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Hella Personal Film Festival

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There’s stress rap, and then there’s anxiety rap — where you know shit’s not going right but you can’t stop thinking about the ways the not-right is seeping in everywhere. Paul White conceals a deep sense of worry in his psych-quirk beats as Eagle, a comedy-enthusiast rapper with punchlines for days, sharply recognizes the ridiculous and the cruel with a bitter-sharp humor. After being stuck ruminating on social media (“Check to Check”), the paranoid impulse (“Leave People Alone”), or the suspicious white gaze (“Smiling (Quirky Race Doc)”), Mike’s got reason to decide going outside today feels like a triumph worthy of a Death Wish soundtrack flip.

Nate Patrin

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