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Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal – “She Swear I’m Colorblind” (Feat. billy woods)
Open Mike Eagle and producer Kenny Segal have released “She Swear I’m Colorblind”, a new single featuring billy woods, ahead of their collaborative album DOOMED!: Rap Songs About A Relationship That Ends In Every Possible Universe. The subdued, heartbreak-focused track reinforces the album’s post-break-up theme, pairing poetic reflections from both rappers with mournful jazz horns.
It is the third advance release from the album, following “Unfinished Concrete Initials”, featuring Hemlock Ernst, and “Watching A Movie Called Freedom By Myself”. DOOMED! is due out on 14 August through billy woods’ Backwoodz label, with physical distribution handled by Rhymesayers/Secretly.
In short
- Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal release a billy woods collaboration.
- The new track explores heartbreak in a low-key jazz-rap setting.
- Their collaborative album arrives on 14 August.
Explained simply
Open Mike Eagle is a rapper known for detailed, often personal writing, while Kenny Segal is a producer who has worked with him on several projects. Their album DOOMED! is built around the end of a relationship, using rap songs to explore how a break-up might unfold in different imagined worlds.
The record also features billy woods, a rapper whose work often uses dense imagery and oblique storytelling. Backwoodz Studioz, the label he co-founded, releases the album; Rhymesayers and Secretly handle its physical distribution.
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