Open Mike Eagle and producer Kenny Segal’s Doomed! is reviewed as a sharp, emotionally raw breakup album that turns the collapse of Eagle’s five-year relationship into alternative rap. Its caustic humour, lovelorn writing and polished production make the record compelling, though the reviewer suggests it stops short of genuine emotional release.

The separation gave the pair’s collaboration a clear focus after previously appearing only occasionally on one another’s work. Eagle revisits arguments and grievances through exaggerated, tragicomic images and lines such as preferring to “tongue kiss a bug zapper”, while Segal supplies varied beats including bright keys and slower, corroding soundscapes. The album is compared with Tyler, the Creator’s Igor and Ye’s 808s & Heartbreak, but is said to remain unresolved rather than cathartic.