Video: Open Mike Eagle "Your Back Pack Past" feat. Has-Lo (Official Music Video)

Open Mike Eagle and Has-Lo kill it on " Your Back Pack Past ," check out the video for it below, " it's street thought, got boxers on ." Connect with Open Mike Eagle - Facebook | Website

Mike Eagle’s album 4NML HSPTL has stayed in my listening rotation ever since it dropped.  The great variety of moods and subject matter makes it an engaging front to back listen, but also provides at least a couple great candidates for any style of mixtape you’re trying to put together.  "Your Backpack Past" sees Mike trading verses with Philly MC Has-Lo over an up-tempo Awkard composition.  The duo’s tongue-in-cheek verses make fun of old rap heads that are content to jump on the latest trend and act like they were never fans [...]

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Open Mike Eagle drops some visuals for one of the lead singles from his new album 4NML HSPTL, which you can check a review of here . The progression of the video matches that of the songs lyrical concept: The evolving rap underground, and its embrace of swag, style, fashion.

Backpack rap has an uncomfortable stigma attached to it. These days, it's seen as a thing to be left in the past, but that's alright, there are many ways to hide your past, and Open Mike Eagle and Has-Lo break this down nicely in their latest. This one is from Open Mike Eagle's 4NML HSPTL , out now. "If you're afraid they might discover your back pack past... start trap rapping, do a bunch of coke, grow a handlebar, do some more coke." [...]

New visuals to Open Mike Eagle's "Your Back Pack Past" featuring Has-Lo, from the 4NML HSPTL album. iTunes: 4NML Hsptl - Open Mike Eagle http://www.circleintosquare.co m/item/4nml-hsptl Directed by: Daniel Anthony of Eye Level Pictures

Open Mike Eagle and Has Lo remember seeing you purchase your Juggaknots 123 at the Fat Beats in 1997. You gave Percee P daps and told Babu that your flow was the illest. They remember you rocking Lugz, a Jansport, and a Rawkus Records t-shirt. You used to worship Talib Kweli and now he's doing Darth Maul club pop and collaborating with Ace Hood. They remember when you said that Common would never sell out and they know that you bought a turtleneck from the Gap last year. They also know your Sandbox Automatic password. [...]