wrote about the technicolor hip-hop repast that is De La Soul’s Cabin in the Sky for Pitchfork

wrote about the return of Max B, the pressures of post-prison fame, and how we should all just chill and watch this unfold for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

a pack of Reel Notes stickers and an unopened deodorant stick after having just bought a new one I’ma be covered until spring

sat w the new Saba project C0FFEE!, which feels loose and spontaneous at best and kinda immaterial at worst, for @pitchfork.com

spoke to Danny Brown about sobriety, grime music, platforming trans artists, and falling in love w rap again while making his latest album Stardust for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

unpacked all this Tyler, the Creator business for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

big congrats to the @hearingthingsco.bsky.social crew (@jillmapes.bsky.social, @jawnita.bsky.social, @cinemasai.bsky.social, among others) for celebrating their first birthday in the worker-owned-media game. here's to many more to come! www.hearingthings.co/one-year-of-...

@hearingthingsco.bsky.social is one year old today! been a wild ride, especially for the last eight months, so peace to everyone who's been riding w us, subscribing, and rooting for us. if you're a member, appreciate u. if not, now's a perfect time to join

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wrote about Kai Cenat's Mafiathon 3, its On The Radar-sponsored freestyle series, and unpacked some thoughts about the omnipresence of streaming culture at large for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

back w my first Pitchfork review in over a year! wrote about Mobb Deep’s Infinite, which is a well-put together posthumous album and a reminder of Havoc and Prodigy’s inimitable chemistry that’s also just kinda…fine? lots to unpack

I went thrift shopping w Kelly Moonstone earlier this month and spoke to her about life, love, and creating her luminous debut album New Moon for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

my thoughts on Jay Electronica's A Written Testimony: Leaflets for Five Albums at @hearingthingsco.bsky.social (wasn't really feelin it outside of one or two songs)

spoke to the inimitable DJ Haram about her production influences, from Ryuichi Sakamoto and Ziad Rahbani to RP Boo and Three 6 Mafia, and her crazy debut album Beside Myself for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

wrote about Chance The Rapper and Earl Sweatshirt, two blog era success stories who now happen to be fathers in their early 30s figuring it all out one step at a time on their latest albums, for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

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Blog era wunderkinds turned family men is such great framing . And the similar expressions that they're both making on their album covers is no coincidence. That's resting dad face. I know this personally.

wrote about Chance The Rapper and Earl Sweatshirt, two blog era success stories who now happen to be fathers in their early 30s figuring it all out one step at a time on their latest albums, for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

love to people in every sector of the arts (and girl frankly far beyond) who don't know if forces beyond their control will sink their ship by decade's end but continue to get up every day and try *something* and also people who move on bc things get too tight. shit evil out here y'all valid.

Damn, @cinemasai.bsky.social at @hearingthingsco.bsky.social brought my old ass back to the Wu Wallabees era. www.hearingthings.co/how-raekwons...

such a good angle from @cinemasai.bsky.social

for the 30th anniversary of Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., I wrote about how the album was among the first to spark my love and fascination w Clarks Wallabees for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

Reel Talk #9 w very special guest Navy Blue is exactly one month away! we’ll be watching The Iron Giant on Saturday, August 30 at Loudmouth in Brooklyn and I’ll be interviewing him about it and his latest album Memoirs In Armour. $15 tix via Posh: posh.vip/e/reel-talk-...

scribbled a bit about the intergenerational bliss of being at the NYC stop of the final Wu-Tang tour for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

spoke w the homies at Hell Gate about cool shit happening in NYC in the next few weeks (Pain & Gain in 35mm! Clipse at Terminal 5! me moderating a panel about The Wiz for Celebrate Brooklyn!)

wrote about how Malice of the Clipse and Open Mike Eagle use self-acceptance and reconciliation as life guides on their latest albums for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

spent a day w RZA a month ago and spoke about the final Wu-Tang tour, his latest movie One Spoon of Chocolate, legacy, and the Criterion Collection for my 🗣️ Flaunt Magazine debut 🗣️

when you’re in the same google doc as someone

"Who let that robot say “n----”? was my first thought when I heard a song by the AI-generated 'rapper' FN Meka back in 2022." — @cinemasai.bsky.social

"Not only are creatives of every stripe at risk of being replaced by money-hungry companies who’d rather work the robots for cheap labor, the quality of the art and music and literature created with these generators is generally dogshit." @cinemasai.bsky.social for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social.

wrote about rap's embrace of AI and why it's bad for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social www.hearingthings.co/attention-hi...

NYC i can promise if u come to our party it will be extremely fun and not sceney and also knives and ennals are AMAZING and also good if u would like to party w/a rapper/producer duo that will not stand for all this bullshit (COME LET IT ALL OUT)

spoke to HiTech about their origins, their mission, their music being scrubbed from (and returned to) streaming services, and the horny bliss of ghettotech for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

wrote about this Joey Bada$$ x Ray Vaughn beef and wanting better for all of us for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social www.hearingthings.co/joey-bada-vs...

spoke w the kid Niontay about replacing his stolen Margielas, herbal supplements, pistols, and ube tres leches cake for the latest installment of Credit History at @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

two reasons you should hire immediately: unsung headline wizard, coaxes good ideas out of you that you didn't even realize were there

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Over the weekend I saw Sinners and attended the memorial show for the late great Chelsea Reject. wrote about how both events were potent reminders of the power of Black cultural memory for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social *SINNERS SPOILERS AHEAD YOU'VE BEEN WARNED*

this is at 7PM EST tonight. pop out if you’re able! www.youtube.com/live/-UHc65f...

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Over the weekend I saw Sinners and attended the memorial show for the late great Chelsea Reject. wrote about how both events were potent reminders of the power of Black cultural memory for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social *SINNERS SPOILERS AHEAD YOU'VE BEEN WARNED*

announcing the first-ever Reel Talk Live…Stream! w very special guests Fly Anakin and Quelle Chris this Thursday, April 24 at 7PM EST, live on YouTube. subscribe to my channel for updates. come kick it w us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UHc...

39 degrees outside

that "still got it!" feeling >>>>>

Will Smith and LL Cool J are both icons of 80s rap who are pushing 60 and have respectively dropped their first albums in at least a decade. wrote about how both approach being an Old Rapper in 2025 for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social (one of these albums sucks!)

#NuMusiqueFriday: Will Smith, Lil Durk, Nav, Jessie Reyez, Daboii, Sada Baby, Boldy James x Antzz Beatz, Backxwash, Lord Sko, Willie The Kid x Real Bad Man, Lt Headtrip x NorthernDraw, & more dropped projects this week Peep the rest here: numusiquefriday.com/week-of-marc...

Playboi Carti and clipping. couldn't be more different from each other, but they both recently dropped albums that are intricate works of rap retrofuturism. I broke down how/why over @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

spoke to Flying Lotus about some of the influences behind the score of his latest movie Ash--from John Carpenter to Akira Yamaoka--for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

33. 🥳🎂🎉 peace to everyone who makes life worth living. grateful to be trusted and be here

I spoke to Baltimore's finest Infinity Knives and Brian Ennals about breaking through the indie rap glass ceiling and creating their fantastic third album A City Drowned In God's Black Tears for our Going Up series at @hearingthingsco.bsky.social