No Jumper

Open Mike Eagle talks to Lush about his early days, mentorship, positive influence, divorce and more. ----- 0:00 Intro 2:30 Lush discusses his family's connection to the New York music scene 6:45 Lush asks Mike what “art rap" means and why he doesn’t use that term anymore 11:25 Mike says that mainstream rap is in its “weird” phase and gives credit to Lil Wayne 16:30 Lush and Mike talk about The Bay and ATL being the most supportive of their local artists 17:40 Lush brings up Almighty's Music to Mike Eagle and knowing his dad’s music 24:50 Mike says it's important for rappers to learn their own music, perform it well, and discusses Ice Spice’s marketing failures and performances 27:49 Mike speaks on rappers punching in every line and not being able to perform that style live 37:20 Mike on growing up in Chicago and all the artists that emerged from there: Twista, The Cool Kids, Chance The Rapper, NoName, Chief Keef 42:20 Mike says that many Chicago OG's were locked up and not able to mentor young people 47:40