
I think that is where I developed my rhyming skills. I think that it still exists online, where you freestyle but you type it. Stevens also began crafting his rapping skills at an early age: "I was on BlackPlanet freestyle chat, rapping my ass off. Stevens encountered music at a very young age, due to his family owning a record store. In his adolescent years, Stevens was severely teased about his condition. Newborn babies loved Michael Jackson." At the age of 10, Stevens contracted Stevens–Johnson syndrome, which caused him to be hospitalized and is the origin of his dark lips and light-sensitive eyes. But I know early on, I really, really liked Michael Jackson, like we all did. He once recalled being five years old: "I was serious into video games and basketball, at five. He spent the first four years of his life in Korea while his father was in the military, right up until his parents split and he and his mother subsequently moved back to the United States, to live in his grandmother's house in Carson, California. Herbert Anthony Stevens IV was born on February 23, 1987, in Los Angeles.

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Maybe there’s a way to download the MP3 files online, but I didn’t look into it much. So yeah, I obviously wasn’t able to hear that shit. It was an extremely limited release, and the only way to get it was to have a monthly subscription to Starburns Industries Press. Last year, he dropped a demo compilation called The Dark Dark Purple Tape exclusively on cassette. Oh, I forgot there’s another project I wasn’t able to hear. It’s the only colored record I have at the moment, so it stands out a lot. It’s currently my favorite record though because it’s red. I got A Special Episode Of on vinyl late last year.

He’s also one of the few artists whose work I have on vinyl.

The only project that I won’t be rating here is that Swim Team mixtape that dropped in ’08 because it’s not on streaming platforms, and I was unable to find a decent download of it. Not only are his solo projects amazing, but even the shit he does with groups is fantastic. Anyway, Open Mike Eagle is one of those rare artists who has multiple projects that I personally think are amazing. I still love Ab-Soul, but he’s not as consistent as I want him to be, so that’s my reasoning for that. I actually bumped Ab-Soul from the list to replace him with OME. After hearing Open Mike Eagle’s discography, he really became one of my favorite rappers.
