Brick Body Kids Still Daydream

by Open Mike Eagle

Brick Body Kids Still Daydream cover art

'Brick Body Kids Still Daydream' is a critically acclaimed concept album that functions as a eulogy for the demolished Robert Taylor Homes public housing project in Chicago, exploring themes of memory, community, and displacement through a superhero narrative. Open Mike Eagle's performance is characterized by his relaxed, melodic delivery and lyrically dense, intricate rhymes that blend poignant social commentary with personal nostalgia. The album's production is a varied collage of abstract hip-hop, featuring a synthesis of jazzy, lo-fi, and experimental sounds with elements of chiptune and industrial textures that underscore the album's thematic journey.

Genres

  • Abstract Hip Hop
  • Conscious Hip Hop

Tracklist

  1. Legendary Iron Hood
  2. (How Could Anybody) Feel at Home
  3. Hymnal
  4. No Selling (Uncle Butch Pretending It Dont Hurt)
  5. Happy Wasteland Day
  6. Daydreaming in the Projects
  7. Brick Body Complex
  8. Tldr (Smithing)
  9. Breezeway Ritual
  10. Wedding Ghosts
  11. 95 Radios
  12. My Auntie's Building