{"id":82378,"date":"2022-11-07T11:03:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=records&p=82378"},"modified":"2022-11-07T11:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:03:24","slug":"open-mike-eagle-component-with-the-auto-reverse","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/open-mike-eagle-component-with-the-auto-reverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Mike Eagle – Component With the Auto Reverse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Underground emcee and legend in the freestyle rap scene, Open Mike Eagle is back with his latest project entitled Component System With the Auto Reverse<\/em>. In what is true to Open Mike and his style over the years, Component System<\/em> is also seemingly an ode to the legendary and iconic MF DOOM, a clear inspiration and former peer of Eagle. As it were, you can hear DOOM\u2019s influence in Eagle\u2019s rhyme schemes, cadences, flows, and production, with not only Madlib producing the beat for the track \u201cCircuit City,\u201d but also the song titled \u201cFor DOOM\u201d is a letter to Mike\u2019s fallen friend. As an avid fan of DOOM myself, I appreciate this project’s efforts in that regard very much, as he was a GOAT to many of us \u201cold heads.\u201d RIP Villain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weird, unorthodox, and often comedic stylings of Open Mike, along with his lo-fi, throwback, and simplistic beat selection, are quite refreshing in 2022. Hearing a song like \u201c79th and Stony Island,\u201d where Mike explains who he is and why he is the way that he is\u2014a product of his Chicago and Crenshaw environment, told to get out there and chase the American Dream (whatever that even means anymore)\u2014is relatable to regular people. Most rap music today consists of unfathomable, “Disney-esque” love stories or ultra-violence and gangster dealings between million and billionaires. In contrast, Mike Eagle’s songs like \u201cI\u2019ll Fight You\u201d and \u201cI Retired Then I Changed My Mind\u201d explore his unique mentality while touching on realistic thoughts and feelings that average people have every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of other highlights of this project lie within the songs “Burner Account\u201d featuring Armand Hammer and \u201cKites.\u201d The former has an impeccable lyricism and a beat that really slaps. The latter song \u201cKites\u201d is rather genius, consisting of a series of \u201cletters\u201d left behind by Mike and fellow emcees once they\u2019re gone. It is one of those songs I feel like I will carry with me for the rest of my life. Staying true to myself, as I always do, I will offer one criticism of Component System, that a lot of the songs were fairly short and similar. Although every track does bleed together seamlessly, I can understand how these sorts of songs can be an “acquired vibe,\u201d if you will, especially in this day and age.\u00a0Still, if you\u2019re a fan of the abstract, obscure and old school like me, and if you were a fan of MF DOOM, then Component System With the Auto Reverse <\/em>is a must-listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n