Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

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My guest this week is Scottish DJ and producer ladé. We spoke about You Can See Everything, The Social Reckoning, Obsession, Nollywood cinema past and present, growing up listening to Bastille, developing her skills as a DJ and producer, her love for sampledelia and footwork, booking her first showcase, visiting New York, her appreciation for MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt, and the creative process behind her two EPs: Nollywood Nightmares and Yerba Mate. Come fuck with us.

Yerba Mate is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it and her other work from her Bandcamp page. Follow ladé on Instagram (@aladji__).

Read ladé's interview with Finals here.

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 Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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My guest this week is Philadelphia-via-Brooklyn rapper, one-half of the duo ShrapKnel and member of the Wrecking Crew, Curly Castro. We spoke about The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable, the Carrie series, the Snowfall spin-off series The Drop, his complicated relationship with blaxploitation movies, a health update, reception to ShrapKnel’s Triple Steel Beam Collection, being personal on record, knowing when to get conceptual and when to be blunt, and the creative process behind his latest solo album Yaphet, produced entirely by Locust. Come fuck with us.

Listen to our first interview from 2021 about his last solo album, Little Robert Hutton, here.

Yaphet is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Castro's Bandcamp page or from the Backwoodz website. Follow Castro on Instagram (@curlycastro) and Twitter (@Curly_Castro).

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 Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 New York-based, Florida-born, and Georgia-raised producer and multi instrumentalist Keenyn Omari. We spoke about Eyes Wide Shut and the work of Stanley Kubrick, Marty Supreme and the allure of the antihero, The Lion King, wanting to be recognized for his beats, teaching himself how to play instruments from the sax to his trademark flute, playing music in the subway, appearing on The View with Lizzo, and the creative process behind his 4th Quarter beat tape series.

Metropolitan Avenue Station, Keenyn's latest project of improvisational flute playing from the world-famous train platform, is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it via his Bandcamp page. Follow Keenyn on Instagram: @keenynomari.

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 Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 rapper, producer, and owner of Crushr Records, KILLVONGARD. We spoke about Primetime, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, If I Go Will They Miss Me?, Happiness and the movies of Todd Solondz, The Lion King, being unsettled by animatronics, working toward a sound for years, and the creative process, and trials and tribulations, behind his latest album When’s It Going To End? Come fuck with us.

When's It Going To End? is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Crushr's Bandcamp page. Follow KVG on Instagram and Twitter: @killvongard.

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 Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 Illinois-based rapper, producer, screenwriter, and director Frank Leone. We spoke about Louise Weard’s Castration Film series, Widow’s Bay, Mulholland Drive and the works of David Lynch, the difference between working on a movie and working on an album, mementos from the blog era, and the creative process behind his projects Fish and FREE IMPATIENCE!, his upcoming EP produced entirely by GKFAM’s Devin Burgess. Come fuck with us.

FREE IMPATIENCE! will be available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen on Friday, October 2. Vinyl is available via Fused Arrow Records, which you can preorder on Bandcamp. Follow Frank on Instagram (@frankleone_) and Twitter (@thefrankleone). Follow Devin on Instagram (@devinburgessmusic).

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 Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 North Carolina-based photographer, member of the group massinfluence, and co-founder of FroLab, Cognito! We spoke about Lanterns, Watchmen, Westworld, Spike Lee’s Malcom X, charting hip-hop’s growth from the beginning to now, his time managing a Fat Beats location, forays into event promotion, fashion, and photography, documenting rappers from Black Star to MF DOOM, and the photos at the center of Yasiin Bey’s recent reissue of his 2009 album The Ecstatic. Come fuck with us.

The reissue of The Ecstatic on vinyl, CD, and cassette tape, as well as the deluxe edition vinylpaired with a book of Cognito's photos, is all available now via Rhymesayers Entertainment. The album can be purchased digitally on Bandcamp and streamed exclusively via Qobuz. Follow Cognito on Instagram (@cognito333) and Twitter (@FROLAB), and check out his personal website to stay tapped in with all things Cognito.

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 Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 London rapper-producer and engineer Omari Lyseight. We spoke about Toy Story 5, Pokémon, Garfield, Cats & Dogs, his connection to both London and New York, his time with Trackout Records and Ammi Boyz, sharpening his skills on SoundCloud, linking with Mike and Earl Sweatshirt, a handful of his placements, and the creative process behind his debut album Digital, out now via Surf Gang Records. Come fuck with us.

Digital is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping on Bandcamp, and read my review of the album on Pitchfork. Follow Omari on Instagram (@omari_lyseight) and Twitter (@OmariLyseight). Follow Surf Gang on Instagram (@surfgang1) and Twitter (@1surfgang).

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 New York-born rapper, poet, activist, actor, and author, Saul Williams. We spoke about Michael, John Cassavetes’s Gloria, Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, his love for horror films and how The Shining inspired him to become an actor, growing older with hip-hop and several anecdotes about the old and the new of the genre, working on the film Neptune Frost with his wife Anisia Uzeyman, the power of sticking to your morals over a 30-year career, sociopolitical art, and the creative process behind Leap Life, his first solo album in seven years. Come fuck with us.

Leap Life is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Saul's Bandcamp page or on physical via Ninja Tune. Follow Saul on Instagram and Twitter (@saulwilliams) and TikTok (@saulwilliams29).

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 New York-based engineer, producer, and college professor Willie Green. We spoke about Spider-Man: Brand New Day and all things MCU, Jaws, Transformers, picking up a love of music from his uncle, what it means to produce, mix, and master a record, his history with billy woods and Backwoodz Studioz, the history behind his GreenHouse Recordings studio, and the creative process behind his album Doc Savage, the 10th anniversary remaster of which is out now. Come fuck with us.

Doc Savage remaster is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping the original from Willie Green's Bandcamp page. Follow Willie Green on Instagram and Twitter: @williegreen1. Follow The GreenHouse on Instagram: @ghrecordingbk.

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 Maryland-born, California-based producer, multi-instrumentalist, and game designer, Kenny Segal. We spoke about The Odyssey, Spaceballs, The Burbs, his history doing foley and scoring work for commercials, his relationship with video games, why he favors a low-tech approach to making music, being the musical director for Armand Hammer’s Tiny Desk concert, and the creative process behind he and Open Mike Eagle’s debut collab album Doomed! Come fuck with us.

Doomed! is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it from Mike's Bandcamp page. Follow Kenny on Instagram and Twitter: @kennysegal. Follow Open Mike Eagle on Instagram (@open_mike_eagle), Twitter (@mike_eagle), and TikTok (@openmikeeagle0).

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 California rapper-producer, drummer, and skateboarder Cletus Strap. We spoke about Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Belly, From, the Scary Movie series, coming into his own as a drummer before he started rapping and producing, making 2022’s St. Cletus with the producer Luzine, meeting Sideshow and Earl Sweatshirt, he and Earl’s creative partnership, managing snooty rap fans’ expectations, and the creative process behind Cletus’s Tan Cressida debut rappers suck, from the music to its collage cover art. Come fuck with us.

rappers suck is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping a CD or T-shirt via Tan Cressida Records's website. Follow Cletus on Instagram (@wefuckeditallup) and Twitter (@cletusstrap). Follow Tan Cressida on Instagram: @tancressidarecords.

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 New York producer, composer, and pianist six†een. We spoke about Independence Day, Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex, the 2018 documentary Shakedown, The Handmaiden, developing her skills as a pianist and beatmaker, knowing when to keep her acoustic and digital musical practices separate and when to bring them together, and the creative process behind her 2025 album Cyber Insecurity and she and Teller Bank$’s collaborative album 3x6x𐕣 =666, 3x1x𐕣=111 3x7x𐕣 =777,3x5x𐕣=555 3x9x𐕣 =999,3x3x𐕣=333 (Mathematics). Come fuck with us.

3x6x𐕣 =666, 3x1x𐕣=111 3x7x𐕣 =777,3x5x𐕣=555 3x9x𐕣 =999,3x3x𐕣=333 (Mathematics) is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Teller's Bandcamp page. Consider copping Cyber Insecurity from six†een's Bandcamp page. Follow six†een on Instagram (@sseize_her) and check out her Linktree page to stay tapped in with all things six†een.

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 Oakland rapper-producer Demahjiae. We spoke about Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Kickin’ It Old School, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, growing up in church and gaining a love for music, his first studio sessions, trauma in music, his relationships with Ovrkast., ALLBLACK, and 1100 Himself, ghostwriting, the Bay Area rap community, and the creative process behind his upcoming album YAE. Come fuck with us.

YAE will be out on Friday, August 27th wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Demahjiae on Instagram,Twitter, and TikTok: @demahjiae.

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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 at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (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 time is New Jersey rapper Fatboi Sharif. We screened David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead and spoke about it and Sharif and Connecticut producer Child Actor’s collaborative album Crayola Circles, out now on Backwoodz Studioz. Thanks so much for being here, now come fuck with us.

Crayola Circles is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping via Fatboi Sharif's Bandcamp or from the Backwoodz Studioz website. Follow Fatboi Sharif on Instagram (@fatboi_sharif) and Twitter (@fatboyprospect). Follow Child Actor on Instagram and Twitter: @chldactr. Follow Backwoodz on Instagram (@backwoodzstudioz) and Twitter (@BackwoodzHipHop).

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

Reel Talk #12 w special guests Fatboi Sharif and Child Actor is going down on Saturday, July 25th at Loudmouth in Brooklyn. We’ll be screening David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead, followed by an interview and audience Q&A revolving around it and the duo's great new album Crayola Circles, out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Doors open at 6PM, film starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 online via Posh (or you can pay me directly via Cash App, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay if you know me like that) and $20 the day of, at the door. Sharif and Child Actor will also have merch for sale, so come ready to support the artists. Reel Talk operates on sliding scale admission, which means this event is pay what you can. I want these movie nights to be accessible to everyone, but please pay what you’re able. If you're in the tri-state, hope to see y'all there!

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 Soviet-born, Minnesota-based rapper-producer and founder of Exociety, Rav. We spoke about The Sopranos, the dangers of nostalgia, the pros and cons of being a leftist, Happiness and the films of Todd Solondz, being inspired by the Mortal Kombat movie, living in Russia, Pakistan, across Europe, and the United States, merging his YouTube and indie rap fanbases, preparing for his Exopocalypse tour with Cavalier, Fatboi Sharif, and Teller Bank$, and the creative process behind his latest album EMERGENCE DELIRIUM. Come fuck with us.

EMERGENCE DELIRIUM is out now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from the Exociety Bandcamp page or grabbing physical copies and merch from Rav's online store. Grab tickets for the Exopocalypse tour, starting September 1 and featuring Cavalier on the west coast dates, Fatboi Sharif on the east coast dates, and Teller Bank$ and Q No Rap Name on all dates, also via Rav's online store. Follow Rav on Instagram (@exo_rav), Twitter (@iamRav), TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube (all @exo_rav).

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

Reel Talk #12 w special guests Fatboi Sharif and Child Actor is going down on Saturday, July 25th at Loudmouth in Brooklyn. We’ll be screening David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead, followed by an interview and audience Q&A revolving around it and the duo's great new album Crayola Circles, out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Doors open at 6PM, film starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 online via Posh (or you can pay me directly via Cash App, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay if you know me like that) and $20 the day of, at the door. Sharif and Child Actor will also have merch for sale, so come ready to support the artists. Reel Talk operates on sliding scale admission, which means this event is pay what you can. I want these movie nights to be accessible to everyone, but please pay what you’re able. If you're in the tri-state, hope to see y'all there!

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 Richmond, VA rapper, producer, and founder of Trick Dice Records, Nickelus F. We spoke about House of The Dragon, Absolute Batman and our favorite comics of the moment, Boyz N The Hood, South Central, growing up in a military family, how Wu-Tang, Busta Rhymes, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony inspired him as a kid, his Unsigned Hype cosign and working with Nottz, why he feels his comic book concept album The Specimen is slept on, wanting his credit as a rapper-producer, and the creative process behind his latest album The Undisputed. Come fuck with us.

The Undisputed is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from F's Bandcamp page. His next album, The Championship Rounds, is coming very soon. Follow F on Instagram and Twitter (@NickelusF) and TikTok (@nickelusf_). Follow Trick Dice Records on Instagram (@trickdicemusic) and check out the website to tap in with all things Nickelus F.

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

Reel Talk #12 w special guests Fatboi Sharif and Child Actor is going down on Saturday, July 25th at Loudmouth in Brooklyn. We’ll be screening David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead, followed by an interview and audience Q&A revolving around it and the duo's great new album Crayola Circles, out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Doors open at 6PM, film starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 online via Posh (or you can pay me directly via Cash App, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay if you know me like that) and $20 the day of, at the door. Sharif and Child Actor will also have merch for sale, so come ready to support the artists. Reel Talk operates on sliding scale admission, which means this event is pay what you can. I want these movie nights to be accessible to everyone, but please pay what you’re able. If you're in the tri-state, hope to see y'all there!

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 Brooklyn rapper Jonathan UniteUs. We spoke about The Running Man, Leviticus, Bring Her Back, horror, Armageddon, the value of going to the movies as a kid, his first experiences rapping and performing, transitioning from a group to a solo artist, discovering new things about himself in Chicago, the power of positive affirmations, and the creative process behind his latest project No Time Like The Present. Come fuck with us.

No Time Like The Present is available now exclusively on Bandcamp. Consider copping the album from Johnny's page and supporting a dope indie artist. Follow Johnny on Instagram (@johnny_uniteus) and Twitter (@JohnNY_UniteUs).

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

Reel Talk #12 w special guests Fatboi Sharif and Child Actor is going down on Saturday, July 25th at Loudmouth in Brooklyn. We’ll be screening David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead, followed by an interview and audience Q&A revolving around it and the duo's great new album Crayola Circles, out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Doors open at 6PM, film starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 online via Posh (or you can pay me directly via Cash App, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay if you know me like that) and $20 the day of, at the door. Sharif and Child Actor will also have merch for sale, so come ready to support the artists. Reel Talk operates on sliding scale admission, which means this event is pay what you can. I want these movie nights to be accessible to everyone, but please pay what you’re able. If you're in the tri-state, hope to see y'all there!

My guest this week is Chicago-based video game developer, activist, founder of NuChallenger, and creator and director of beat-em-up game Treachery In Beatdown City, and its recent sequel, Beatdown City Survivors, Shawn Alexander Allen. We spoke about Sinners, I Love Boosters, Tim Burton’s Batman movies, video game movies taking themselves too seriously, a brief history of their time working at Rockstar Games, founding NuChallenger, incorporating rap culture into video games, and the process behind incorporating Backwoodz Studioz rappers into Beatdown City Survivors, available now on Steam and Game Pass. Come fuck with us.

Beatdown City Survivors is available on Steam and Xbox Game Pass. Follow Shawn on Instagram and Twitter: @shawndoublea. Follow NuChallenger on Instagram (@nuchallengerinc) and Twitter (@nuchallenger) and check out their website to keep up with all things NC.

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

Reel Talk #12 w special guests Fatboi Sharif and Child Actor is going down on Saturday, July 25th at Loudmouth in Brooklyn. We’ll be screening David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead, followed by an interview and audience Q&A revolving around it and the duo's great new album Crayola Circles, out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Doors open at 6PM, film starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 online via Posh (or you can pay me directly via Cash App, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay if you know me like that) and $20 the day of, at the door. Sharif and Child Actor will also have merch for sale, so come ready to support the artists. Reel Talk operates on sliding scale admission, which means this event is pay what you can. I want these movie nights to be accessible to everyone, but please pay what you’re able. If you're in the tri-state, hope to see y'all there!

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 Georgia rapper Deante’ Hitchcock. We spoke about Scary Movie, Obsession, Euphoria, From, his love for How High, his musical journey from independence to the majors to going back independent, the pros and cons of live-band hip-hop, the challenges and rewards that come with independence, and the creative process behind his latest album Junkie in the Sun. Come fuck with us.

Junkie in the Sun is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider buying the deluxe edition of the album directly from Deante' via Lutely, starting at $10. Follow Deante' on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @DeanteVH

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

Reel Talk #12 w special guests Fatboi Sharif and Child Actor is going down on Saturday, July 25th at Loudmouth in Brooklyn. We’ll be screening David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead, followed by an interview and audience Q&A revolving around it and the duo's great new album Crayola Circles, out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Doors open at 6PM, film starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 online via Posh (or you can pay me directly via Cash App, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay if you know me like that) and $20 the day of, at the door. Sharif and Child Actor will also have merch for sale, so come ready to support the artists. Reel Talk operates on sliding scale admission, which means this event is pay what you can. I want these movie nights to be accessible to everyone, but please pay what you’re able. If you're in the tri-state, hope to see y'all there!

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 guests this week are New York-via-New Jersey producer and DJ, DJ Haram, and California-via-Indiana rapper and violinist Sha Ray. We spoke about Obsession, Backrooms, feminist horror, the legacy of David Lynch, The Neverending Story, The Last Unicorn, making music for the common folk that speaks to the times, unpacking the use of sexuality in rap music, and the creative process behind making their new album Critical Thot for Backwoodz Studioz. Come fuck with us.

Critical Thot is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping merch directly from Bandcamp the Backwoodz website. Follow sha ray on Instagram and Twitter: @kanekalonia. Follow DJ Haram on Instagram (@djharam) and Twitter (@premiumharam). Follow Backwoodz on Instagram (@backwoodzstudioz) and Twitter (@backwoodzhiphop).

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. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

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.https://ceasefiretoday.com/

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at https://www.hearingthings.co/ or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.