A Tape Called Component System With the Auto Reverse

by Open Mike Eagle

A Tape Called Component System With the Auto Reverse cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 October 2022
  • Label: Auto Reverse
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:40
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Framed conceptually as a mixtape recorded from a late-night college radio broadcast, the Chicago-born rapper pays direct homage to the formative hip-hop tapes of his youth. It utilizes boom-bap production from Madlib, Diamond D, and Quelle Chris to support his characteristically hyper-literate, self-deprecating verses about aging in the underground rap scene.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, sampling, rap, underground, lo-fi, witty, experimental, wordplay, storytelling, satirical

Tracklist

  1. The Song With the Secret Name (2:13)
  2. TDK Scribbled Intro (0:43)
  3. 79th and Stony Island (4:02)
  4. I鈥檒l Fight You (2:43)
  5. Circuit City (3:04)
  6. I Retired Then I Changed My Mind (2:33)
  7. Burner Account (3:23)
  8. For DOOM (2:02)
  9. Crenshaw and Homeland (3:36)
  10. Multi Game Arcade Cabinet (3:05)
  11. Credits Interlude (0:41)
  12. Peak Pandemic Raps (3:30)
  13. Kites (2:30)
  14. CD Only Bonus Track (3:35)

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