Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip hop breakup masterpiece
Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip hop breakup masterpiece
Open Mike Eagle 与 Kenny Segal 联手打造了一部嘻哈分手杰作
“Breakups are… tough.” It’s the opening lines of an interlude towards the end of DOOMED! Called “It Happens in Every Universe.” It’s also basically the thesis of the entire record. It’s no grand revelation, but it’s a well-trodden subject that Open Mike Eagle manages to mine for artistic gold.
“分手……很难。”这是《DOOMED!》专辑末尾一段名为《It Happens in Every Universe》的插曲的开场白。这基本上也是整张唱片的中心思想。虽然这并非什么惊天动地的启示，但 Open Mike Eagle 成功地从这个老生常谈的主题中挖掘出了艺术瑰宝。
Eagle’s subject matter is usually personal, and his productions tinged with nostalgia. But DOOMED! is his most intimate album yet. A lot of that is due to the production from Kenny Segal. The two have traveled in the same orbit and worked together before, but this is the first full-length album release from the two.
Eagle 的创作主题通常非常个人化，作品中也总是带着一丝怀旧色彩。但《DOOMED!》是他迄今为止最私密的一张专辑。这很大程度上归功于 Kenny Segal 的制作。两人此前一直在同一个圈子里活动并有过合作，但这却是他们首次联手推出的完整长度专辑。
These are some of Segal’s most commanding beats since Maps, his 2023 record with Billy Woods. There’s still warbly piano samples, strings, detuned sax melodies, and psychedelic synths, but everything feels more grounded and meanders less. Opener “Out to Lunch” even has fully on-the-grid hi-hats that tick robotically.
这是 Segal 自 2023 年与 Billy Woods 合作的《Maps》以来，最具掌控力的节拍作品。专辑中依然保留了颤动的钢琴采样、弦乐、失调的萨克斯旋律和迷幻合成器，但整体听感更加扎实，不再显得漫无目的。开场曲《Out to Lunch》甚至采用了完全对齐网格的踩镲（hi-hats），发出机械般的滴答声。
That gives way to “Streets of Rage: Public Arguments Edition,” which grooves along with a loose clap, jazzy piano, and confident bassline that recalls the work of Madlib. Over this lowkey funk, Eagle spins an oblique tale of fighting with a significant other. “She cut deep with short barbs, but twist me up with a lil whisper.”
紧接着是《Streets of Rage: Public Arguments Edition》，它以松散的拍手声、爵士钢琴和自信的低音线条律动，让人联想到 Madlib 的作品。在这段低调的放克节奏之上，Eagle 讲述了一个关于与伴侣争吵的隐晦故事。“她用简短的尖刻言语深深刺痛我，却又用轻声细语将我搅得心乱如麻。”
It turns out that Segal and Eagle are a perfect pair. The rapper’s melodrama and eye for microscopic details play off the producer’s woozy and forlorn beats that are occasionally punctuated by a sense of foreboding. On the Billy Woods-featuring “She Swear I’m Colorblind,” Eagle intones on the chorus:
事实证明，Segal 和 Eagle 是绝配。这位说唱歌手的戏剧张力与对微观细节的捕捉，与制作人那令人眩晕、凄凉且偶尔透着不祥预感的节拍形成了完美的呼应。在由 Billy Woods 客串的《She Swear I’m Colorblind》中，Eagle 在副歌中吟唱道：
Some reason, shit got twisted, Told me it was all my fault, she said “Pay attention when I talk.”
不知为何，事情变得一团糟， 她告诉我这全是我的错，她说 “我说话的时候专心点。”
The backing track is stabbed through with bursts of windchimes before ending on a high-pitched whine that feels like the onset of a panic attack.
背景音乐中穿插着阵阵风铃声，最后以一种类似恐慌症发作前兆的高频尖啸声结束。
“Unfinished Concrete Initials” contains some of Eagle’s most vulnerable bits, like, “In my daydreams your name’s curse words so I bleeped it,” and: My memories like landmines and they heinous Clicking high pootify collaborative playlists Agonizing over deletions Flushing evidence, pain is better in secret
《Unfinished Concrete Initials》包含了 Eagle 最脆弱的一些片段，例如：“在白日梦里，你的名字成了脏话，所以我把它消音了，”以及： 我的记忆如同地雷，令人发指 点击着那些高频的合作播放列表 为删除内容而痛苦挣扎 销毁证据，痛苦还是藏在暗处更好。
There are still sparks of Open Mike Eagle’s sense of humor, though. “Schrödinger’s Green Room (There but Uninvited)” opens with him awkwardly proclaiming as if he’s trying to be heard over a bad phone connection, “All my thoughts is intrusive, there’s a DJ in my head, and he picks all his own music, it’s so confusing.” And, as you’d expect from the man who penned “Sweatpants Spiderman,” there are countless pop culture references to anime, Kitty Pride, Beanie Babies, Flipmode Squad, and even The Proclaimers.
不过，Open Mike Eagle 的幽默感依然闪现。《Schrödinger’s Green Room (There but Uninvited)》开场时，他尴尬地宣称，听起来就像是在信号不佳的电话里努力让人听清：“我所有的想法都是侵入性的，我脑子里有个 DJ，他只选自己想听的音乐，这太让人困惑了。”而且，正如你对写出《Sweatpants Spiderman》的人所期待的那样，歌词中充满了对动漫、Kitty Pride、豆豆娃（Beanie Babies）、Flipmode Squad 甚至 The Proclaimers 等流行文化的引用。
Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal’s DOOMED! is available on Bandcamp and most major streaming services, including YouTube Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Qobuz, and Deezer.
Open Mike Eagle 和 Kenny Segal 的《DOOMED!》现已在 Bandcamp 及大多数主流流媒体平台上线，包括 YouTube Music、Apple Music、Spotify、Qobuz 和 Deezer。