Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually for $5 (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is Chicago-via-Maryland-via-Virgnia rapper, producer, and animator McKinley Dixon. We spoke about the Scream and Final Destination franchises, our definitions of what makes a scream queen, Snow Dogs, Tekkonkinkreet, being inspired by Toni Morrison and the late Japanese director Satoshi Kon, the pros and cons of live-band hip-hop, and the creative process behind his latest album Magic, Alive! Come fuck with us. Magic, Alive!  is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from from Bandcamp page. Follow McKinley on Instagram (@freemckinley), Twitter (@mckinleydixon), and TikTok (@mckinleydixonn)Read my review of Magic, Alive! over at Bandcamp Daily. My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually for $5 (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is South African rapper Yugen Blakrok. We spoke about Severance, Black Mirror, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, our mutual fascination with horror, martial arts, and samurai films, making a name for herself as a rapper in South Africa, recording her guest verse for Black Panther The Album, her relationship with longtime producer Kanif The Jhatmaster, and the creative process behind her latest album The Illusion of Being. Come fuck with us.The Illusion of Being is out now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it directly from her Bandcamp. Follow Yugen on Instagram and Twitter: @yugenblakrok My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is Chicago-via-Detroit rapper, producer, singer, and songwriter Imani Nichele. We spoke about Babygirl, The Wiz, our current tolerance for musicals, the Temptations, Ray Charles, New Edition, and N.W.A. biopics, being a poet laureate, moving from Detroit to Chicago, fine-tuning her sound, working with Detroit rapper-producer Nolan The Ninja, the idea of jesters and clowns, trusting her artistic vision, and the creative process behind her debut project MERRY&RUE. Come fuck with us.MERRY&RUE is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from her Bandcamp page. Follow Imani on Instagram (@imaninichele_) and Twitter (@maniduhmixer).   My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guests this week are New York rapper and engineer blackchai and Tennessee-via-North Carolina rapper, producer, and engineer Illohim, who record together at the duo Pathfinders. We spoke about The Rehearsal, Peacemaker, Friendship, Jet Li's Fearless, their respective solo careers up to this point, meeting as members of the collective No Clue, their chemistry, and the creative process behind their self-titled debut. Come fuck with us.Pathfinders is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider buying directly from blackchai's Bandcamp. Follow blackchai on Instagram (@blackchai19) and Twitter (@blkchai). Follow Illohim on Instagram (@illohimshymns) and Twitter (@illohim). My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is New York producer and engineer Tony Seltzer. We spoke about Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and the legacy of David Lynch, Harriet the Spy, Little Figuitive, growing up loving metal and hip-hop, transitioning from drumming to producing, why he's become well-known for the drums in his beats, his impact on underground rap, drifting into A&R, the creative process behind he and MIKE's Pinball album series, his compilation album Hey Tony, and a handful of his greatest beats for artists like Wiki, WifiGawd, Key!, & more. Come fuck with us.Pinball 2 is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from MIKE's Bandcamp. Follow Tony Seltzer on Instagram and Twitter (@tonyseltzer) and follow Tony's Brooklyn-based studio, Noc Noc Studios, on Instagram (@nocnocstudios) to book a session with the man himself. Read Lei Takahashi's review of Pinball II at PitchforkMy first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is Montreal-via-Zambia rapper, producer, and composer Backxwash. We spoke about Sinners, Nigerian cinema, our respective histories with horror movies, moving from Zambia to Canada, how Cassidy mixtapes, Common's Be, and Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor informed her rap style, the timeless appeal of Memphis rap, mixing rap with doom metal, having fun while making music about trauma, and the creative process behind her latest album Only Dust Remains. Come fuck with us.Only Dust Remains is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping off Backxwash's Bandcamp. Follow Backxwash on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @backxwash Read my piece, What Sinners and Chelsea Reject Taught Me About The Power of Black Cultural Memory, for Hearing Things. My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is Vermont-via-Chicago producer, multiinstrumentalist, and record shop owner Greg Davis, also known by his beatmaking alias, Asterisk. We spoke about Perfect Days, the Star Wars franchise, particularly Revenge of the Sith, Legend of Ochi, A Clockwork Orange, falling in love with hip-hop, how studying music in college set him up to expand his vision, running a record store, bridging the gaps between the old and the new, and the creative process behind No School, his return to the world of hip-hop beatmaking. Come fuck with us. No School is currently available exclusively on Greg's Bandcamp. Find it on all other DSPs starting June 6. Follow Greg on Instagram (@gregorytylerdavis) and Twitter (@asterisk_802), follow his record store, Autumn Records, on Instagram, and check them out if you're in the Vermont area.My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

Join me and special guest billy woods on Saturday, May 10 at Loudmouth in Brooklyn, for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is Baton Rouge rapper Jireh. We spoke about Richard Pryor's Which Way Is Up, the magic of video rentals, talking leftist ideology with family, Malibu's Most Wanted, eventually turning his own life into a movie, making the transition to becoming a full-time rapper, working his way back from a personal low point, and the creative process behind his last three projects—A Guide 2 Recognizing Your Saints, B-Sides, and last year's Perfect Circle. Come fuck with us.Perfect Circle is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Jireh on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @jirehpcMy first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

Join me and special guest billy woods on Saturday, May 10 at Loudmouth in Brooklyn, for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is Camden, New Jersey-based rapper Sol ChYld. We spoke about Severance, The Ring, Halloween, It, Jordan Peele's Nope, the importance of neo-soul and gospel music, making music in her mother's basement, the art of constructive criticism, misogynoir in the music industry, what New Jersey brings to rap culture, and the creative process behind her latest EP Bad Bitches Can Be Conscious Rappers Too. Come fuck with us.Bad Bitches Can Be Conscious Rappers Too is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Sol ChYld on Instagram (@sol.chyld), Twitter (@thesolchyld), and TikTok (@solchyld). My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

Join me and special guest billy woods on Saturday, May 10 at Loudmouth in Brooklyn, for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is New York-via-Maryland rapper, singer, producer, songwriter, journalist, and harpist Raegun. We spoke about The Pitt, The Amateur, Indian cinema, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, All About Lily Chou-Chou, Brockhampton, coming up in the hyperpop and digicore scenes, getting into criticism and journalism, and the creative process behind several of her songs, including her 2021 EP Cherry Blossom Blooms and her latest singles on Soundcloud. Come fuck with us.Cherry Blossom Blooms is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Her latest EP, weight of my kara, is available exclusively on Soundcloud. Follow Rae on Instagram (@raealiabarbie) and Twitter (@mtfyoungboy). My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

Join me and special guest billy woods on Saturday, May 10 at Loudmouth BK for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is London-via-Brooklyn rapper, producer, and model Goya Gumbani. We spoke about The Boys, Invincible, Blade, the work of Spike Lee—particularly Mo' Better Blues—making music in Brooklyn and how his move to London amplified his creative drive, a brief tour of his discography and one-producer projects, and the creative process behind his latest album Warlord of the Weejuns, out now everywhere via Ghostly International. Come fuck with us. Warlord of the Weejuns is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from his Bandcamp. Follow Goya on Instagram (@goya.gumbani), Twitter (@Goyagumbani), and TikTok (@goya.gumbani).My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

Join me and special guest billy woods for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night, on Saturday, May 10 at LoudmouthBK. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!My guest this week is Detroit rapper, producer, engineer, and Bruiser Brigade member J.U.S. We spoke about The Electric State, the use of AI in music and film, Friday, Batman: The Animated Series, coming up in the Detroit rap scene, meeting Danny Brown and joining the Bruiser Brigade, and the creative process behind his last two projects—3rd Shift, produced entirely by Squadda B, and Lord of the Streams part 2: Curse of the Castle. Come fuck with us.3rd Shift and Lord of the Streams part 2 are available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping Lord of the Streams part 2 directly via Bandcamp. Follow J.U.S. on Instagram (@j_u_s_) and Twitter (@i_am_J_U_S).Read Alphonse Pierre's profile of J.U.S., which is one-third of a larger piece on the current Michigan rap landscape, at Pitchfork. My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.    Support the show

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk movie night archives, and more!My guest this week is Bronx rapper Hester Valentine. We spoke about the current state of music media and streaming, Donnie Darko, Opus, Mulholland Drive, how David Lynch and Danny Brown influenced his music, pursuing rap in his 20s, defining his style, bringing clarity to abrasive production, and the creative process behind projects like I Can't Cut Your Hair, Valenta, and his latest, hunan slurp (your vegetables eat you). Come fuck with us.I Can't Cut Your Hair and make me, make me are available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Valenta and hunan slurpare available exclusively via Bandcamp.Read my piece How Playboi Carti and Clipping Are Channeling Rap Retrofuturism on Hearing Things. My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.   Support the show

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk movie night archives, and more!My guest this week is California-via-Massachusetts rapper, singer-songwriter, drummer, and DJ, Lyric Jones. We spoke about They Cloned Tyrone, Charlie Brown and Peanuts, The Temptations miniseries, the Ray Charles biopic Ray, working her way from Boston to Georgia to California, chasing her rap dreams, transitioning to DJing and dance music, using Even.Biz in the next stage of her career, and the creative process behind her latest singles “In Due Time” and “Better Now.” Come fuck with us."In Due Time" is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Considering purchasing it directly via Lyric on Even.Biz. Be on the lookout for a new Lyric Jones album, coming soon. My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.      Support the show

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk movie night archives, and more!My guest this week is Virginia rapper Henny L.O. We spoke about Baki Hanma, YouTube rabbit holes, how discovering Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Wu-Tang Clan changed his life, his history as a battle rapper, breaking the curse of bad battle rapper albums, meeting Fly Anakin and forming Mutant Academy, the response to MA's debut album Keep Holly Alive, his chemistry with producer ewonee, and the creative process behind their collaborative EP Fougére and their upcoming full-length album The Coldest Season Ever. Come fuck with us.Fougére is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. The Coldest Season Ever is out on Friday, March 21. Follow Lowey on Instagram (@hennyldot) and Twitter (@HennyLo_). Follow ewonee on Instagram and Twitter (@ewonee_) and listen to his episode of Reel Notes (Season 4, Episode 29).My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.     Support the show

My guests this week are Brooklyn-via-Oakland producer August Fanon and Connecticut producer and musician Child Actor. We spoke about The Monkey, Severance, Return to Oz, The Little Mermaid, the works of David Lynch, their respective path through the worlds of indie rap and music at large, their styles and techniques, their live beat sets, and the creative process behind their debut collaborative beat tape Here and Here. Come fuck with us.Here and Here is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping the album direct via Child Actor's Bandcamp. Follow August on Instagram and Twitter (@augustfanon) and connect with him via his Patreon. Follow Child Actor on Instagram and Twitter: @chldactrJoin the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to video interviews of every episode, our Discord server, exclusive access to the Reel Talk live interview archive, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.   Support the show

My guests this week are Detroit rapper-producer Black Milk and Detroit rapper and Bruiser Brigade member Fat Ray. We spoke about Baki Hanma, Atlanta, Shaka Zulu, Bloodsport, the art of the double feature, Menace II Society, growing up  in one of the meccas of Black American music, their respective careers and their partnership, from the B.R. Gunna days up to their latest project, Food From The Gods, out now via Computer Ugly. Come fuck with us.Food From The Gods is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Bandcamp or securing a vinyl, CD, or cassette via Fat Beats while supplies last. Follow Black Milk on Instagram and Twitter (@black_milk). Follow Fat Ray on Instagram (@fatray1) and Twitter (@FatRayMotorBoy). Read my review of "Elderberry" via Hearing Things. Read Matthew Ritchie's album review via Pitchfork.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to video interviews of every episode, our Discord server, exclusive access to the Reel Talk live interview archive, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.   Support the show

My guest this week is rapper, producer, and activist Ghais Guevara. We spoke about Nickel Boys, Steve McQueen's latest film Blitz, our conflicted feelings on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the pros and cons of South Central and State Property, navigating being labeled as a communist rapper, the intersection of music and activism, putting messages into accessible musical packages, being featured in the Super Bowl, and the creative process behind his latest album Goyard Ibn Said, out now via Fat Possum. Come fuck with us. Goyard Ibn Said is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Ghais's Bandcamp page. Follow Ghais on Instagram (@ghaisguevaraobligatory), Twitter, and TikTok (@GhaisGuevara). Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

Please consider donating to the GoFundMe for the late great Chelsea Reject. Rest in peace, Chels.   My guest this week is Idaho-born rapper, producer, poet, composer, and founder of Anticon, doseone.  We spoke about Severance, bonding over peak Arnold Schwarzenegger with his father, the works of David Lynch and Werner Herzog, lessons learned over his 25+ years in indie rap, his time as a composer for indie games, white rappers, and the creative process behind his latest album All Portrait, No Chorus, produced entirely by steel tipped dove and out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Come fuck with us.All Portrait, No Chorus is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it directly via Doseone's Bandcamp. Follow Doseone on Twitter (@doseone) and Instagram (@doseoegrams) Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.  Support the show

My guest this week is New York-based singer, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, and multidisciplinary artist YATTA. We spoke about Serafina!, Amistad, Chicago, the art of the musical, our mutual love of MTV's TRL and BET's 106 & Park, making the transition from filmmaking to music, the pros and cons of making your music more accessible, and the creative process behind their three musical projects: Spirit Said Yes!, Wahala, and last year's Palm Wine, out now via PTP. Come fuck with us.  Palm Wine is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it directly via their Bandcamp page. Follow them on Instagram: @yatta.soundJoin the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.       Support the show

My guest for the season 5 premiere is New York rapper-producer miles cooke. We spoke about Silo, Memento, his love of Phillip K. Dick and all things sci-fi, his appreciation for Aesop Rock and the Def Jux era of alternative hip-hop, working through anxiety, his complicated relationship with Christianity, and the creative process behind I Used To Feel Things and his latest album ceci n'est pat un portrait, out now via Rucksack Records. Come fuck with us.ceci n'est pat un portrait is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from mile's Bandcamp page. Follow miles on Instagram, Twitter, and Bluesky: @milescooked Read my review of the portrait single "zugzwang" on Hearing Things. Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.       Support the show

My guest for the season 4 finale is Chicago-via-Florida rapper Blvck Svm. We spoke about Pig, The Menu, Uncut Gems, the Will Ferrell comedy Kicking and Screaming, being inspired by MF DOOM, Lil Wayne, and Valee, the first night he ever performed, the intersection of rap and food, the creative process behind his latest album michelinman, his Bvck of House video shoots, and his upcoming restaurant tour. For the last time in 2024, come fuck with us.michelinman is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Blvck Svm on Instagram (@blvcksvm), Twitter (@fpgsvm), and TikTok (@blvcksvm), and keep an eye out for his restaurant tour, which starts in 2025. If you're interested, check out my Vinyl Me, Please Rising interview with Blvck Svm, which ran on their site this past March, and consider grabbing a copy of last year's jetsvm, produced entirely by Pilotkid. Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.    Support the show

My guest this week is Atlanta rapper Stahhr. We spoke about Cross, Dexter, The Wiz, E.T., a handful of her favorite movies, her experiences at MIKE's Young World festival and Tyler, The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw carnival, our mutual appreciation for Slick Rick and Redman, being a chameleon, her creative process, incoming new music, and, of course, all things MF DOOM. Come fuck with us.staHHr's latest album, MOTHER NATURE WITH A MOLOTOV: MOLOTOV SEASON, is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it and other things from her Bandcamp page. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter (@stahhr) and TikTok (@stahhr786)Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.    Support the show

My guest this week is Atlanta producer, label owner, and manager Popstar Benny. We spoke about The Righteous Gemstones, Euphoria, Hard Candy, the filmography of Harmony Korine, our mutual love for Gorillaz, establishing Popstar FM, how his music is as hip-hop as it gets, and the creative process behind his last two albums—University! and Oasis. Come fuck with us.Oasis is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Benny's Bandcamp. Follow Benny on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @popstarbennyJoin the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.    Support the show

My guest this week is New York-via-Chicago producer and DJ, DJ Rude One. We spoke about Megalopolis, the works of David Cronenberg and Willem Dafoe, our love for Metrograph and the movie theater experience, his extensive history as a DJ and producer, embracing a slow production process, working a day job and making music for the passion, and the creative process behind his latest album Upper Space. Come fuck with us.Upper Space is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping the digital download or a vinyl directly from Rude One's Bandcamp page. Follow Rude One on Instagram (@djrudeone), Twitter (@djrude1), and Bluesky (@djrudeone.bsky.social).Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green. Support the show

My guest this week is Arizona rapper-producer kJADE. We spoke about Kai Cenat and the pros and cons of streaming culture, the Megan Thee Stallion documentary and the nature of celebrity propaganda, the magic of video stores, Undercover Brother, The Pursuit of Happyness, our favorite movie soundtracks, moving from California to Arizona, how music is meditative for her, and the five-year journey and creative process behind her debut project The Sound That Trees Make, produced entirely by Esteban. Come fuck with us.The Sound That Trees Make is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow kJADE on Instagram (@niggapasta) and Twitter (@shelivedinpeace)Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Read my review of Ovrkast's last project, RESET!, over at Pitchfork.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.Support the show

My guest this week is New York rapper Jay Cinema. We spoke about Downtown 81 and our mutual love for Basquiat, where his name came from, The Lion King movies, Treasure Planet, the pros and cons of going to concerts, being inspired by Tyler, The Creator, and the creative process behind his four projects from this year: Alchemy with Chow and its recent deluxe edition, Pure Magic with Alikho Igama, and Perseverance as one-half of the duo JUNECINEMA. Come fuck with us.   Alchemy and ALCDELUXE are both available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen via EveryDejaVu. Consider copping directly off Bandcamp.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Read my review of Ovrkast's last project, RESET!, over at Pitchfork.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the show

My guest this week is author, former photographer, and event coordinator T. Eric Monroe. We spoke about Family Guy, Freakazoid, and the edifying power of cartoons, his relationship with Boyz n The Hood and Menace II Society, growing up in the suburbs of New Jersey, how attending skateboarding events led him to photography, stories behind extremely rare rap photos from his collection, his career in event programming, the art of repurposing content for Instagram, and the creative process behind the collectors edition of his book Rare & Unseen Moments of 90s Hip-Hop. Come fuck with us.  Rare & Unseen Moments of 90s Hip-Hop is available wherever books are sold. Consider grabbing a copy directly from T Dot's website. Follow T Dot on Instagram and Twitter: @tdoteric.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Read my review of Ovrkast's last project, RESET!, over at Pitchfork.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)   Support the show

My guest this week is Chicago rapper, producer, promoter, and all-around creative, Rich Jones. We spoke about food blogging, Saturday Night, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ghost Dog: Way of The Samurai, watching movies not made for kids as a kid, establishing himself as a rapper, producer, and promoter, bringing Chicago with him wherever he goes, his future in music, and the creative process behind his latest project Sour Dub, produced entirely by Sinai, otherwise known as Sleep Sinatra. Come fuck with us.Sour Durb is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Rich's Bandcamp. Follow Rich on Instagram (@richjones_music) and Twitter (@jonessoruthless). Follow Sleep on Instagram (@sleepsinatra) and Twitter (@SleepSinai). Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Read my review of Ovrkast's last project, RESET!, over at Pitchfork.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)   Support the show

My guests this week are California rapper-producers Blu & Exile. We spoke about recent hits like Everything Everywhere All At Once and Poor Things, hip-hop cinematic classics like Krush Groove, Breakin', and Wild Style, how DMX and Common inspired Blu to rap, a look back at Blu's Her Favorite Colo(u)r and Exile's work on Mobb Deep's “Pearly Gates,” the Blu Note edition of their 2007 classic Below The Heavens, and the creative process behind their latest album Love (the) Ominous World. Come fuck with us.Love (the) Ominous World is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from their Bandcamp.  Follow Blu on Instagram (@bluherfavcolor) and Twitter (@HerFavColor), Exile on Instagram (@ExileRadio), and Dirty Science Records on Instagram (@thedirtyscience) and Twitter (@dirtyscience).Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Read my review of Ovrkast's last project, RESET!, over at Pitchfork.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the show

My guest this week is California rapper-producer Ovrkast. We spoke about freestyling on Sway In The Morning, Blink Twice, Shark Tale, Fruitvale Station and the work of Ryan Coogler, the beauty of Oakland slang, how his discography is its own anthology series, the diversity of California rap, and the creative process behind his latest project KAST GOT WINGS, produced in tandem with Texas producer Cardo Got Wings. Come fuck with us.If you're in the New York area on Thursday, October 17, pull up to the Kast Got Wings album listening event at IIIXL Studio at 1329 Willoughby Ave in Brooklyn to hear the project and stick around for a brief interview and Q&A, hosted by me. it's a free event, so RSVP here.Kast Got Wings is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Ovrkast. on Instagram (@ovrkast), Twitter (@ovrkast), and TikTok (@ovrkast_). Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Read my review of Ovrkast's last project, RESET!, over at Pitchfork. Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the show

My guest this week is New Jersey rapper Wiseboy Jeremy. We spoke about Third World Cop, The Substance, reading, bootleg DVDs, the magic of renting movies and games, growing up with rap, R&B, and reggae, getting over his elitist hip-hop phase, early Soundcloud songs and motivations, and the creative process behind several of his projects, most notably last month's Pumpkin Seeds, produced entirely by Kirti Pandey. Come fuck with us. Pumpkin Seeds is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Jeremy's Bandcamp page. Follow Jeremy on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @wiseboyjeremyJoin the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai) Support the show

My guest this week is Ohio rapper-producer and one-fifth of The Karma Kids, Lt Headtrip. We spoke about the filmographies of Davids Fincher and Lynch, lucid dreaming, the magic of Ol' Dirty Bastard, studying film in college, founding and preserving the Karma Kids, making concept records vs. rapping from the heart, why depression doesn't lead to great art, and the creative process behind his latest album EMBLEMS, produced entirely by Bloodmoney Perez. Come fuck with us.EMBLEMS is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from the Karma Kids' Bandcamp. Follow Headtrip on Instagram and Twitter: @ltheadtrip. If you're in the Brooklyn area on Thursday, October 3rd, catch Headtrip performing at Another Rap Show at The Secret Pour. Show starts at 8:30, tickets are $10 at the door. Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the show

My guest this week is New York singer-songwriter Yolanda Watson. We spoke about Good Times, the Friday series, the work of Denzel Washington, Yolanda's current favorite books, leaving the world of publishing to pursue music, the difference between recording a song and playing it live, bringing disparate influences together to create with producer BeatsGotDan, singing background vocals for Armand Hammer's We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, and the creative process behind their debut EP Soda and their latest single “Caca”. Come fuck with us.Soda is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it, "Caca," and all their other music directly from their Bandcamp. Follow Yolanda on Instagram and Twitter: @_y0lly_. Be on the lookout for new music coming soon.  Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai) Support the show

My guest this week is Baltimore rapper John Wells. We spoke about The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and the Bel-Air spinoff, The Lion King, the pros and cons of drive-in movie theaters, the Wayans family, putting on for Baltimore, the video for his single “No Drugs In Heaven,” making his late father proud, and the creative process behind his upcoming project whole world burnin' down. Come fuck with us.whole world burnin' down will be available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen on Friday, September 20. If you're in the Baltimore area that night, celebrate the album release by pulling up to Live 4Ever 2 at the Metro Baltimore--doors at 7PM, show starts at 8. Tickets are $17.51 and you can cop tickets here. Follow John Wells on Instagram (@lorluck), Twitter (@johnwells__), and TikTok (@johnwells__) Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai) Support the show

My guest this week is New Jersey rapper and co-host of Strangers Live, ‘89 The Brainchild. We spoke about Deadpool & Wolverine, Elektra, 2000s-era Marvel movies, Purple Rain, why people don't love musicals anymore, mixtape culture, the similarities between the New York and New Jersey indie music scenes, and the creative process behind his latest project Night Lives, out now via Fused Arrow Records. Come fuck with us.Night Lives is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from '89's Bandcamp. Follow '89 on Instagram (@89aintonthegram) and Twitter (@89thebrainchild) and listen to Strangers Live! every other Saturday from 12-2PM EST on Newtown Radio.  Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)    Support the show

My guest this week is New York producer, engineer, and one-ninth of Mutant Academy, ewonee. We spoke about The Wayans Bros, King of The Hill, Ray, The Pianist, our respective G-Unit and Dipset phases, having hip-hop parents, the creative process behind beat tapes like his Aux Tapes series and ‘73, and some words about the upcoming Mutant Academy album Keep Holly Alive. Come fuck with us.ewonee's latest solo project, Aux Tapes Vol. 6, is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram (@ewonee_) and check out his personal website for tapes, vinyl, drumkits, and all other things ewonee. Keep Holly Alive will be available everywhere sometime in late September.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)       Support the show

My guests this week are rapper Alaska and producer-engineer steel tipped dove. We spoke about Longlegs, Kinds of Kindness, Halloween, several of our favorite horror movies, growing up as music encyclopedias, how he and dove met and gel'd as a duo, growing old in hip-hop, and the creative process behind their two projects—2023's The Structural Dynamics of Flow and this year's Reverberations of A Dead Man's Ego. Come fuck with us.Reverberations of A Dead Man's Ego is available exclusively on Bandcamp...for now. Follow Alaska on Twitter (@Alaska_Atoms). Follow steel tipped dove on Instagram and Twitter: @steeltippeddove. Follow Fused Arrow Records on Instagram, Twitter, and Bandcamp.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)       Support the Show.

My guest this week is Illinois-born singer, rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Phoelix. We spoke about Supacell, Deadpool & Wolverine, the pros and cons of 4DX, Blazing Saddles, singing and playing instruments in church, how working on Noname's “Shadow Man” boosted his self-confidence, working with partner Kari Faux, music as a tool for centering yourself, and the creative process behind his EPs Calibrate and Traffic, the latter of which drops on Wednesday, September 4. Come fuck with us.Traffic will be available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen on Wednesday, September 4. Follow Phoelix on Instagram (@phoelix), Twitter (@phoelix_), and TikTok (@phoelix630)Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)    Support the Show.

My guest this time is North Carolina MAVI. We spoke about the themes, pros, and cons of the 1992 horror classic Candyman, the importance of love, the creative process behind his great new album shadowbox, and a few tour stories from special guest Ovrkast. Come fuck with us.shadowbox is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow MAVI on Instagram and Twitter (@mavi4mayor) and TikTok (@maviiformayor)Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)   Support the Show.

My guest this week is Rhode Island producer, composer, and MPC expert, araabMUZIK. We spoke about the scores for Jaws, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, and Scarface, pioneering finger-drumming on the MPC, transitioning from producing for rap icons like Cam'ron, Styles P, and Jay Electronica to embracing trance and dance music, the pros and cons of scoring a film for the first time, and the creative process behind composing the music for Harmony Korine's surrealist action movie AGGRO DR1FT. Come fuck with us.The AGGRO DR1FT score is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow araabMUZIK on Instagram and Twitter (@araabMUZIK)  Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)   Support the Show.

If you're in the Brooklyn area, I'll be hosting the fourth Reel Talk movie night at LoudmouthBK tomorrow, Thursday, August 8 (sorry for the short notice). Our guest this time is North Carolina rapper MAVI, and we'll be watching the 1992 horror classic Candyman, followed by a short interview and Q&A. Doors at 6, film starts at 7:15-ish. Advance tickets are $5 online via Partiful, $10 at the door. RSVP/purchase here. Hope to see y'all there!My guest this week is Queens rapper, producer, engineer, and founder of Proper Spiritual Growth, Cise Greeny. We spoke about The Blacklist, the MCU, X-Men ‘97, Prison Song, Blue Hill Avenue, the legacies of Sean Price and Roc Marciano, how he went from doing graffiti to rapping to producing/engineering, how mixing and mastering for others helps makes his work better, and the creative process behind his excellent project Master Sword. Come fuck with us. Master Sword is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Greeny's Bandcamp page. Keep an eye out for its sequel, 'A Link To The Past', dropping later this month. Follow Cise Greeny on Instagram (@cise.greeny) and keep up with all things PSG on Instagram (@properspiritualgrowth) and Bandcamp.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)   Support the Show.

My guest this week is New Orleans rapper Countess. We spoke about House of The Dragon, Downton Abbey, the Lupin The 3rd series, Beasts of The Southern Wild, combining her love of pop culture with her love of music, the art of archiving and discovery, playing different characters in her music, and the creative processes behind her latest EP Con Art. Come fuck with us.  Con Art is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Countess on Instagram (@countin.up) and Twitter (@countinnup)Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)     Support the Show.

My guest this week is New York journalist, filmmaker, and creator of Hoodwear Diaries, Aishamanne. We spoke about season 3 of FX's The Bear, Yorgos Lanthimos's Kinds of Kindness, the allure of horror movies, being inspired to direct by Barry Jenkins's Moonlight and Childish Gambino's Awaken, My Love, the intersection of film, hip-hop, and fashion, how Black cultural influence will outlast us all, and the creative process behind—and gradual expansion of—her Hoodwear Diaries YouTube channel and Instagram pages. Come fuck with us.Subscribe to Hoodwear Diaries on YouTube and follow Hoodwear Diaries (@hoodweardiaries) and Aishamanne herself (@aishamoney) on Instagram.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)     Support the Show.

My guest this week is Chicago rapper, producer, label head, and MIT professor, Lupe Fiasco. We spoke about True Detective, being inspired by his father's record and film collections, practicing martial arts and African drumming, references and concepts in his music, creating across eras, the art and pros and cons of criticism, his bond with producer Soundtrakk, and the creative process behind his years-in-the-making latest album, the Amy Winehouse-inspired Samurai. Come fuck with us.  Samurai is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Lupe on Instagram and Twitter: @LupeFiascoI wrote the liner notes for Vinyl Me Please's recent wax reissue of Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor. If you're interested in reading, buy a copy on their site.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more! My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)     Support the Show.

My guest this week is Michigan rapper and co-host of The SwordCast, Noveliss. We spoke about Aliens, The Power Rangers Movie, Zatoichi and his other favorite samurai films, X-Men 97, the future of the MCU, how both rap and martial arts helped him appreciate discipline, coaching his son's UAA team, how producer Hir-O convinced him to not quit rapping, and the creative process behind their latest album Cyberpunk Rhapsody. Come fuck with us.Cyberpunk Rhapsody is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it directly from Noveliss's Bandcamp. Follow Noveliss on Instagram (@novelisscsf) and Twitter (@TheNoveliss). Follow Hir-O on Instagram (@HiroBeats313) and Twitter (@HiroBeats). Check out The SwordCast wherever you listen to podcasts.My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)      Support the Show.

If you wanna hear me in the studio with artists more often, book yourself a podcast, DJ, or studio session at Pirate using my code DYLAN534686, and you and I will both receive a free $25 credit to our accounts. Try it out today! My guests this week are Connecticut-via-New York rapper-producer Polo Perks, Atlanta producer-rapper FearDorian, and Milwaukee rapper AyooLii. We spoke about their recent show at Substance skatepark in Brooklyn, movies like Elephant, WALL-E, New Jack City, Don't Be a Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood, several Disney Channel Original movies, the power of knowing the history of your influences, the pros and cons of a press run, how they first met and came together as a trio, blending Milwaukee lowend and drill, and the creative process—and plenty of stories—behind their latest project A Dog's Chance. Come fuck with us.A Dog's Chance is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Lii, Dorian, and Polo on Instagram (@lilpolotee, @feardorian, @brudderman_official1), Twitter (@poloperks, @1feardorian, @1brudderman), and TikTok (@poloperks, @feardorian1, @1ayoolii). My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)     Support the Show.

My guest this week is New York rapper-producer S!lence. We spoke about Scavengers Reign, Wild Wild West, Silence of The Lambs, the filmography of Kevin Smith, the musicality of Biggie's Ready II Die, how his friends and his photography inspire his music, being a member of Tase Grip, and the creative process behind several of his projects, including his latest, AGUADURA. Come fuck with us.AGUADURA is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it directly from Bandcamp or the Break All Records website. Follow S!lence on Instagram and Twitter: @saintlysilence My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai) Support the Show.

My guest this week is California journalist and founder of Lucky Seven Magazine, Nia Coats. We spoke about The Iron Claw, I Saw The TV Glow, the Friday series, The Princess Diaries, being from the east coast and watching west coast movies, moving from starting her own blog to starting Lucky Seven magazine, the stories behind her favorite articles and covers, the future of music journalism, and the creative process behind bringing a magazine to life. Come fuck with us.Issue 4 of Lucky Seven, featuring Navy Blue and Kari Faux, is available now. Purchase it and any of the back issues on their site. Follow Nia on Instagram and Twitter: @grabacoatMy first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the Show.

My guest this week is rapper and one-fifth of the collective No Label, Yo OG. We spoke about Buddhism and spirituality, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Belly, Dope, the ritual of going to the movies, juggling different projects, coming up listening to And1 mixtapes and Joey Bada$$, how he came to make music and help form No Label, and the creative process behind his projects Burgundy—produced entirely by Buddy—and this year's This Too Shall Pass. Come fuck with us. This Too Shall Pass is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping the album on Bandcamp, where it comes with a handful of exclusive bonus tracks. Follow OG on Instagram (@supreme47g) and keep up with No Label on IG and TikTok: @nolabelentMy first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai) Support the Show.

My guest this week is Maryland-based rapper Foggieraw. We spoke about the Planet of the Apes movies, Michael Jackson music videos, Kill Bill and the films of Quentin Tarantino, the music of DMX, Andre 3000, and Lupe Fiasco, figuring out his sound in college and turning rap into a career, and the creative process behind his music videos, his breakout single “Psalm 62,” and his latest single “Stay Awhile” with Ari Lennox. Come fuck with us."Stay Awhile" is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Keep an eye out for new music coming soon. Follow Foggieraw on Instagram, Twitter, & TikTok: @foggieraw.  My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)Support the Show.