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Meanwhile, Kenny had locked in on his next challenge after a recent string of critically acclaimed collaborations not only with rappers like billy woods, and K-the-I???, but also jazz trio Human Error Club and bluesy indie rocker Benjamin Booker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In recent years, Kenny made it very clear that he wasn’t trying to keep having one or two beats on my projects; he wanted to build something,” Open Mike Eagle explains. “I was able to convince him to let me use a couple beats for \u003ci\u003eNeighborhood Gods Unlimited\u003c\/i\u003e with the caveat that we would focus on our thing next. Then my relationship fell apart right when we started working, and it was like, ‘Perfect, I have a lot to say about this.’”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are some more particularly interesting insights from the man himself: “If \u003ci\u003eDOOMED!\u003c\/i\u003e is prestige TV, then think of “Out To Lunch” as the pilot where we meet a man who’s not all there because his head is still in yesterday, and the following as a brief synopsis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere’s a song that starts at an argument about the color of a rental car.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a song about trying to write a pair of lovers’ initials in wet concrete and the\u003cbr\u003estick breaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a song that’s a prayer about finding the strength not to look at my ex’s social\u003cbr\u003emedia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a song about a character from Adventure Time who’s a piece of shit that I\u003cbr\u003eidentify with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach vision is a crashed airplane halfway on the border of dream and nightmare,\u003cbr\u003ebitter and sweet, sadness and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery one of Kenny’s beats is a chunk of ore from a different comet. 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