1. We’re Not 15 Anymore
2. Falling Down a Bottomless Pit
3. I’ll Take a Sledgehammer
4. As the Machine Gun Cut you in Half
5. She Wears Her Makeup like a Weapon (with Christina Tran)
6. Tongue Part 2 (Black Edit)
7. Garterbelt and Stockings
8. I Like your Song Titles
9. I Like Porn When the Girls Wear Lingerie
10. Doppleganger
11. Even All the Ghosts Say we should be Together

12. (Bonus Song) Italian Horror Films (with k-the-i???)
13. (Bonus Song) Happiness
14. (Bonus Song) Freestyle (with k-the-i???)

If you live in Los Angeles and you still don’t know who Michael Nhat is, then you must be living in some kind of bubble because Michael Nhat is all over the place. Michael Nhat is LA’s self-proclaimed greatest rapper and we certainly don’t hear anyone disagreeing that. This record is a collection of songs that he’s been fermenting for quite some time now, many of which were originally available in a bunch of CD-R’s he has been selling at shows . The Prequel 1 is filled with a lot of Nhat’s witty lyricism and wordplay. His self-referential “meta-rappings” backed by a a crafted arrangement of sounds, samples and beats create a record that is totally unlike any rap album you’ve ever heard. And yeah, he is prolific as fuck having already recorded several albums that are all now just awaiting to be released. Buy this now and blast it on your sound system! A personal fave for us here at Open-Minded.

MICHAEL NHAT