About this episode

Rob Harvilla discusses the personas of Daniel Dumile and the collaboration with Madlib, featuring guest Open Mike Eagle.

This week, Rob makes a solid argument that the coolest thing a person can do is watch cartoons and play pretend. He breaks down the many personas of Daniel Dumile, starting with Zev Love X and ending with his villain persona Madvillain. He argues that his best work was done with fellow children’s show lover Madlib before he is joined by rapper and podcaster Open Mike Eagle to talk about getting to collaborate with your favorite rapper and the appeal of concealing one’s identity as an artist. Host: Rob Harvilla Producers: Justin Sayles and Olivia Crerie Additional Video Editing: Kevin Pooler, Julianna Ress, and Chris Sutton Guest: Open Mike Eagle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Open Mike Eagle

Topics covered

• Madvillain
• Daniel Dumile
• collaboration
• identity in art
• cartoons
• music analysis

Keywords

• Madvillain
• Daniel Dumile
• Open Mike Eagle
• Madlib
• music
• identity
• collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Madvillain, All Caps

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