"I Went Outside Today" Released: March 21, 2016[1]
Hella Personal Film Festival is a 2016 collaborative studio album by American rapper Open Mike Eagle and British record producer Paul White.[2] It was released via Mello Music Group on March 25, 2016.[3] Recorded in London, it features guest appearances from Aesop Rock and Hemlock Ernst.[3] Music videos were created for "Check to Check",[4] "Admitting the Endorphin Addiction",[5] "Smiling (Quirky Race Doc)",[6] and "Dang Is Invincible".[7]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]
Jesse Fairfax of HipHopDX gave the album a 4.0 out of 5 and stated that "Hella Personal Film Festival succeeds on the merits of Paul White's melodic beats setting the backdrop for Open Mike Eagle's woes, aggravation and sighs of relief alike."[15] Marcus J. Moore of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 out of 10 and called it "refreshingly cohesive, exploring varied themes without drifting off-course."[16] Kyle Mullin of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying, "for the most part, this is an album that boasts both accessible sonics and lyrical labyrinths."[14]
Rolling Stone placed it at number 26 on the "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016" list.[18]HipHopDX included it on the "Most Slept-On Rap Albums of 2016" list.[19]
