmissions

If I were hare-brained enough to conceive a feature comparing rappers to actors (and I'm not convinced that I'm not), Mike Eagle would be Steve Buscemi. Granted, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy as Eagle's been open about his ardor for Nucky Johnson since before he owned the Boardwalk. Both are pigeonholed into the indie realm for reasons unrelated to talent, both shift fluidly between the stone-serious and the jocular, and both have spent extensive time working as one of Laurence Fishburne's henchmen. So it goes when you don't want to pay to clear Pavement samples. The video for [...]

• Open Mike Eagle-I Rock » 03-i-rock.mp3