New projects from Stro, Open Mike Eagle, Serious Klein and more make the cut this Mixtape Monday.

Rising Brownsville spitter Stro drops Nice To Meet You, Again for Mass Appeal Records. Open Mike Eagle returns with What Happens When I Try To Relax; Serious Klein goes home to Ghana on You Should Have Known. Milwaukee rapper Dyzzi drops Same Clothes As Yesterday, and Dear Silas delivers The Last Cherry Blossom. Illien Rosewell x Ullnevano closes things out for the rappers with Confidence Is Everything 3.

The selectors run the final lap this week. Orion Anakaris drops Show #41 for HJ7 Blends from Brooklyn Radio, DJ’s Junior and Lil’ Dave play the 400th installment of the Eavesdrop Radio podcast, Plann.B and Baby Bubba got the goods for The Expedition Radio Show Ep. 133, LeFtO is back with Studio Brussel #756 and Mr. O spins classics and new tunes live from Paris for Journey With Music #11.

Open Mike Eagle - What Happens When I Try To Relax

Chicago’s own Open Mike Eagle follows 2017’s Brick Body Kids Still Daydream with What Happens When I Try To Relax. The first fruit from OME’s label AutoReverse, the six-track project is an introspective exploration of society, anxiety and a host of other things related to the human condition.

Orion Anakaris - HJ7 Blends Show #41

Orion Anakaris drops the latest edition of HJ7 Blends for Brooklyn Radio with the arrival of Show #41 featuring cuts from Tréi Stella, UNSINKABLE, Devin Morrison, Zyah Belle, Chris Keys, Tennison, Illingsworth, Masta Ace & Marco Polo and more.