I'm back in my personal essay bag for the latest edition of the CABBAGES newsletter. www.cabbageshiphop.com/needle-drops...

85 year old multi-millionaire commits to two year long crashout after Mamdani win

r.i.p. junclassic

Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section. www.thecut.com/article/teen...

It has become apparent to me that the contemporary coming closest to matching Gucci Mane's charisma and confidence is Memphis' Big Moochie Grape. www.cabbageshiphop.com/big-moochie-...

some news: i'm affected by this round of layoffs at paste so my last day will be nov. 14. it really sucks to have this happen right before the holidays. now looking for full-time and part-time work opportunities so please reach out if you have any leads

Spent the weekend reading Gucci Mane's startling new book 'Episodes,' cowritten with the immensely talented author Kathy Iandoli. If you were ever a fan, especially during the 2000s and 2010s, you're going to find this fascinating. bookshop.org/p/books/epis...

The Readers' Poll ends in a matter of hours, so if you want to cast your vote for the Best Rap Music of 2025, this is your final opportunity.

On an all-new episode of CABBAGES, we're joined by Wave Generators for a wild discussion of M. Night Shyamalan's psuedo-existential thriller. Watch full episode video on YouTube and Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. www.cabbageshiphop.com/podcast-knoc...

"It's just funny that I would be singled out as this mysterious artist," says rapper billy woods. "My music is way more revealing and personal than the majority of rap that I listen to." Read the full interview at CABBAGES. www.cabbageshiphop.com/billy-woods-...

I interviewed billy woods for CABBAGES. You can read a healthy preview for free, but the full interview (kind of a long one) is for paid subscribers. I hope you'll consider becoming one for as little as $5. www.cabbageshiphop.com/billy-woods-...

Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes

This guy owns every Death In June album including the Der Blutharsch ones.

I don't know who won this weekend's Verzuz, per se, but I do know I've been listening to No Limit all morning.

Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Want to weigh in on this year's best rap music? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Roc Marciano's efforts as an executive producer for other, often lesser known artists' projects elevates his status in hip-hop from cosigner to curator. It is in this spirit that we get Errol Holden's 'Mulberry Silk Road.' www.cabbageshiphop.com/errol-holden...

Was unaware up until now that that rapper Navy Blue was such a serious watch guy. www.highsnobiety.com/p/very-speci...

…but no one listened to me for years until Bobbito Garcia provided paperwork that he pressed vinyl & CD’s for “Operation: Doomsday” on August 9th, 1999 so it couldn’t have been out in April 1999. I got started sleuthing as the Dart Knight Detective to uncover the actual release date. Clues came in.

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

Wrote bout the latest from Errol Holden, Dot Dev, and LIFEOFTHOM for CABBAGES today. Get with it. www.cabbageshiphop.com/errol-holden...

We're only a couple of weeks away from closing the polls for this year's CABBAGES Readers' Poll. So if you want to weigh in with your picked for the Best Rap of 2025, click the link. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today marks the 20th Anniversary of Boards of Canada's 'The Campfire Headphase' The Campfire Headphase marked a shift in Boards of Canada’s sound, softening the dread-soaked woozy atmosphere of Geogaddi into something hazier and more introspective.

Have you caught the season premiere of CABBAGES yet? It's a doozy... www.cabbageshiphop.com/podcast-junc...

🔥🔥🔥 Today at immigration court 26 Federal Plaza this woman went ballistic to the masked ICE agents who detained her family member. Where are the people standing up to the Gestapo? I never saw this in 4 months I’ve been filming. 👏👏👏👏

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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D'Angelo was remarkable in so many ways. I'm saddest right now, as a fan, that we won't be getting an eccentric late period from him. His contributions remain inestimable but what he would have made in his 50s and onward, I just know it would have been amazing. RIP

To kick off Wrestling Season at the CABBAGES Hip-Hop Podcast, we invited two NYC underground rap legends, JUNCLASSIC & UNCOMMON NASA, to discuss Hulk Hogan's utterly insane No Holds Barred. Watch the full episode on YouTube or listen wherever you get pod. www.cabbageshiphop.com/podcast-junc...

POV: you realize that Wrestling Season of the CABBAGES Hip-Hop podcast debuts tomorrow, Oct. 14 www.youtube.com/channel/UCvB...

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once: — Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing — Against raising the minimum wage — Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

The list kicks off with Cannibal Ox at #100 so you know it’s gonna be fuckin good shit

It had to be done. Perhaps the biggest undertaking in my nearly six years of publishing the internet's best hip-hop newsletter, CABBAGES. Check it out, weigh in, and share like hell. www.cabbageshiphop.com/100-best-rap...

Can't keep up with all this new drill slang

Yes, it's October, but we're opening up the CABBAGES Readers' Poll ballot box to take your votes for the year's best of the best in independent hip-hop/rap music. www.cabbageshiphop.com/announcing-t...

I made my debut for The Stunner today with the start of a new column, BREAK THE SONG DOWN. The life of a showgirl? Nope, the life of a Honky Tonk Man.

This poet turns 36 years old in December.

CABBAGES Season Premiere October 14 Watch full episode video on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts. www.youtube.com/@cabbageship...

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ANOTHER RAP SHOW #14 is this Thursday in Brooklyn! Another Planet (Phiik & Lungs), Rhys Langston, Imani Nichele, Noir Red. You’d be silly to miss this quite frankly.

On October 14, the CABBAGES Hip-Hop Podcast returns... with a vengeance. Watch full episode video on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts. #badmoviesgoodguests www.youtube.com/@cabbageship...

"I brought my own mic."

Today at CABBAGES, I interviewed CARRTOONS, a producer you're going to keep hearing about more and more. www.cabbageshiphop.com/carrtoons-in...

The thing I've learned about principled stances is that most people soon forget you ever took one.

If you think these Riyadh Comedy Festival blood money sellouts are going to lose any discernible amount of work or revenue over this, you don't know shit about shit.

Just watched this gorgeous video for the song Max Brown by guitarist (and Tortoise member) Jeff Parker. Three people (probably in their 50s) dress up, then groove alone to Parker's tune. It's all about interiors: of their dancing, in private; of their New Orleans homes. A quietly joyful experience.

I've seen it. This guy has ISSUES.

I think my favorite thing about this utterly awful AI slop calling itself an official Gucci Mane music video is that Harmony Korine's EDGLRD studio didn't even manage to spell the song title correctly. youtu.be/HPEpvuzKH30?...