Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip-hop breakup masterpiece

Terrence O’Brien

August 16, 2026

The cover of Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal’s Doomed!

In every possible universe? | Image: Backwoodz Studioz

“Breakups are… tough.”

It’s the opening lines of an interlude toward 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.

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.

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